About this Event
NEH SNCC & Grassroots Organizing Discussion Series, Claflin University
Please join us at Claflin University (Orangeburg, SC) on April 4 & 5, 2025 (or via livestream on April 4) for the SNCC and Grassroots Organizing: Building A More Perfect Union events. This will be an exciting conversation between those who actually made Movement history, together with those who are grounded in that history. This event is part of a series generously supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Friday evening's event will be livestreamed.
Founded by students at HBCUs, SNCC was the only national youth-led organization in the southern movement of the 1960’s.
Join us Friday (in person and livestream) and Saturday (in person only) to learn about SNCC, Women & Gender, and Freedom Teaching in the Movement.
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Friday, April 4 (in person and livestream)
Women & Gender in the Movement Roundtable Discussion
5:00 p.m. (ET), Claflin University
Understanding Women and Gender is crucial to understanding the movement and SNCC's work. While some argue that SNCC was a sexist organization that oppressed women, the women closest to SNCC emphasize that the organization gave them unusual opportunities to develop and grow. The fact that SNCC operated in a sexist society meant that sexism was inevitable. However, it was the group's openness to women, influenced by its commitment to the organizing tradition, that made it unusual and particularly significant. As current generations grapple with gender roles and leadership, there is no better organization to learn from than SNCC. Both the women and the men were on the cutting edge of challenging gender conventions and creating room for everyone's contribution. Over the years, former SNCC organizers continued to fight for political and economic justice, most recently through the ongoing, intergenerational work of the SNCC Legacy Project. Can’t make it in person? Join the livestream!
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Saturday, April 5 (in person only)
Freedom Teaching Roundtable Discussion
10:00 a.m. (ET), Claflin University
Join SNCC veterans for a discussion on Freedom Teaching.
Saturday, April 5 (in person only)
Women & Gender Workshop
12:00 p.m. (ET), Claflin University
Join SNCC veteran and Movement scholar for this interactive Learning Toolkit workshop. Participants will dig into exciting SNCC documents and audiovisual materials, learn about women & gender in SNCC’s movement building, and collectively explore how those lessons are relevant today. This workshop is geared toward educators, civic organizations, community or activist groups, librarians, youth – or anyone who wants to learn more about this exciting Movement history.
Visit the SNCC Legacy Project website for details and to learn more: https://sncclegacyproject.org/sncc-grassroots-organizing/
Supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the SNCC and Grassroots Organizing discussion series is a collaborative project of the Movement History Initiative (a collaboration among the SNCC Legacy Project, Duke University Libraries, the Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke, and Civil Rights Movement scholars), six Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and six civil rights and African American history museums.
Contact Email
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https://sncclegacyproject.org/sncc-grassroots-organizing/
Can’t make it in person? Join the livestream on Friday evening!
Also, save the date for our virtual community conversation on Women & Gender on !
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Claflin University, 400 Magnolia Street, Orangeburg, United States
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