June 14, 2021
6:30pm – 8:00 pm ET
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A positive discussion about mental wellness. Continue reading for more details.
Important update about the 2021 Charlotte King Scholarship Program. We have extended the application deadline to May 3rd. Click to view the eligibility and criteria information. Download the application.
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ) will present “Black Poetry: from Black Love to Black Lives Matter,” at a town hall meeting on Tuesday, April 13, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m., via Zoom. The program features poetry readings by local residents as well as videos of renowned poets reading their own selections. Register for the event at https://blackpoetry.eventbrite.com
Headliners are 2021’s hottest new star Amanda Gorman, reading “The Hill We Climb,” and H.E.R., 2021 Grammy Award Winner for Song of the Year “I Can’t Breathe.”
The Cape Gazette
Love Creek Elementary students Kendall DeShields and Mikiah Jackson, and Mariner Middle students Adrianna Powell and Ada Spells were recognized March 17 with the African American/Black Achievement Award from the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice.
Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice (SDARJ) is taking applications for the 2021 Charlotte King Scholarship Program. Awards will be made to Sussex County graduating seniors for the 2020-2021 academic year. For more information about the 2021 Charlotte King Scholarship Program, including eligibility and criteria, visit our Scholarship Program page.
In case you missed it, or just want to view it again, you can view the SDARJ March Town Hall meeting (Good Trouble: Still Marching) here. Please note that for legal reasons the TEDTALK interview between Representative John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson has been omitted.
Conversation with Alex Tresniowski | The Rope
Monday, March 1 | 5:00 PM Eastern Time
Join us for a live online conversation with Alex Tresniowski, author of The Rope: A True Story of Murder, Heroism, and the Dawn of the NAACP. This true-crime thriller recounts true-crime thriller the 1910 murder of ten-year-old Marie Smith, the dawn of modern criminal detection, and the launch of the NAACP. NOTE: You MUST REGISTER to receive instructions for joining the meeting https://delawarelibraries.libcal.com/event/7510465
