THE SAND MOUNTAIN COOPERATIVE EDUCATION CENTER PRESENTS

BRICK & BARN

TALKS ACROSS CITY AND COUNTRY ON WHAT UNITES US

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Brick and Barn Conference
Apr
5
to Apr 6

Brick and Barn Conference

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Community Revitalization, Social Capital, and Connection
Mar
13

Community Revitalization, Social Capital, and Connection

Gerrel Jones of Renew Birmingham, Zac Hyden of the Automotive Free Clinic and Hank’s Industries, and Sam Pressler of Connective Tissue gather in Guntersville to discuss community, social capital, and mutual aid.

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Wright and Ellison: Novelists of the Great Migration
Feb
13

Wright and Ellison: Novelists of the Great Migration

Birmingham-born UC Santa Barbara professor Dr. Candace Waid, an author of essays and books on Southern authors including William Faulkner, Charles Chestnutt, and Eudora Welty, and Samford professor Dr. Kenyon Gradert, who studies the role of Puritanism in the abolitionist imagination, will speak about the writing of Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison, both novelists of the Great Migration.

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