The Ossining Public Library Presents BUILDING BRIDGES: The Remarkable Story of a Jewish and African American Partnership

When

January 18, 2024    
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Event Type

DOCUMENTARY FILM ROSENWALD AND PANEL DISCUSSION

TO KICKOFF BLACK HISTORY MONTH EXHIBIT

 

The Ossining Public Library, Congregation Sons of Israel Briarcliff, Journeys To Change and the Ossining Chapter of the NAACP invite you to a special event on Thursday, January 18th at the Ossining Public Library to kick-off the Bethany Arts Community Black History Month Exhibit February 1, 2024 (through March 8, 2024).

 

This kick-off event featuring the documentary film Rosenwald will tell the remarkable story of how businessman and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald joined forces with Booker T. Washington and African American communities in the Jim Crow South to build more than 5,000 schools. It will be followed by a Panel Discussion led by Joyce Sharrock-Cole, Ossining Village Historian with Rabbi Dina Rosenberg, Congregation Sons of Israel and Althema Goodson, Ossining NAACP President.

 

BUILDING BRIDGES, DOCUMENTARY ROSENWALD AND PANEL DISCUSSION

When: Thursday, January 18th, 2024, 7PM – 8:30PM

Where: Ossining Public Library, Ossining Camille Budarz Theater

               53 Croton Ave., Ossining, NY 10562

NO FEE FOR THIS EVENT.  EVERYONE IS WELCOME

Registration suggested 

“Rosenwald” Film Screening & Discussion | Ossining Public Library (librarycalendar.com)

 

For more information contact:

Abbe Marcus

845-494-9288

Abbe@journeys2change.com