Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza Celebration

Program Agenda:

5:30 p.m. – Doors Open – North High Street
•  Food trucks, family friendly activities, merchandise, vendors, Sojourner Truth films at The Nightlight, voter registration, artwork by Woodrow Nash

5:30 p.m. –  Welcome – TRUTH Sign
•  Towanda Mullins, Event Emcee and Chair, Sojourner Truth Project
•  Jim Mullen, President & CEO, United Way of Summit & Medina
•  Remarks from Elected Officials and visiting Dignitaries

6:00 p.m. – Ribbon Cutting – TRUTH Sign
•  Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza ribbon cutting ceremony

6:10 p.m. – Statue Unveiling – PLAZA
•  Sojourner Truth statue unveiling and blessing

6:20 p.m. – North High Street
•  Performance by Jaron LeGrair, “His Eye Is On The Sparrow”
•  Hazel Malone reenactment and musical performance, “I Am Pleading For My People”
•  United Voices Choir performs, “Lift Every Voice and Sing”

6:40 to 7:30 p.m. – North High Street
•  Event Activities including food trucks, family friendly activities, music and performances and more!

Thank you to all those who made this event possible!

EVENT COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Jackie Derrow, League of Women Voters Akron Area, Pam Hickson-Stevenson, Akron-Summit County Public Library

EVENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Andrew Barry, Summit County; Kimberly Beckett, Downtown Akron Partnership; Tessa Engelhart, Vantage Aging; Katelyn Evans, Akron Art Museum; Dara Harper, Akron Black Artist Guild; Henry Johnson, Leadership Akron; Jenn Kidd, The Nighlight; Gabe Kusner, Akron Art Museum; Malorie Kormos, United Way of Summit & Medina; Lauren Marsh, City of Akron;Margaret Maurer, Women’s Interfaith Spiritual Heritage; Adam Motter, Akron Public Schools; Towanda Mullins, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Akron Alumnae Chapter; Nicole Mullet, ArtsNow; Leianne Neff-Heppner, Summit Countiy Historical Society; Cathryn O’Malley, United Way of Summit & Medina

EVENT SPONSORS
Akron Rubber Ducks; FirstEnergy; Kent Area Chapter of The Links, Inc.; National Trust for Historic Preservation, Charles & Jackie DeBose, Roetzel, and Dr. Rachel Talton

IN-KIND CONTRIBUTORS
Akron-Summit County Public Library, City of Akron, County of Summit, Downtown Akron Partnership, The Nightlight, Summit County Historical Society, Summit County Metro Parks, United Voices, Wimmin With a Mission Productions

PERFORMERS
Hazel Malone; Jaron LeGrair, Jaron M. LeGrair Studio; United Voices Choir, Paula Smith, Conductor

FOOD TRUCKS
Brooks Homestyle BBQ, Southern Comfort Kitchen, Urban Gourmet

CORE COMMITTEE
Theresa Carter, Fundraising, Synthomer Foundation; Jackie Derrow, Communications Co-Chair, LWVAA; Pam Hickson-Stevenson, Communications Co-Chair, ASCPL; Lisa King, Fundraising, Summit Metro Parks; Margaret Maurer, Education, Women’s Interfaith Spiritual Heritage; Leianne Neff-Heppner, Historian, Summit County Historical Society