A Conversation With Dr. Opal Lee

Program Type:

Discussion

Age Group:

Children, Teens, Adults
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Program Description

Event Details

Join us for a conversation with distinguished activist, speaker, teacher, counselor, author, and Nobel Peace Prize-nominee (2022), Dr. Opal Lee, the “Grandmother of Juneteenth."  Youth Scholar Enydia Haynes will interview Dr. Opal Lee.  

"A voice of history with a message for the future,” Dr. Opal Lee famously began the The Opal’s Walk Campaign in 2016, at 89 years old, walking from Ft. Worth, Texas to Washington, DC, to make Juneteenth a national holiday. Thanks to supporters across the country, Dr. Lee was able to make her dream a reality for everyone.

Dr. Lee will be available for a brief photo op session after the program. NO flash photography permitted.

Books are available for purchase at: https://www.opalswalk2dc.com/store/p/juneteenth-a-childrens-story-special-edition

This program is co-hosted by the NAACP - Metuchen Edison and Piscataway Area Branch and is funded by a grant provided by the Board of Middlesex County Commissioners and the Middlesex County Division of Arts and History.  

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