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The year ahead looks bright thanks to YOU!
Your gifts help us preserve and improve the 23-acre Jay Estate and fill it with robust community programming for all ages.
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JHC HOSTS WESTCHESTER COUNTY TRAILBLAZERS IN FEBRUARY plus
TWO NEW AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE TRAIL SITES ADDED
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For the 10th consecutive year, JHC was honored to host the annual Westchester County Trailblazers Awards.
Chair of the African American Advisory Board Barbara L. Edwards, Esq. said: "African Americans have contributed to every aspect of American life, often in the face of incredible prejudice and hardship. Our ancestors' history of courage, perseverance, faith and resolve motivates us to continue pursuing equality and a more promising future. This year, we honor two extraordinary Westchester residents who have strengthened and enriched our cultural heritage by sharing their time, talent and treasure. We commend our Trailblazers and pledge to align our efforts to advance justice for all."
Two new sites were added to the African American Heritage Trail: the Enslaved Rain Garden by sculptor Vinnie Bagwell in Yonkers and St. Francis A.M.E. Zion Church in Port Chester.
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Kerri Greenidge and
Harold Holzer on
"The Grimkes"
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Sunday,
March 19, at 4 p.m.
On Sunday, March 19, at 4 p.m., JHC will welcome Tufts professor Kerri K. Greenidge to discuss her critically acclaimed new book, “The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family,” which was recently featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review and named one of the Times’s “100 Notable Books” of 2022. The event will be moderated by renowned Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer.
Co-sponsored by the American Women of African Heritage
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American Women of African Heritage Literary Celebration
with
Ginger McKnight-Chavers
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Saturday,
March 25, at 2 p.m.
Join our partners the American Women of African Heritage for their annual literary celebration to be held in-person at our site. This year's guest is novelist Ginger McKight-Chavers, author of "In the Heart of Texas."
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Opera Performance with
Matthew Aucoin and
Magdalena Kuźma
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Sunday,
March 26, at 4 p.m.
On Sunday, March 26, at 4 p.m., join MacArthur genius composer Matthew Aucoin, “the most promising operatic talent in a generation” (The New York Times Magazine), for a discussion of his new book, “The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera” as we dedicate our new Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Center and launch its transformation into a premiere exhibit and performance center!
PLUS: A performance by special guest soprano Magdalena Kuźma, currently in her first year of the prestigious Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at the Metropolitan Opera!
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JHC Welcomes
Lindsay Martin
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JHC is thrilled to welcome its newest trustee, Lindsay Martin. Lindsay is the Vice President of Marketing at Reed’s, Inc., where she oversees beverage brand portfolios, innovation, and business strategy.
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Stacy Schiff on
Samuel Adams
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School group visiting the Jay Estate for a FREE field trip. Photo by Lendell Marshall. |
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Jay Heritage Center at the
Jay Estate
A National Historic Landmark
210 Boston Post Road
Rye, NY 10580
(914) 698-9275
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