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BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=54653\n\nThe Alexandria Black History Museum (ABHM)
 will offer its popular program Story Time for Little Historians again. Du
 ring the pandemic\, this program was offered in collaboration with the Al
 exandria Library\, but has now returned to its original home base. \n\nTh
 is fun and educational story time is geared to children ages 3-5 years ol
 d. It features stories related to Black History. Story Time will be held 
 in the Museum's Parker-Gray Gallery. This program is free and open to the
  public. \n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nFees: Free\,
  designed for children ages 3-5.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Blac
 k History Museum\, Family\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calend
 ar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=54653
DTEND:20231014T143000Z
DTSTAMP:20231006T182222Z
DTSTART:20231014T140000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Young Historians
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
UID:a4ee76f3-50fd-4b9a-a986-f6066fe88f8a
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=54653">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=54653</a><br />\n<br />The Alexan
 dria Black History Museum (ABHM)will offer its popular program Story Time
  for Little Historians again. During the pandemic\, this program was offe
 red in collaboration with the Alexandria Library\, but has now returned t
 o its original home base. \n<br />\n<br />This fun and educational story 
 time is geared to children ages 3-5 years old. It features stories relate
 d to Black History. Story Time will be held in the Museum?s Parker-Gray G
 allery. This program is free and open to the public. \n<br />\n<br />Loca
 tion: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Fees: Free\, designed f
 or children ages 3-5.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Bla
 ck History Museum\, Family\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event int
 o your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1
 &amp\;si=54653
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20231006T182222Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=56747\n\nThis fun and educational story time is gea
 red to children ages 5-8 years old and features stories related to Black 
 History. Story time will be held in the Museum's Parker-Gray Gallery. Nov
 ember 11 features stories related to Veterans Day.\n\n\nLocation: Black H
 istory Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black H
 istory Museum\, Family\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar:
  http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=56747
DTEND:20231111T153000Z
DTSTAMP:20231102T142108Z
DTSTART:20231111T150000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Young Historians
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
UID:bfeeaed4-99e6-4267-97ba-e7e165b514b5
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56747">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56747</a><br />\n<br />This fun a
 nd educational story time is geared to children ages 5-8 years old and fe
 atures stories related to Black History. Story time will be held in the M
 useum&#39\;s Parker-Gray Gallery. November 11 features stories related to
  Veterans Day.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 90
 2 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History
  Museum\, Family\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your cal
 endar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=5
 6747
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20231102T142108Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Parks
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=56828\n\nFree\nDouglass Cemetery\, located at 1421 
 Wilkes Street\, has several preservation issues\, including flooding and 
 drainage problems. \nThe City of Alexandria staff from the Office of Hist
 oric Alexandria\, Department of Project Implementation\, Transportation a
 nd Environmental Services\, and Recreation\, Parks & Cultural Activities 
 are working to address these preservation issues. The Social Responsibili
 ty Group and the Friends of Douglass Cemetery have dedicated their effort
 s to raise awareness of the significance of the historic African American
  cemetery and resolve the preservation issues. The City has developed pla
 ns to implement solutions that are respectful and appropriate to the sens
 itive nature of the site. City Staff will present an update on the plans 
 to address the causes of flooding and the anticipated timeline for the wo
 rk.\n\n\nLocation: Nannie J. Lee Recreation Center\, 1108 Jefferson St.\n
 Contact Email: historicalexandria@alexandriava.gov\nAudience: Anyone may 
 attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, Parks\n\nI
 mport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calenda
 rTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=56828
DTEND:20231206T000001Z
DTSTAMP:20231129T162351Z
DTSTART:20231205T230000Z
GEO:38.796407;-77.054318
LOCATION:Nannie J. Lee Recreation Center\, 1108 Jefferson St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Douglass Cemetery Drainage and Preservation Update
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
UID:a84e00d2-eeb8-4d5f-adf6-1c3c7c40f146
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56828">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56828</a><br />\n<br />Free\n<br 
 />Douglass Cemetery\, located at 1421 Wilkes Street\, has several preserv
 ation issues\, including flooding and drainage problems. \n<br />The City
  of Alexandria staff from the Office of Historic Alexandria\, Department 
 of Project Implementation\, Transportation and Environmental Services\, a
 nd Recreation\, Parks &amp\; Cultural Activities are working to address t
 hese preservation issues. The Social Responsibility Group and the Friends
  of Douglass Cemetery have dedicated their efforts to raise awareness of 
 the significance of the historic African American cemetery and resolve th
 e preservation issues. The City has developed plans to implement solution
 s that are respectful and appropriate to the sensitive nature of the site
 . City Staff will present an update on the plans to address the causes of
  flooding and the anticipated timeline for the work.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br
  />Location: Nannie J. Lee Recreation Center\, 1108 Jefferson St.\n<br />
 Contact Email: historicalexandria@alexandriava.gov\n<br />Audience: Anyon
 e may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\
 , Parks\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.
 alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=56828
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20231129T162351Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Holiday Event
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=56767\n\nLearn about the origins\, concepts\, pract
 ices\, and foods of Kwanzaa and leave knowing how to do your own celebrat
 ion. Families of all ages welcome.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 90
 2 Wythe St.\nFees: $3\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History M
 useum\, Family\, Holiday Event\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your c
 alendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=5676
 7\n\nWeb resources:\n\nTickets available here.\nhttps://shop.alexandriava
 .gov/EventPurchase.aspx?dateselected=12/9/2023\n
DTEND:20231209T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20231106T173708Z
DTSTART:20231209T160000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Kwanzaa How-to Workshop
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
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URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/EventPurchase.aspx?dateselected=12/9/2023
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56767">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56767</a><br />\n<br />Learn abou
 t the origins\, concepts\, practices\, and foods of Kwanzaa and leave kno
 wing how to do your own celebration. Families of all ages welcome.\n<br /
 >\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Fees: $3\n
 <br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History Museum\, Fam
 ily\, Holiday Event\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your 
 calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;s
 i=56767<br>\n<a href="https://shop.alexandriava.gov/EventPurchase.aspx?da
 teselected=12/9/2023">Tickets available here.</a><br>\n
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20231106T173708Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=56939\n\nDue to staffing issues the Alexandria Blac
 k History Museum will be closed on Friday\, Dec. 22. We apologize for the
  inconvenience.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudien
 ce: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History Museum\, Museums\n\nImport thi
 s event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCa
 l.aspx?id=1&si=56939
DTEND:20231222T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20231222T191537Z
DTSTART:20231222T150000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Black History Museum closed December 22
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
UID:f77e7505-6efe-4d37-a035-13852c3b6d80
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56939">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56939</a><br />\n<br />Due to sta
 ffing issues the Alexandria Black History Museum will be closed on Friday
 \, Dec. 22. We apologize for the inconvenience.\n<br />\n<br />Location: 
 Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n
 <br />Tags: Black History Museum\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this eve
 nt into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.asp
 x?id=1&amp\;si=56939
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20231222T191537Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=56971\n\nThe Black History Museum will be closed fo
 r the ACRP Steering Committee Retreat.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\
 , 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History Museum\
 , Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandria
 va.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=56971
DTEND:20240104T210000Z
DTSTAMP:20240102T004131Z
DTSTART:20240104T160000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Black History Museum Closed January 4
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
UID:d4154d12-ccb5-4eb3-98b1-3c405b5d9d28
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56971">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56971</a><br />\n<br />The Black 
 History Museum will be closed for the ACRP Steering Committee Retreat.\n<
 br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audien
 ce: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History Museum\, Museums\n<br />
 \n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.go
 v/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=56971
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240102T004131Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Commission Meeting
CATEGORIES:Equity
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=56861\n\nIn-person retreat\n\nLocation: Black Histo
 ry Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black Histo
 ry Museum\, Commission Meeting\, Equity\, Museums\n\nImport this event in
 to your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=
 1&si=56861
DTEND:20240104T213000Z
DTSTAMP:20231207T164307Z
DTSTART:20240104T173000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:ACRP Steering Com Retreat
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
UID:e2d5d101-57fa-4ef0-a1f2-6009c92f498a
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56861">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56861</a><br />\n<br />In-person 
 retreat\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<b
 r />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History Museum\, Commi
 ssion Meeting\, Equity\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into yo
 ur calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp
 \;si=56861
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20231207T164307Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Equity
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=56873\n\nWe are excited to announce a new round of 
 Tables of Conscience book-themed dinners to raise money for the 2024 scho
 larships in the names of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas. These will be 
 held in January and February in order to raise the amount needed by March
  1\, 2024 for two scholarships worth $3\,000 each for two African America
 n Alexandria City High School students. \n\nThree ACRP Members have volun
 teered to host dinners in their homes for 8-12 people from 6-9 p.m. Those
  interested in attending will select one of the books listed below and bu
 y a ticket through the Office of Historic Alexandria's online ticket syst
 em. About a week before the dinner\, ticket holders will receive an email
  with the name and address of the hosts. \n\nBook: Slavery By Another Nam
 e\, the Reenslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War 
 II\, By Douglas A. Blackmon\nThis Pulitzer prize winning history details 
 how not long after the liberation of African Americans from bondage at th
 e end of the Civil War\, the new citizens were forced back into involunta
 ry servitude. Journalist and University of Virginia Miller Center Forum C
 hair Blackmon reveals the stories of those who fought against the use of 
 selective enforcement of laws and discriminatory sentencing to reenslave 
 Black people during an "Age of Neoslavery'' brought about by the South's 
 exploitation of a clause in the 13th Amendment. He describes the way comp
 anies and governments profited by "leasing" the labor of those they accus
 ed and convicted of petty crimes. Alexandria used such labor to repair an
 d build streets\, alleys and sewers soon after the conservative democrats
  regained control of the local government in 1873. \n\n\nLocation: See De
 tails\nFees: $125\, The book is not included in the ticket price and shou
 ld be purchased separate from a local bookstore.\nAudience: Anyone may at
 tend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Equity\, Museums\n\nIm
 port this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar
 Test/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=56873\n\nWeb resources:\n\nBuy Tickets Here\nhttps
 ://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n
DTEND:20240114T020000Z
DTSTAMP:20231211T173000Z
DTSTART:20240113T230000Z
LOCATION:See Details
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Tables of Conscience-Slavery By Another Name
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
UID:6b8276ea-a0e5-47f3-ba5e-5860a7efa02a
URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56873">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56873</a><br />\n<br />We are exc
 ited to announce a new round of Tables of Conscience book-themed dinners 
 to raise money for the 2024 scholarships in the names of Joseph McCoy and
  Benjamin Thomas. These will be held in January and February in order to 
 raise the amount needed by March 1\, 2024 for two scholarships worth $3\,
 000 each for two African American Alexandria City High School students. \
 n<br />\n<br />Three ACRP Members have volunteered to host dinners in the
 ir homes for 8-12 people from 6-9 p.m. Those interested in attending will
  select one of the books listed below and buy a ticket through the Office
  of Historic Alexandria?s online ticket system. About a week before the d
 inner\, ticket holders will receive an email with the name and address of
  the hosts. \n<br />\n<br />Book: Slavery By Another Name\, the Reenslave
 ment of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II\, By Douglas A
 . Blackmon\n<br />This Pulitzer prize winning history details how not lon
 g after the liberation of African Americans from bondage at the end of th
 e Civil War\, the new citizens were forced back into involuntary servitud
 e. Journalist and University of Virginia Miller Center Forum Chair Blackm
 on reveals the stories of those who fought against the use of selective e
 nforcement of laws and discriminatory sentencing to reenslave Black peopl
 e during an ?Age of Neoslavery&#39\;&#39\; brought about by the South?s e
 xploitation of a clause in the 13th Amendment. He describes the way compa
 nies and governments profited by ?leasing? the labor of those they accuse
 d and convicted of petty crimes. Alexandria used such labor to repair and
  build streets\, alleys and sewers soon after the conservative democrats 
 regained control of the local government in 1873. \n<br />\n<br />\n<br /
 >Location: See Details\n<br />Fees: $125\, The book is not included in th
 e ticket price and should be purchased separate from a local bookstore.\n
 <br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black Hist
 ory Museum\, Equity\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your 
 calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;s
 i=56873<br>\n<a href="https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx">Buy Tick
 ets Here</a><br>\n
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20231211T173000Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Equity
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=56859\n\nAuthor and University of Virginia Professo
 r of American Studies and History Grace Elizabeth Hale will speak to memb
 ers of the Alexandria Community Remembrance Project about her latest book
 \, Into the Pines: A Lynching\, A Lie\, A Reckoning on Saturday\, Jan. 27
 \, 2024 at 1 p.m. at the Lloyd House. A book signing will follow the disc
 ussion with the author.\n\n\nLocation: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St
 .\nContact Person: Tiffany Pache\nContact Email: acrp@alexandriava.gov\nA
 udience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, 
 Equity\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.ale
 xandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=56859\n\nWeb resources:\n\nR
 egister for this free event here.\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/EventPur
 chase.aspx?dateselected=1/27/2024\n
DTEND:20240127T200000Z
DTSTAMP:20240123T001010Z
DTSTART:20240127T180000Z
GEO:38.807209;-77.046797
LOCATION:Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St.
SEQUENCE:7
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:ACRP Event Featuring The Pines Author Grace Hale
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:96feb867-cf36-4704-a1f0-cf252ff94762
URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/EventPurchase.aspx?dateselected=1/27/2024
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56859">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56859</a><br />\n<br />Author and
  University of Virginia Professor of American Studies and History Grace E
 lizabeth Hale will speak to members of the Alexandria Community Remembran
 ce Project about her latest book\, Into the Pines: A Lynching\, A Lie\, A
  Reckoning on Saturday\, Jan. 27\, 2024 at 1 p.m. at the Lloyd House. A b
 ook signing will follow the discussion with the author.\n<br />\n<br />\n
 <br />Location: Lloyd House\, 220 N. Washington St.\n<br />Contact Person
 : Tiffany Pache\n<br />Contact Email: acrp@alexandriava.gov\n<br />Audien
 ce: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\,
  Equity\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: ht
 tp://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=56859<br>\
 n<a href="https://shop.alexandriava.gov/EventPurchase.aspx?dateselected=1
 /27/2024">Register for this free event here.</a><br>\n
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240123T001010Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=56831\n\nHear from editor Audrey Davis and the auth
 ors of African American Emancipation in an Occupied City\, which tells th
 e story of formerly enslaved and self-emancipated people in a newly occup
 ied city during the Civil War. They sought refuge in Alexandria\, coming 
 with only hopes and dreams for life as free people. They came seeking fre
 edom\, but many did not live long in it. Those who survived used their la
 bor for the cause of freedom. A book signing will follow after the author
 s' presentations. \n\nLocation: Lyceum\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags
 : Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\n\nImport this event int
 o your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1
 &si=56831\n\nWeb resources:\n\nhttps://alexandriava.gov/shop\nThe event i
 s free\, but please pre-register here.\n
DTEND:20240203T190000Z
DTSTAMP:20240129T222011Z
DTSTART:20240203T160000Z
LOCATION:Lyceum
SEQUENCE:7
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:African American Emancipation in an Occupied City
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:275f1a0c-9d50-4d45-a9f0-8923a7329e82
URL:https://alexandriava.gov/shop
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56831">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56831</a><br />\n<br />Hear from 
 editor Audrey Davis and the authors of African American Emancipation in a
 n Occupied City\, which tells the story of formerly enslaved and self-ema
 ncipated people in a newly occupied city during the Civil War. They sough
 t refuge in Alexandria\, coming with only hopes and dreams for life as fr
 ee people. They came seeking freedom\, but many did not live long in it. 
 Those who survived used their labor for the cause of freedom. A book sign
 ing will follow after the authors? presentations. \n<br />\n<br />Locatio
 n: Lyceum\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\,
  Black History Museum\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into you
 r calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\
 ;si=56831<br>\n<a href="https://alexandriava.gov/shop">https://alexandria
 va.gov/shop</a><br>\nThe event is free\, but please pre-register here.<br
 >\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Equity
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=56874\n\nWe are excited to announce a new round of 
 Tables of Conscience book-themed dinners to raise money for the 2024 scho
 larships in the names of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas. These will be 
 held in January and February in order to raise the amount needed by March
  1\, 2024 for two scholarships worth $3\,000 each for two African America
 n Alexandria City High School students. \n\nThree ACRP Members have volun
 teered to host dinners in their homes for 8-12 people from 6-9 p.m. Those
  interested in attending will select one of the books listed below and bu
 y a ticket through the Office of Historic Alexandria's online ticket syst
 em. About a week before the dinner\, ticket holders will receive an email
  with the name and address of the hosts. \n\nBook: It's the Little Things
 \, Everyday Interactions that Anger\, Annoy and Divide the Races\, By Len
 a Williams\nDescribed as a "sounding board for Blacks and whites concerne
 d with bridging the racial divide\," New York Times Journalist Lena Willi
 ams book is sometimes amusing and other times pointed. It is true we no l
 onger live with legal segregation\, but a divide between Black and white 
 people still exists\, even in Alexandria. We live near each other\, but w
 e generally do not have close relationships that cross the "color line" a
 nd even when we do\, the dominant white culture can cause miscommunicatio
 n that can generate anger. This frank\, funny book helps us understand\, 
 and eliminate alarmingly common interactions that cause friction for both
  Black and white people.\n\n\n\nLocation: See Details\nFees: $125\, The b
 ook is not included in the ticket price and should be purchased separate 
 from a local bookstore.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History
 \, Black History Museum\, Equity\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your
  calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=56
 874\n\nWeb resources:\n\nBuy Tickets Here\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/
 Events.aspx\n
DTEND:20240204T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20231211T173111Z
DTSTART:20240203T230000Z
LOCATION:See Details
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Tables of Conscience-Slavery By Another Name
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
UID:2874869f-f4e3-44d3-a313-4bbefb5177d6
URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56874">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56874</a><br />\n<br />We are exc
 ited to announce a new round of Tables of Conscience book-themed dinners 
 to raise money for the 2024 scholarships in the names of Joseph McCoy and
  Benjamin Thomas. These will be held in January and February in order to 
 raise the amount needed by March 1\, 2024 for two scholarships worth $3\,
 000 each for two African American Alexandria City High School students. \
 n<br />\n<br />Three ACRP Members have volunteered to host dinners in the
 ir homes for 8-12 people from 6-9 p.m. Those interested in attending will
  select one of the books listed below and buy a ticket through the Office
  of Historic Alexandria?s online ticket system. About a week before the d
 inner\, ticket holders will receive an email with the name and address of
  the hosts. \n<br />\n<br />Book: It&#39\;s the Little Things\, Everyday 
 Interactions that Anger\, Annoy and Divide the Races\, By Lena Williams\n
 <br />Described as a ?sounding board for Blacks and whites concerned with
  bridging the racial divide\,? New York Times Journalist Lena Williams bo
 ok is sometimes amusing and other times pointed. It is true we no longer 
 live with legal segregation\, but a divide between Black and white people
  still exists\, even in Alexandria. We live near each other\, but we gene
 rally do not have close relationships that cross the ?color line? and eve
 n when we do\, the dominant white culture can cause miscommunication that
  can generate anger. This frank\, funny book helps us understand\, and el
 iminate alarmingly common interactions that cause friction for both Black
  and white people.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: See Details\n
 <br />Fees: $125\, The book is not included in the ticket price and shoul
 d be purchased separate from a local bookstore.\n<br />Audience: Anyone m
 ay attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Equity\, Mu
 seums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.al
 exandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=56874<br>\n<a href="ht
 tps://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx">Buy Tickets Here</a><br>\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Equity
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57151\n\nJoin Oumie for an Afro-centric story time 
 at the Alexandria Black History Museum on the second Saturday of each mon
 th. This fun and educational story time is geared to children ages 5-8 ye
 ars old. This free story time is held in the Museum's Parker-Gray Gallery
  10-10:30 a.m.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudienc
 e: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Equity
 \, Family\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.
 alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57151
DTEND:20240210T153000Z
DTSTAMP:20240205T190757Z
DTSTART:20240210T150000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:6
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Little Historians
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
UID:0de95d7a-46e5-444e-90fe-7aa6b6473244
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57151">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57151</a><br />\n<br />Join Oumie
  for an Afro-centric story time at the Alexandria Black History Museum on
  the second Saturday of each month. This fun and educational story time i
 s geared to children ages 5-8 years old. This free story time is held in 
 the Museum&#39\;s Parker-Gray Gallery 10-10:30 a.m.\n<br />\n<br />Locati
 on: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may atte
 nd\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Equity\, Family\, 
 Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.
 alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57151
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Archaeology Museum
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
CATEGORIES:Torpedo Factory Art Center
CATEGORIES:Waterfront
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57064\n\nThe African American Heritage Trail Commit
 tee invites the public to join in a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate 
 the installation of new interpretive signs along Alexandria's historic wa
 terfront. These 11 signs and 2 orientation panels illuminate the history 
 of the African American community in Alexandria over the span of several 
 centuries. The event will begin at 11:00 a.m. at the new Fishtown sign on
  the river side of Founders Park (351 N. Union Street). A reception follo
 wing the ribbon cutting will be held in the Overlook Room (#325) on the t
 hird floor of the Torpedo Factory\, 105 N. Union Street. This event will 
 be rain or shine.\n\n\nLocation: Founders Park\, 351 N. Union St.\nContac
 t Person: Eleanor Breen\nContact Phone: 703.746.4399\nContact Email: Elea
 nor.Breen@alexandriava.gov\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Archaeolog
 y Museum\, Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old & Histori
 c Alexandria\, Old Town\, Torpedo Factory Art Center\, Waterfront\n\nImpo
 rt this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTe
 st/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57064\n\nWeb resources:\n\nRSVP here for your free t
 icket.\nhttps://shop.alexandriava.gov/EventPurchase.aspx?dateselected=2/1
 0/2024\n
DTEND:20240210T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20240112T211241Z
DTSTART:20240210T160000Z
LOCATION:Founders Park\, 351 N. Union St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:African American Heritage Trail Ribbon Cutting
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:8ab41870-fb0b-42df-bc8d-2fba6ee1adff
URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/EventPurchase.aspx?dateselected=2/10/2024
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57064">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57064</a><br />\n<br />The Africa
 n American Heritage Trail Committee invites the public to join in a ribbo
 n cutting ceremony to celebrate the installation of new interpretive sign
 s along Alexandria?s historic waterfront. These 11 signs and 2 orientatio
 n panels illuminate the history of the African American community in Alex
 andria over the span of several centuries. The event will begin at 11:00 
 a.m. at the new Fishtown sign on the river side of Founders Park (351 N. 
 Union Street). A reception following the ribbon cutting will be held in t
 he Overlook Room (#325) on the third floor of the Torpedo Factory\, 105 N
 . Union Street. This event will be rain or shine.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />
 Location: Founders Park\, 351 N. Union St.\n<br />Contact Person: Eleanor
  Breen\n<br />Contact Phone: 703.746.4399\n<br />Contact Email: Eleanor.B
 reen@alexandriava.gov\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Arc
 haeology Museum\, Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old &a
 mp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Torpedo Factory Art Center\, Waterf
 ront\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.ale
 xandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57064<br>\n<a href="htt
 ps://shop.alexandriava.gov/EventPurchase.aspx?dateselected=2/10/2024">RSV
 P here for your free ticket.</a><br>\n
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Equity
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=56875\n\nWe are excited to announce a new round of 
 Tables of Conscience book-themed dinners to raise money for the 2024 scho
 larships in the names of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas. These will be 
 held in January and February in order to raise the amount needed by March
  1\, 2024 for two scholarships worth $3\,000 each for two African America
 n Alexandria City High School students. \n\nThree ACRP Members have volun
 teered to host dinners in their homes for 8-12 people from 6-9 p.m. Those
  interested in attending will select one of the books listed below and bu
 y a ticket through the Office of Historic Alexandria's online ticket syst
 em. About a week before the dinner\, ticket holders will receive an email
  with the name and address of the hosts. \n\nBook: The Half That Has Neve
 r Been Told: Slavery and American Capitalism\, by Edward E. Baptist.\nEdw
 ard Baptist puts slavery at the very center of this nation's political an
 d economic past. Deemed a "radical new interpretation of history" this aw
 ard winning book details how slavery grew the United States into a modern
 \, industrial\, capitalist nation. "In the span of a single lifetime\, th
 e South grew from a  narrow coastal strip of worn-out tobacco plantations
  to a continental cotton empire." In the process of telling this story\, 
 Baptist humanizes those enslaved and shares the truth about the brutality
  they faced through the testimonies of survivors\, politicians and entrep
 reneurs as well as plantation records and newspapers.\n\nPlease note the 
 February 10 dinner has SOLD OUT.\n\n\nLocation: See Details\nFees: $125\,
  The book is not included in the ticket price and should be purchased sep
 arate from a local bookstore.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black H
 istory\, Black History Museum\, Equity\, Museums\n\nImport this event int
 o your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1
 &si=56875\n\nWeb resources:\n\nBuy Tickets Here\nhttps://shop.alexandriav
 a.gov/Events.aspx\n
DTEND:20240211T020000Z
DTSTAMP:20240129T222801Z
DTSTART:20240210T230000Z
LOCATION:See Details
SEQUENCE:6
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Tables of Conscience-Slavery By Another Name
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
UID:96c49922-2468-4fbd-b0bb-b5520b2c8473
URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56875">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56875</a><br />\n<br />We are exc
 ited to announce a new round of Tables of Conscience book-themed dinners 
 to raise money for the 2024 scholarships in the names of Joseph McCoy and
  Benjamin Thomas. These will be held in January and February in order to 
 raise the amount needed by March 1\, 2024 for two scholarships worth $3\,
 000 each for two African American Alexandria City High School students. \
 n<br />\n<br />Three ACRP Members have volunteered to host dinners in the
 ir homes for 8-12 people from 6-9 p.m. Those interested in attending will
  select one of the books listed below and buy a ticket through the Office
  of Historic Alexandria?s online ticket system. About a week before the d
 inner\, ticket holders will receive an email with the name and address of
  the hosts. \n<br />\n<br />Book: The Half That Has Never Been Told: Slav
 ery and American Capitalism\, by Edward E. Baptist.\n<br />Edward Baptist
  puts slavery at the very center of this nation?s political and economic 
 past. Deemed a ?radical new interpretation of history? this award winning
  book details how slavery grew the United States into a modern\, industri
 al\, capitalist nation. ?In the span of a single lifetime\, the South gre
 w from a  narrow coastal strip of worn-out tobacco plantations to a conti
 nental cotton empire.? In the process of telling this story\, Baptist hum
 anizes those enslaved and shares the truth about the brutality they faced
  through the testimonies of survivors\, politicians and entrepreneurs as 
 well as plantation records and newspapers.\n<br />\n<br />Please note the
  February 10 dinner has SOLD OUT.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: See De
 tails\n<br />Fees: $125\, The book is not included in the ticket price an
 d should be purchased separate from a local bookstore.\n<br />Audience: A
 nyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Equi
 ty\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://
 apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=56875<br>\n<a h
 ref="https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx">Buy Tickets Here</a><br>\
 n
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Concerts
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=56832\n\nJoin Washington Revels Jubilee Voices for 
 an exploration of the Gullah-Geechee culture and life in St Simons Island
 \, Georgia. This multimedia program\, "Wade in the Water\," was developed
  in partnership with Mercer University\, blends songs and stories of the 
 Gullah Geechee community and features six student films that capture the 
 history\, lives and spirit of these proud people\, whose numbers are dwin
 dling due to several factors\, including increasing development. \nThe ev
 ent is free\, but space is limited!  Location to be announced.\n\nLocatio
 n: Lyceum\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black Histo
 ry Museum\, Concerts\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: h
 ttp://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=56832\n\nWeb r
 esources:\n\nReserve your free space here.\nhttps://alexandriava.gov/shop
 \n
DTEND:20240218T200000Z
DTSTAMP:20240205T141844Z
DTSTART:20240218T190000Z
LOCATION:Lyceum
SEQUENCE:8
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:SOLD OUT: Washington Revels Jubilee Voices Concert
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
UID:015602bc-f418-4f27-8cf5-afb14730e022
URL:https://alexandriava.gov/shop
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56832">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=56832</a><br />\n<br />Join Washi
 ngton Revels Jubilee Voices for an exploration of the Gullah-Geechee cult
 ure and life in St Simons Island\, Georgia. This multimedia program\, &qu
 ot\;Wade in the Water\,&quot\; was developed in partnership with Mercer U
 niversity\, blends songs and stories of the Gullah Geechee community and 
 features six student films that capture the history\, lives and spirit of
  these proud people\, whose numbers are dwindling due to several factors\
 , including increasing development. \n<br />The event is free\, but space
  is limited!  Location to be announced.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Lyceum\n
 <br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black Hist
 ory Museum\, Concerts\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into you
 r calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\
 ;si=56832<br>\n<a href="https://alexandriava.gov/shop">Reserve your free 
 space here.</a><br>\n
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240205T141844Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57271\n\nThis FREE\, fun\, and educational story ti
 me features books written by and about African American people and other 
 communities of color to educate and inspire our youngest visitors. Along 
 with the book reading\, the story tellers provide historical context and 
 local community connections. Story time is geared to children ages 5-8 ye
 ars old.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Any
 one may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\n\nI
 mport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calenda
 rTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57271
DTEND:20240309T154500Z
DTSTAMP:20240305T161641Z
DTSTART:20240309T150000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:6
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:1ce6c4d9-f6b9-4bc7-9f42-d1335df4c7f4
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57271">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57271</a><br />\n<br />This FREE\
 , fun\, and educational story time features books written by and about Af
 rican American people and other communities of color to educate and inspi
 re our youngest visitors. Along with the book reading\, the story tellers
  provide historical context and local community connections. Story time i
 s geared to children ages 5-8 years old.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black H
 istory Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />T
 ags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import
  this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest
 /iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57271
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240305T161641Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Community Outreach
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57306\n\nMeaningful Conversations\, Social Change f
 rom the Grassroots Up. These meaningful conversations explore and celebra
 te the diversity of cultures and peoples in our area\, confront the attit
 udes and behaviors that still divide us\, and seek remedies grounded in t
 he recognition (as stated in the City's ALL Alexandria Resolution) that w
 e are one interconnected\, interdependent human family. Each month\, we w
 ill host respectful\, honest\, and thoughtful conversations on race relat
 ions\, social justice\, and more at Alexandria's Black History Museum\, 9
 02 Wythe St.\, Alexandria\, VA. With the help of expert panelists\, we wi
 ll listen and learn from one another and explore solutions for empowering
  and engaging all people to tackle the challenges of racism. March focuse
 s on "Social Change from the Grassroots Up." Sponsored by the Alexandria 
 Bah?'? Community\, the Alexandria Black History Museum\, and the Alexandr
 ia Community Remembrance Project.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902
  Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black Hist
 ory Museum\, Community Outreach\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your 
 calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=573
 06
DTEND:20240329T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20240313T160839Z
DTSTART:20240328T230000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Meaningful Conversations\, Social Change
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:54385ace-6bdb-472c-bc1d-5300c9654c4d
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57306">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57306</a><br />\n<br />Meaningful
  Conversations\, Social Change from the Grassroots Up. These meaningful c
 onversations explore and celebrate the diversity of cultures and peoples 
 in our area\, confront the attitudes and behaviors that still divide us\,
  and seek remedies grounded in the recognition (as stated in the City?s A
 LL Alexandria Resolution) that we are one interconnected\, interdependent
  human family. Each month\, we will host respectful\, honest\, and though
 tful conversations on race relations\, social justice\, and more at Alexa
 ndria?s Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\, Alexandria\, VA. With the 
 help of expert panelists\, we will listen and learn from one another and 
 explore solutions for empowering and engaging all people to tackle the ch
 allenges of racism. March focuses on &quot\;Social Change from the Grassr
 oots Up.&quot\; Sponsored by the Alexandria Bah&#225\;?&#237\; Community\
 , the Alexandria Black History Museum\, and the Alexandria Community Reme
 mbrance Project.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wyth
 e St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Bla
 ck History Museum\, Community Outreach\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import th
 is event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iC
 al.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57306
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240313T160839Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57396\n\nThis FREE\, fun\, and educational story ti
 me is geared to children ages 5-8 years old and features stories related 
 to Black History. The program uses books written by and about African Ame
 rican people and other communities of color to educate and inspire our yo
 ungest visitors. Story time will be held in the Museum's Parker-Gray Gall
 ery. Call 703-746-4356 for more information. \n\nLocation: Black History 
 Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\
 , Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n
 \nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Cale
 ndarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57396
DTEND:20240413T144500Z
DTSTAMP:20240411T213416Z
DTSTART:20240413T140000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:5446d24a-d2ae-4e02-9a54-3b425f447536
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57396">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57396</a><br />\n<br />This FREE\
 , fun\, and educational story time is geared to children ages 5-8 years o
 ld and features stories related to Black History. The program uses books 
 written by and about African American people and other communities of col
 or to educate and inspire our youngest visitors. Story time will be held 
 in the Museum&#39\;s Parker-Gray Gallery. Call 703-746-4356 for more info
 rmation. \n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n
 <br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black Hist
 ory Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n<br />\
 n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov
 /CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57396
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240411T213416Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:Author Reading
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Community Event
CATEGORIES:Community Outreach
CATEGORIES:Film
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57426\n\nJoin Alexandria Community Remembrance Proj
 ect Steering Committee Member Michael Johnson and others as they celebrat
 e the launch of Hip Hop @ 50. Howard University held a two-day conference
  with scholars\, artists and media icons of Hip Hop in October 2023. The 
 book features many of the symposium's essays that examine Hip Hop's impac
 t from 1973 to today\, including a chapter by ACRP's Johnson. Dr. Elizabe
 th Clark Lewis edited the book that other Alexandria residents are featur
 ed including\, Cathay Driver\, A. Edna Santiago and Stephanie Johnson. Bo
 oks will be available for purchase at the event. For further information 
 call 703-746-4356.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAud
 ience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Arts\, Author Reading\, Black History\, B
 lack History Museum\, Community Event\, Community Outreach\, Film\, Museu
 ms\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your 
 calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=574
 26
DTEND:20240427T163000Z
DTSTAMP:20240419T200451Z
DTSTART:20240427T150000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Book Signing: "Hip Hop@50"
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:659e503c-95bd-47c3-a238-01f94cd2fcb2
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57426">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57426</a><br />\n<br />Join Alexa
 ndria Community Remembrance Project Steering Committee Member Michael Joh
 nson and others as they celebrate the launch of Hip Hop @ 50. Howard Univ
 ersity held a two-day conference with scholars\, artists and media icons 
 of Hip Hop in October 2023. The book features many of the symposium?s ess
 ays that examine Hip Hop?s impact from 1973 to today\, including a chapte
 r by ACRP?s Johnson. Dr. Elizabeth Clark Lewis edited the book that other
  Alexandria residents are featured including\, Cathay Driver\, A. Edna Sa
 ntiago and Stephanie Johnson. Books will be available for purchase at the
  event. For further information call 703-746-4356.\n<br />\n<br />Locatio
 n: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may atten
 d\n<br />Tags: Arts\, Author Reading\, Black History\, Black History Muse
 um\, Community Event\, Community Outreach\, Film\, Museums\, Old &amp\; H
 istoric Alexandria\, Old Town\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your 
 calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;s
 i=57426
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BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
CATEGORIES:Old Town North
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57467\n\nStory Time for Little Historians\nAlexandr
 ia Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe Street\n\nSaturday\, May 11\n10-10:45
  a.m.\nFree event\, no registration required. \n\nCall 703-746-4356 for m
 ore information.\n \nThis FREE\, fun\, and educational story time is gear
 ed to children ages 5-8 years old and features stories related to Black H
 istory. The program uses books written by and about African American peop
 le and other communities of color to educate and inspire our youngest vis
 itors. Along with the book reading\, Museum Staff provides historical con
 text and local community connections. Story time will be held in the Muse
 um's Parker-Gray Gallery. \n\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wyth
 e St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History M
 useum\, Family\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Old Tow
 n North\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava
 .gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57467
DTEND:20240511T144500Z
DTSTAMP:20240502T165718Z
DTSTART:20240511T140000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:d1a60d6a-4d51-4bf9-a981-13ad78bf5fde
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57467">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57467</a><br />\n<br />Story Time
  for Little Historians\n<br />Alexandria Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe
  Street\n<br />\n<br />Saturday\, May 11\n<br />10-10:45 a.m.\n<br />Free
  event\, no registration required. \n<br />\n<br />Call 703-746-4356 for 
 more information.\n<br /> \n<br />This FREE\, fun\, and educational story
  time is geared to children ages 5-8 years old and features stories relat
 ed to Black History. The program uses books written by and about African 
 American people and other communities of color to educate and inspire our
  youngest visitors. Along with the book reading\, Museum Staff provides h
 istorical context and local community connections. Story time will be hel
 d in the Museum?s Parker-Gray Gallery. \n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: 
 Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n
 <br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\, Old
  &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\, Old Town North\n<br />\n<br />Im
 port this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar
 Test/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57467
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57500\n\nAn in-person meeting of the Alexandria Com
 munity Remembrance Project Steering Committee.\n\nLocation: Black History
  Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History
 \, Black History Museum\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar
 : http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57500\n\nWe
 b resources:\n\nMeeting Agenda\nhttps://media.alexandriava.gov/content/oh
 a/ACRPSteeringAgenda20240604.pdf\n
DTEND:20240604T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20240508T185203Z
DTSTART:20240604T210000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:7
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:ACRP Steering Committee Meeting
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:ab7c98dc-90e6-45e2-ac20-8ece16c83eaa
URL:https://media.alexandriava.gov/content/oha/ACRPSteeringAgenda20240604.
 pdf
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57500">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57500</a><br />\n<br />An in-pers
 on meeting of the Alexandria Community Remembrance Project Steering Commi
 ttee.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br 
 />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History 
 Museum\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: htt
 p://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57500<br>\n
 <a href="https://media.alexandriava.gov/content/oha/ACRPSteeringAgenda202
 40604.pdf">Meeting Agenda</a><br>\n
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240508T185203Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57557\n\nThis FREE\, fun\, and educational story ti
 me is geared to children ages 5-8 years old and features stories related 
 to Black History. The program uses books written by and about African Ame
 rican people and other communities of color to educate and inspire our yo
 ungest visitors. Along with the book reading\, Museum Staff provides hist
 orical context and local community connections. Story time will be held i
 n the Museum's Parker-Gray Gallery. Call 703-746-4356 for more informatio
 n.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone ma
 y attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\n
 \nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Cale
 ndarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57557
DTEND:20240608T144500Z
DTSTAMP:20240523T155302Z
DTSTART:20240608T140000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:1577c7bb-5409-4d93-b33b-45eea9b441f2
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57557">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57557</a><br />\n<br />This FREE\
 , fun\, and educational story time is geared to children ages 5-8 years o
 ld and features stories related to Black History. The program uses books 
 written by and about African American people and other communities of col
 or to educate and inspire our youngest visitors. Along with the book read
 ing\, Museum Staff provides historical context and local community connec
 tions. Story time will be held in the Museum?s Parker-Gray Gallery. Call 
 703-746-4356 for more information.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History
  Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: B
 lack History\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Imp
 ort this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarT
 est/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57557
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240523T155302Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Boards & Commissions
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57697\n\nA meeting of the Benjamin Thomas Remembran
 ce Planning Committee \n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\
 nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\
 , Boards & Commissions\, Museums\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into you
 r calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=5
 7697\n\nWeb resources:\n\nMeeting agenda\nhttps://www.alexandriava.gov/si
 tes/default/files/2024-07/ACRPAgendaPlanningJuly9.pdf\n
DTEND:20240709T203000Z
DTSTAMP:20240709T194052Z
DTSTART:20240709T193000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:11
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Benjamin Thomas Remembrance Planning Committee
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:5f8092ab-b0a9-4d1a-ab57-d5efb5aa3ee6
URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/ACRPAgendaPla
 nningJuly9.pdf
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57697">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57697</a><br />\n<br />A meeting 
 of the Benjamin Thomas Remembrance Planning Committee \n<br />\n<br />Loc
 ation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may a
 ttend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Boards &amp\; C
 ommissions\, Museums\, Old Town\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into you
 r calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\
 ;si=57697<br>\n<a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/sites/default/files/
 2024-07/ACRPAgendaPlanningJuly9.pdf">Meeting agenda</a><br>\n
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57653\n\nThis story time features books written by 
 and about African American people and other communities of color to educa
 te and inspire our youngest visitors. Along with the book reading\, the s
 tory tellers provide historical context and local community connections. 
 Story time is geared to children ages 5-8 years old.\n\nLocation: Black H
 istory Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black H
 istory\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\n\nImport this event int
 o your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1
 &si=57653
DTEND:20240713T144500Z
DTSTAMP:20240622T015225Z
DTSTART:20240713T140000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:8c9ae010-5a15-4073-8b60-84143667e562
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57653">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57653</a><br />\n<br />This story
  time features books written by and about African American people and oth
 er communities of color to educate and inspire our youngest visitors. Alo
 ng with the book reading\, the story tellers provide historical context a
 nd local community connections. Story time is geared to children ages 5-8
  years old.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
 \n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black Hi
 story Museum\, Family\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into you
 r calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\
 ;si=57653
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240622T015225Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57705\n\nA meeting of the Benjamin Thomas Remembran
 ce Planning Committee. \n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
 \nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum
 \, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\n\nImport this event into your cal
 endar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57705
DTEND:20240730T203000Z
DTSTAMP:20240710T162636Z
DTSTART:20240730T193000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Benjamin Thomas Remembrance Planning Committee
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:ec265d36-d0b5-4706-a5a1-5a72e56124b9
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57705">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57705</a><br />\n<br />A meeting 
 of the Benjamin Thomas Remembrance Planning Committee. \n<br />\n<br />Lo
 cation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may 
 attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old 
 &amp\; Historic Alexandria\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your cal
 endar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=5
 7705
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240710T162636Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57704\n\nA meeting of the Alexandria Community Reme
 mbrance Project (ACRP) Steering Committee. \n\nLocation: Black History Mu
 seum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, 
 Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\n\nImport this
  event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal
 .aspx?id=1&si=57704
DTEND:20240806T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20240710T162119Z
DTSTART:20240806T210000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:ACRP Steering Committee Meeting
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:bf785891-ff1a-45bd-a33a-9e5605653ab7
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57704">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57704</a><br />\n<br />A meeting 
 of the Alexandria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) Steering Committee
 . \n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />A
 udience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Mus
 eum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\n<br />\n<br />Import this
  event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal
 .aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57704
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240710T162119Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:ALL Alexandria
CATEGORIES:ALX275
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:City Council
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57703\n\nThe Alexandria Community Remembrance Proje
 ct is holding its annual event in memory of Benjamin Thomas\, a Black Ale
 xandria teen lynched 125 years ago.\n\nTo acknowledge this aspect of our 
 history as we work toward creating a more inclusive community\, the Alexa
 ndria Community Remembrance Project has invited Rachel Laser to speak abo
 ut attempts to stifle the teaching of our shared history\, book bans and 
 disinformation that stokes fear about race in our public schools. She wil
 l be presenting "Why the 'Parental Rights' Movement Is Anti-Civil Rights.
 "\n\nPlease join us for an hour-long program of music\, memory and learni
 ng.\n\nEvent will be at Shiloh Baptist Worship Center at 1401 Jamieson Av
 enue (across the street from the historic Shiloh church building). Doors 
 open at 6:15 p.m. and program begins at 6:30 p.m.\n\nThis is a secular pr
 ogram being held in a worship center due to its historical connection and
  importance to the story of Benjamin Thomas\, who was lynched in Alexandr
 ia on August 8\, 1899.\n\nLocation:  No Location Specified\nAudience: Any
 one may attend\nTags: ALL Alexandria\, ALX275\, Black History\, Black His
 tory Museum\, City Council\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calen
 dar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57703
DTEND:20240808T233000Z
DTSTAMP:20240725T143743Z
DTSTART:20240808T223000Z
SEQUENCE:11
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Benjamin Thomas Remembrance Program
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:6afa2a69-b5fd-4f9d-b878-9c27d6a294cc
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57703">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57703</a><br />\n<br />The Alexan
 dria Community Remembrance Project is holding its annual event in memory 
 of Benjamin Thomas\, a Black Alexandria teen lynched 125 years ago.\n<br 
 />\n<br />To acknowledge this aspect of our history as we work toward cre
 ating a more inclusive community\, the Alexandria Community Remembrance P
 roject has invited Rachel Laser to speak about attempts to stifle the tea
 ching of our shared history\, book bans and disinformation that stokes fe
 ar about race in our public schools. She will be presenting ?Why the ?Par
 ental Rights? Movement Is Anti-Civil Rights.?\n<br />\n<br />Please join 
 us for an hour-long program of music\, memory and learning.\n<br />\n<br 
 />Event will be at Shiloh Baptist Worship Center at 1401 Jamieson Avenue 
 (across the street from the historic Shiloh church building). Doors open 
 at 6:15 p.m. and program begins at 6:30 p.m.\n<br />\n<br />This is a sec
 ular program being held in a worship center due to its historical connect
 ion and importance to the story of Benjamin Thomas\, who was lynched in A
 lexandria on August 8\, 1899.\n<br />\n<br />Location:  No Location Speci
 fied\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: ALL Alexandria\, ALX
 275\, Black History\, Black History Museum\, City Council\, Museums\n<br 
 />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.
 gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57703
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240725T143743Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57771\n\nStory Time for Little Historians\n\nDynami
 c storytellers use books written by and about African American people and
  other communities of color to engage with ages 5-8.\n\nLocation: Black H
 istory Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black H
 istory\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\n\nImport this event int
 o your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1
 &si=57771
DTEND:20240810T144500Z
DTSTAMP:20240808T224425Z
DTSTART:20240810T140000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:f6d92d8f-21a1-41ca-bb59-d6b6145cc926
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57771">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57771</a><br />\n<br />Story Time
  for Little Historians\n<br />\n<br />Dynamic storytellers use books writ
 ten by and about African American people and other communities of color t
 o engage with ages 5-8.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 9
 02 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black Histor
 y\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this ev
 ent into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.as
 px?id=1&amp\;si=57771
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240808T224425Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57757\n\nCandlelight vigil and wreath laying at Fre
 edmen's Cemetery. Shuttle service from Lee Center starting at 7:30pm. Fre
 e\n\nTo purchase tickets for the Bus Tour of Pre-Civil Era Historic Afric
 an American Churches and Sites of Alexandria (September 6)\, 10th Anniver
 sary Luncheon (September 7)\, or the Bus Tour to Arlington House (Septemb
 er 7)\, visit shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx  \n\n\n\nLocation: Freedm
 en Cemetery Memorial\, 700 Church St. Alexandria\, VA 22314\nAudience: An
 yone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\n\n
 Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57757\n\nWeb resources:\n\nLearn more about the 
 vigil\, and ticketed programs and events on Sept. 6-7.\nhttps://www.alexa
 ndriava.gov/FreedmenMemorial\n
DTEND:20240908T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20240823T065719Z
DTSTART:20240908T000001Z
GEO:38.794727;-77.049629
LOCATION:Freedmen Cemetery Memorial\, 700 Church St. Alexandria\, VA 22314
SEQUENCE:7
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Freedmen's Cemetery Anniversary Vigil
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:b32158cf-1a9a-4f34-afb7-6623c4c97eaf
URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/FreedmenMemorial
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57757">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57757</a><br />\n<br />Candleligh
 t vigil and wreath laying at Freedmen?s Cemetery. Shuttle service from Le
 e Center starting at 7:30pm. Free\n<br />\n<br />To purchase tickets for 
 the Bus Tour of Pre-Civil Era Historic African American Churches and Site
 s of Alexandria (September 6)\, 10th Anniversary Luncheon (September 7)\,
  or the Bus Tour to Arlington House (September 7)\, visit shop.alexandria
 va.gov/Events.aspx  \n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: Freedmen Ce
 metery Memorial\, 700 Church St. Alexandria\, VA 22314\n<br />Audience: A
 nyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Muse
 ums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alex
 andriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57757<br>\n<a href="http
 s://www.alexandriava.gov/FreedmenMemorial">Learn more about the vigil\, a
 nd ticketed programs and events on Sept. 6-7.</a><br>\n
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BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Boards & Commissions
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57831\n\nA meeting of the Alexandria Community Reme
 mbrance Project (ACRP) Steering Committee. \n\nLocation: Black History Mu
 seum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, 
 Black History Museum\, Boards & Commissions\, Museums\n\nImport this even
 t into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx
 ?id=1&si=57831\n\nWeb resources:\n\nMeeting agenda\nhttps://www.alexandri
 ava.gov/sites/default/files/2024-08/acrpsteeringagenda20240910.pdf\n
DTEND:20240910T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20240829T135402Z
DTSTART:20240910T210000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:6
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:ACRP Steering Committee
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:763054d8-148c-490e-8e6d-1d420848f5a4
URL:https://www.alexandriava.gov/sites/default/files/2024-08/acrpsteeringa
 genda20240910.pdf
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57831">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57831</a><br />\n<br />A meeting 
 of the Alexandria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) Steering Committee
 . \n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />A
 udience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Mus
 eum\, Boards &amp\; Commissions\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this even
 t into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx
 ?id=1&amp\;si=57831<br>\n<a href="https://www.alexandriava.gov/sites/defa
 ult/files/2024-08/acrpsteeringagenda20240910.pdf">Meeting agenda</a><br>\
 n
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Film
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=57785\n\nThe Alexandria Community Remembrance Proje
 ct (ACRP) will debut a documentary film titled Resolved: Never Again that
  brings a fresh perspective to the history of the United States.  In Reso
 lved: Never Again\, filmmaker Robin Hamilton explores the port city's inv
 olvement in slavery and the domestic slave trade until the Civil War\, an
  era followed by decades of racial terror when the lynchings of Joseph Mc
 Coy and Benjamin Thomas took place. The evening opens at 5:30 with a Fund
 raising Reception\, the film begins at 7 p.m. followed by a panel discuss
 ion that will end at 8:30 p.m. \n\nThe film also captures the impact of t
 he Equal Justice Initiative's Remembrance Movement on our community from 
 exposing these uncomfortable truths\, to honoring the lives and deaths of
  Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas with historic markers\, a soil collecti
 on and a pilgrimage by nearly 200 community members and high school stude
 nts to Montgomery\, Ala. to deliver the sacred soil to the National Memor
 ial for Peace and Justice. \n\nInterviews with Mayor Justin Wilson\, form
 er Police Chief Don Hayes and Sheriff Sean Casey bring out the importance
  of acknowledging and taking responsibility for the past actions and inac
 tions of their counterparts as we move toward reconciling. Another featur
 e of the film focuses on descendants of Joseph McCoy\, and how their fami
 ly learned about their connection to this history and to Alexandria. Debr
 a White\, a spokesperson for the McCoy family\, talks about joining Alexa
 ndrians to engage with this history to join together for a better future.
  \n\nSee below for details and ticket prices.\n \nAttend the film and pan
 el discussion\, doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $10\n\nMeet Robin Hamilto
 n\, Founder and Principal of ARound Robin Productions\, and many of those
  who are featured in the film at a Fundraising Reception prior to the deb
 ut while enjoying spirits and appetizers\, get preferred seating for the 
 screening and panel discussion\, as well as a promotional poster signed b
 y Robin Hamilton. Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $100\n\nExperienc
 e the Fundraising Reception with those featured in the film and Robin Ham
 ilton\, spirits and appetizers\, receive a signed promotional poster\, pr
 eferred seating for the screening and panel discussion\, as well as reser
 ved parking near the event entrance. Evening events begin at 5:30 p.m. Ti
 ckets $250\n\nThe Alexandria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) is a ci
 ty-wide initiative dedicated to helping Alexandria understand its history
  of racial terror hate crimes and to work toward creating a welcoming com
 munity bound by equity and inclusion. The ACRP is part of the African Ame
 rican History Division. \n\n\n\nLocation: George Washington Masonic Memor
 ial\nFees: $10 - $250\n\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Arts\, Black 
 History\, Black History Museum\, Film\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandr
 ia\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/
 CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=57785\n\nWeb resources:\n\nPurchase ticket
 s here\nhttps://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation?ApiKey=pub_85748919-f16e
 -11ec-be05-02d341daa68d&WidgetId=10312705\n
DTEND:20240922T003000Z
DTSTAMP:20240823T060917Z
DTSTART:20240921T230000Z
GEO:38.807611;-77.065508
LOCATION:George Washington Masonic Memorial
SEQUENCE:10
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:ACRP Documentary Film Debut
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:e18afa55-fa82-4b8c-a5fa-8ca342e5beb3
URL:https://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation?ApiKey=pub_85748919-f16e-11ec
 -be05-02d341daa68d&WidgetId=10312705
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57785">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=57785</a><br />\n<br />The Alexan
 dria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) will debut a documentary film t
 itled Resolved: Never Again that brings a fresh perspective to the histor
 y of the United States.  In Resolved: Never Again\, filmmaker Robin Hamil
 ton explores the port city?s involvement in slavery and the domestic slav
 e trade until the Civil War\, an era followed by decades of racial terror
  when the lynchings of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Thomas took place. The e
 vening opens at 5:30 with a Fundraising Reception\, the film begins at 7 
 p.m. followed by a panel discussion that will end at 8:30 p.m. \n<br />\n
 <br />The film also captures the impact of the Equal Justice Initiative?s
  Remembrance Movement on our community from exposing these uncomfortable 
 truths\, to honoring the lives and deaths of Joseph McCoy and Benjamin Th
 omas with historic markers\, a soil collection and a pilgrimage by nearly
  200 community members and high school students to Montgomery\, Ala. to d
 eliver the sacred soil to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. \n
 <br />\n<br />Interviews with Mayor Justin Wilson\, former Police Chief D
 on Hayes and Sheriff Sean Casey bring out the importance of acknowledging
  and taking responsibility for the past actions and inactions of their co
 unterparts as we move toward reconciling. Another feature of the film foc
 uses on descendants of Joseph McCoy\, and how their family learned about 
 their connection to this history and to Alexandria. Debra White\, a spoke
 sperson for the McCoy family\, talks about joining Alexandrians to engage
  with this history to join together for a better future. \n<br />\n<br />
 See below for details and ticket prices.\n<br /> \n<br />Attend the film 
 and panel discussion\, doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets $10\n<br />\n<br /
 >Meet Robin Hamilton\, Founder and Principal of ARound Robin Productions\
 , and many of those who are featured in the film at a Fundraising Recepti
 on prior to the debut while enjoying spirits and appetizers\, get preferr
 ed seating for the screening and panel discussion\, as well as a promotio
 nal poster signed by Robin Hamilton. Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. Ticket
 s $100\n<br />\n<br />Experience the Fundraising Reception with those fea
 tured in the film and Robin Hamilton\, spirits and appetizers\, receive a
  signed promotional poster\, preferred seating for the screening and pane
 l discussion\, as well as reserved parking near the event entrance. Eveni
 ng events begin at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $250\n<br />\n<br />The Alexandria C
 ommunity Remembrance Project (ACRP) is a city-wide initiative dedicated t
 o helping Alexandria understand its history of racial terror hate crimes 
 and to work toward creating a welcoming community bound by equity and inc
 lusion. The ACRP is part of the African American History Division. \n<br 
 />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: George Washington Masonic Memorial\n<
 br />Fees: $10 - $250\n<br />\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />T
 ags: Arts\, Black History\, Black History Museum\, Film\, Museums\, Old &
 amp\; Historic Alexandria\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your cale
 ndar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=57
 785<br>\n<a href="https://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation?ApiKey=pub_857
 48919-f16e-11ec-be05-02d341daa68d&amp\;WidgetId=10312705">Purchase ticket
 s here</a><br>\n
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Boards & Commissions
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58073\n\nA meeting of the Alexandria Community Reme
 mbrance Project (ACRP) Steering Committee. \n\nLocation: Black History Mu
 seum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, 
 Black History Museum\, Boards & Commissions\, Museums\n\nImport this even
 t into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx
 ?id=1&si=58073\n\nWeb resources:\n\nMeeting agenda\nhttps://media.alexand
 riava.gov/content/oha/ACRPSteeringAgenda20241008.pdf\n
DTEND:20241008T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20241002T144644Z
DTSTART:20241008T210000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:ACRP Steering Committee Meeting
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:7e8c0fe2-a187-4e8a-8ae3-140e5bf0a6e8
URL:https://media.alexandriava.gov/content/oha/ACRPSteeringAgenda20241008.
 pdf
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58073">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58073</a><br />\n<br />A meeting 
 of the Alexandria Community Remembrance Project (ACRP) Steering Committee
 . \n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />A
 udience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Mus
 eum\, Boards &amp\; Commissions\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this even
 t into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx
 ?id=1&amp\;si=58073<br>\n<a href="https://media.alexandriava.gov/content/
 oha/ACRPSteeringAgenda20241008.pdf">Meeting agenda</a><br>\n
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20241002T144644Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58040\n\nStory Time for Little Historians\nAlexandr
 ia Black History Museum\n902 Wythe Street\nSaturday\, October 12\n10 a.m.
 - 10:45 a.m. \nFree\n\nDynamic storytellers use books written by and abou
 t African American people and other communities of color to engage with a
 ges 5-8.  \n\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience:
  Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Family\,
  Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriav
 a.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58040
DTEND:20241012T144500Z
DTSTAMP:20240924T031216Z
DTSTART:20241012T140000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:0337a754-f379-4b58-a4b6-369c0d929433
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58040">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58040</a><br />\n<br />Story Time
  for Little Historians\n<br />Alexandria Black History Museum\n<br />902 
 Wythe Street\n<br />Saturday\, October 12\n<br />10 a.m.- 10:45 a.m. \n<b
 r />Free\n<br />\n<br />Dynamic storytellers use books written by and abo
 ut African American people and other communities of color to engage with 
 ages 5-8.  \n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 W
 ythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, 
 Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event 
 into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?i
 d=1&amp\;si=58040
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20240924T031216Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58081\n\nMeaningful Conversations about Racism - an
 d What To Do About It \n\nJoin us as we resume our meaningful conversatio
 ns that explore and celebrate the diversity of cultures and peoples in ou
 r area\, address the attitudes and behaviors that still divide us\, and s
 eek remedies grounded in the recognition that we are one interconnected\,
  interdependent human family. \n\nThis new series of panel discussions wi
 ll focus on how exemplary local non-profits are working to improve and up
 lift our community and how their work relates to key principles for promo
 ting racial and social justice and empowering all people to flourish and 
 to act as protagonists in uplifting our community.\n\nEach conversation w
 ill be at Alexandria's Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\, Alexandria\
 , VA.\n\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyo
 ne may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old
  & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your calendar
 : http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58081
DTEND:20241018T000001Z
DTSTAMP:20241004T201132Z
DTSTART:20241017T230000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Meaningful Conversations: Children & Youth
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:a385458d-8a1b-42b1-b4b8-2d0675708eaa
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58081">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58081</a><br />\n<br />Meaningful
  Conversations about Racism ? and What To Do About It \n<br />\n<br />Joi
 n us as we resume our meaningful conversations that explore and celebrate
  the diversity of cultures and peoples in our area\, address the attitude
 s and behaviors that still divide us\, and seek remedies grounded in the 
 recognition that we are one interconnected\, interdependent human family.
  \n<br />\n<br />This new series of panel discussions will focus on how e
 xemplary local non-profits are working to improve and uplift our communit
 y and how their work relates to key principles for promoting racial and s
 ocial justice and empowering all people to flourish and to act as protago
 nists in uplifting our community.\n<br />\n<br />Each conversation will b
 e at Alexandria?s Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\, Alexandria\, VA.
 \n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<
 br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black Histo
 ry Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n<br />\n
 <br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/
 CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58081
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20241004T201132Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58096\n\nEvening for Educators\nMoss Kendrix: Refra
 ming the Black Image\n\nJoin Office of Historic Alexandria staff to explo
 re this new exhibit and learn about education resources available for Ale
 xandria Black History Museum. \n\nRaffle drawing for all attendees at 5:3
 0 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.\n\nPlease RSVP to Elizabeth Keaney.
  Elizabeth.Keaney@AlexandriaVA.gov\n703-746-4735\n\nLocation: Black Histo
 ry Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black Histo
 ry\, Black History Museum\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calend
 ar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58096
DTEND:20241029T220000Z
DTSTAMP:20241009T150039Z
DTSTART:20241029T203000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Evening for Educators - Moss Kendrix Exhibit
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:79449398-4097-4eb4-86c1-dc330a15c515
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58096">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58096</a><br />\n<br />Evening fo
 r Educators\n<br />Moss Kendrix: Reframing the Black Image\n<br />\n<br /
 >Join Office of Historic Alexandria staff to explore this new exhibit and
  learn about education resources available for Alexandria Black History M
 useum. \n<br />\n<br />Raffle drawing for all attendees at 5:30 p.m. Refr
 eshments will be provided.\n<br />\n<br />Please RSVP to Elizabeth Keaney
 . Elizabeth.Keaney@AlexandriaVA.gov\n<br />703-746-4735\n<br />\n<br />Lo
 cation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may 
 attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\n<br /
 >\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.g
 ov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58096
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20241009T150039Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58147\n\nDynamic storytellers use books written by 
 and about African American people and other communities of color to engag
 e with ages 5-8.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudie
 nce: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Fami
 ly\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event 
 into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?i
 d=1&si=58147
DTEND:20241109T154500Z
DTSTAMP:20241023T203800Z
DTSTART:20241109T150000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:0fb98897-8ed5-4867-99d0-b814815a3231
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58147">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58147</a><br />\n<br />Dynamic st
 orytellers use books written by and about African American people and oth
 er communities of color to engage with ages 5-8.\n<br />\n<br />Location:
  Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\
 n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\, Ol
 d &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n<br />\n<br />Import this event 
 into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?i
 d=1&amp\;si=58147
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20241023T203800Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Boards & Commissions
CATEGORIES:Library
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Schools
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58177\n\nA meeting of the Schools and Libraries Act
 ion Committee.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudienc
 e: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Boards
  & Commissions\, Library\, Museums\, Schools\n\nImport this event into yo
 ur calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=
 58177\n\nWeb resources:\n\nMeeting agenda\nhttps://media.alexandriava.gov
 /content/oha/ACRPSLAC20241118.pdf\n
DTEND:20241119T000001Z
DTSTAMP:20241101T231805Z
DTSTART:20241118T230000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Schools and Libraries Action Committee Meeting
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:789453b9-84b2-4acf-9f7a-2531e3edda88
URL:https://media.alexandriava.gov/content/oha/ACRPSLAC20241118.pdf
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58177">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58177</a><br />\n<br />A meeting 
 of the Schools and Libraries Action Committee.\n<br />\n<br />Location: B
 lack History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<
 br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Boards &amp\; Commissio
 ns\, Library\, Museums\, Schools\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into yo
 ur calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp
 \;si=58177<br>\n<a href="https://media.alexandriava.gov/content/oha/ACRPS
 LAC20241118.pdf">Meeting agenda</a><br>\n
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20241101T231805Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58082\n\nMeaningful Conversations about Racism - an
 d What To Do About It \n\nJoin us as we resume our meaningful conversatio
 ns that explore and celebrate the diversity of cultures and peoples in ou
 r area\, address the attitudes and behaviors that still divide us\, and s
 eek remedies grounded in the recognition that we are one interconnected\,
  interdependent human family. \n\nThis new series of panel discussions wi
 ll focus on how exemplary local non-profits are working to improve and up
 lift our community and how their work relates to key principles for promo
 ting racial and social justice and empowering all people to flourish and 
 to act as protagonists in uplifting our community.\n\nNovember 21\, 2024 
 discussion will focus on Protecting African American History. Each conver
 sation will be at Alexandria's Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\, Ale
 xandria\, VA.\n\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudien
 ce: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museu
 ms\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your 
 calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=580
 82
DTEND:20241122T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20241004T201746Z
DTSTART:20241122T000001Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Meaningful Conversations: African American History
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:f09ec59c-d56c-4b17-b8e5-7ec2dc3720c6
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58082">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58082</a><br />\n<br />Meaningful
  Conversations about Racism ? and What To Do About It \n<br />\n<br />Joi
 n us as we resume our meaningful conversations that explore and celebrate
  the diversity of cultures and peoples in our area\, address the attitude
 s and behaviors that still divide us\, and seek remedies grounded in the 
 recognition that we are one interconnected\, interdependent human family.
  \n<br />\n<br />This new series of panel discussions will focus on how e
 xemplary local non-profits are working to improve and uplift our communit
 y and how their work relates to key principles for promoting racial and s
 ocial justice and empowering all people to flourish and to act as protago
 nists in uplifting our community.\n<br />\n<br />November 21\, 2024 discu
 ssion will focus on Protecting African American History. Each conversatio
 n will be at Alexandria?s Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\, Alexandr
 ia\, VA.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wyth
 e St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Bla
 ck History Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n
 <br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandri
 ava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58082
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20241004T201746Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58148\n\nDynamic storytellers use books written by 
 and about African American people and other communities of color to engag
 e with ages 5-8.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudie
 nce: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Fami
 ly\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event 
 into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?i
 d=1&si=58148
DTEND:20241214T154500Z
DTSTAMP:20241023T203958Z
DTSTART:20241214T150000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:eb922573-756d-4eab-a131-1f177487651d
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58148">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58148</a><br />\n<br />Dynamic st
 orytellers use books written by and about African American people and oth
 er communities of color to engage with ages 5-8.\n<br />\n<br />Location:
  Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\
 n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\, Ol
 d &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n<br />\n<br />Import this event 
 into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?i
 d=1&amp\;si=58148
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20241023T203958Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58149\n\nCome out and learn about the origins\, con
 cepts\, practices\, and foods of Kwanzaa!\n\nMembers of the staff will sh
 are the historical foundation of Kwanzaa and its seven principles. Progra
 m includes a candle lighting\, a food tasting\, and information on craft 
 projects will be shared. \n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe S
 t.\nFees: $3 per person\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History
 \, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, 
 Old Town\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriav
 a.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58149
DTEND:20241214T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20241023T210715Z
DTSTART:20241214T160000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Kwanzaa Workshop
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:6dbdbe65-ff16-4109-ad37-c012ea466ad9
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58149">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58149</a><br />\n<br />Come out a
 nd learn about the origins\, concepts\, practices\, and foods of Kwanzaa!
 \n<br />\n<br />Members of the staff will share the historical foundation
  of Kwanzaa and its seven principles. Program includes a candle lighting\
 , a food tasting\, and information on craft projects will be shared. \n<b
 r />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Fees: $
 3 per person\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black Histor
 y\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexand
 ria\, Old Town\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http:
 //apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58149
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20241023T210715Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58544\n\n52nd Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Progr
 am (2025)\n\nThe City of Alexandria and the Martin Luther King Jr. Memori
 al Planning Committee will host a community celebration of the life\, dre
 am\, and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The theme this year is Miss
 ion Possible: Protecting Freedom\, Justice & Democracy. \n\nWe would like
  to invite you to attend this year's celebration. \n\nA Reception with li
 ght appetizers\, drinks and birthday cake will be offered from 5:30 p.m. 
 to 6:20 p.m.\n\nThe Program will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. ending at 8 
 p.m. The event is free\, but please register. If you have the means\, the
  Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Planning Committee would appreciate your
  donation of any size to support their work. All gifts are tax-deductible
 \, and can be made at www.drkingmemorialprogram.org\n\nLocation: George W
 ashington Masonic Memorial\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black Hist
 ory\, Black History Museum\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calen
 dar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58544\n\
 nWeb resources:\n\nRegister online\nhttps://www.drkingmemorialprogram.org
 \n
DTEND:20250116T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20250111T010938Z
DTSTART:20250115T233000Z
GEO:38.807611;-77.065508
LOCATION:George Washington Masonic Memorial
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:52nd Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Program
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:c6b2e1b7-d26b-4880-93f6-626ece83103b
URL:https://www.drkingmemorialprogram.org
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58544">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58544</a><br />\n<br />52nd Marti
 n Luther King Jr. Memorial Program (2025)\n<br />\n<br />The City of Alex
 andria and the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Planning Committee will ho
 st a community celebration of the life\, dream\, and legacy of Dr. Martin
  Luther King Jr. The theme this year is Mission Possible: Protecting Free
 dom\, Justice &amp\; Democracy. \n<br />\n<br />We would like to invite y
 ou to attend this year&#39\;s celebration. \n<br />\n<br />A Reception wi
 th light appetizers\, drinks and birthday cake will be offered from 5:30 
 p.m. to 6:20 p.m.\n<br />\n<br />The Program will begin promptly at 6:30 
 p.m. ending at 8 p.m. The event is free\, but please register. If you hav
 e the means\, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Planning Committee woul
 d appreciate your donation of any size to support their work. All gifts a
 re tax-deductible\, and can be made at www.drkingmemorialprogram.org\n<br
  />\n<br />Location: George Washington Masonic Memorial\n<br />Audience: 
 Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Mus
 eums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.ale
 xandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58544<br>\n<a href="htt
 ps://www.drkingmemorialprogram.org">Register online</a><br>\n
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20250111T010938Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58083\n\nMeaningful Conversations about Racism - an
 d What To Do About It \n\nJoin us as we resume our meaningful conversatio
 ns that explore and celebrate the diversity of cultures and peoples in ou
 r area\, address the attitudes and behaviors that still divide us\, and s
 eek remedies grounded in the recognition that we are one interconnected\,
  interdependent human family. \n\nThis new series of panel discussions wi
 ll focus on how exemplary local non-profits are working to improve and up
 lift our community and how their work relates to key principles for promo
 ting racial and social justice and empowering all people to flourish and 
 to act as protagonists in uplifting our community.\n\nEach conversation w
 ill be at Alexandria's Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\, Alexandria\
 , VA.\n\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyo
 ne may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old
  & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your calendar
 : http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58083
DTEND:20250117T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20241004T202211Z
DTSTART:20250117T000001Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Meaningful Conversations: Refugees and Immigrants
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:03838c31-97c5-4d56-ab65-76d9e3b4e4e4
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58083">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58083</a><br />\n<br />Meaningful
  Conversations about Racism ? and What To Do About It \n<br />\n<br />Joi
 n us as we resume our meaningful conversations that explore and celebrate
  the diversity of cultures and peoples in our area\, address the attitude
 s and behaviors that still divide us\, and seek remedies grounded in the 
 recognition that we are one interconnected\, interdependent human family.
  \n<br />\n<br />This new series of panel discussions will focus on how e
 xemplary local non-profits are working to improve and uplift our communit
 y and how their work relates to key principles for promoting racial and s
 ocial justice and empowering all people to flourish and to act as protago
 nists in uplifting our community.\n<br />\n<br />Each conversation will b
 e at Alexandria?s Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\, Alexandria\, VA.
 \n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<
 br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black Histo
 ry Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n<br />\n
 <br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/
 CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58083
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20241004T202211Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Film
CATEGORIES:Lyceum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58614\n\n"The African American Cowboy and the Forgo
 tten Creators of Country Music." From renowned cowboy Bill Pickett to sin
 ger Beyonc? Knowles\, African Americans have played a significant role in
  shaping country and western music and culture. Join us for a discussion 
 on the many contributions of African Americans to this genre. This progra
 m is hosted by the NAACP in partnership with the Alexandria Black History
  Museum. The event is free\, but space is limited\, so please reserve you
 r space.\n\nLocation: Lyceum\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black Hi
 story\, Black History Museum\, Film\, Lyceum\, Museums\n\nImport this eve
 nt into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.asp
 x?id=1&si=58614\n\nWeb resources:\n\nReserve free tickets online here. \n
 https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx\n
DTEND:20250201T180000Z
DTSTAMP:20250124T013323Z
DTSTART:20250201T160000Z
LOCATION:Lyceum
SEQUENCE:6
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:The African American Cowboy
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:b47d5b0d-5a39-4f07-b46d-e27e1634d028
URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58614">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58614</a><br />\n<br />&quot\;The
  African American Cowboy and the Forgotten Creators of Country Music.&quo
 t\; From renowned cowboy Bill Pickett to singer Beyonc&#233\; Knowles\, A
 frican Americans have played a significant role in shaping country and we
 stern music and culture. Join us for a discussion on the many contributio
 ns of African Americans to this genre. This program is hosted by the NAAC
 P in partnership with the Alexandria Black History Museum. The event is f
 ree\, but space is limited\, so please reserve your space.\n<br />\n<br /
 >Location: Lyceum\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black H
 istory\, Black History Museum\, Film\, Lyceum\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Im
 port this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar
 Test/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58614<br>\n<a href="https://shop.alexandriava
 .gov/Events.aspx">Reserve free tickets online here. </a><br>\n
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20250124T013323Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58588\n\nDynamic storytellers use books written by 
 and about African American people and other communities of color to engag
 e with ages 5-8.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudie
 nce: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Fami
 ly\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexand
 riava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58588
DTEND:20250208T154500Z
DTSTAMP:20250118T020304Z
DTSTART:20250208T150000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Storytime for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:e236e1a6-2e70-4763-9cf3-d792ab6bd017
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58588">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58588</a><br />\n<br />Dynamic st
 orytellers use books written by and about African American people and oth
 er communities of color to engage with ages 5-8.\n<br />\n<br />Location:
  Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\
 n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\n<br
  />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava
 .gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58588
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20250118T020304Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Lyceum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58615\n\nAmerican Hair Wrap History for 2/8/2025\nD
 r. Darnella McGuire-Nelson will discuss her research on Black women's nat
 ural hair in the workplace\, exploring why society often feels the need t
 o micromanage natural hairstyles. In this context\, she will highlight th
 e important role of local Black hair salons as spaces of refuge for Black
  women. Attendees will also learn about the CROWN Act and how to engage i
 n discussions about differing perspectives on hair and identity. The even
 t is free\, but space is limited. Please reserve your seat(s).\n\nLocatio
 n: Lyceum\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black Histo
 ry Museum\, Lyceum\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: htt
 p://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58615\n\nWeb res
 ources:\n\nReserve your seat(s) online here. \nhttps://shop.alexandriava.
 gov/Events.aspx\n
DTEND:20250208T183000Z
DTSTAMP:20250206T181455Z
DTSTART:20250208T163000Z
LOCATION:Lyceum
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CANCELLED
SUMMARY:CANCELLED: American Hair Wrap History
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
UID:a545e06e-ffa4-4c4c-bbec-90423cb26a07
URL:https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58615">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58615</a><br />\n<br />American H
 air Wrap History for 2/8/2025\n<br />Dr. Darnella McGuire-Nelson will dis
 cuss her research on Black women?s natural hair in the workplace\, explor
 ing why society often feels the need to micromanage natural hairstyles. I
 n this context\, she will highlight the important role of local Black hai
 r salons as spaces of refuge for Black women. Attendees will also learn a
 bout the CROWN Act and how to engage in discussions about differing persp
 ectives on hair and identity. The event is free\, but space is limited. P
 lease reserve your seat(s).\n<br />\n<br />Location: Lyceum\n<br />Audien
 ce: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\,
  Lyceum\, Museums\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: ht
 tp://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58615<br>\
 n<a href="https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx">Reserve your seat(s)
  online here. </a><br>\n
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20250206T181455Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58538\n\nMartin Luther King Jr. Poster Exhibition A
 wards Ceremony\n\nThe Alexandria Black History Museum with the Office of 
 Historic Alexandria sponsors an annual Student Poster Exhibition for Alex
 andria City Public School students\, grades 2-5. Event held in City Counc
 il Chambers. Posters on view in the Vola Lawson Lobby of City Hall. This 
 is a 30+ year event that has over 200 ACPS students and their families at
 tend. \n\nLocation: City Hall\, Council Chamber\, 301 King St.\nAudience:
  Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\
 n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Cal
 endarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58538
DTEND:20250209T200000Z
DTSTAMP:20250109T233441Z
DTSTART:20250209T180000Z
GEO:38.805393;-77.043273
LOCATION:City Hall\, Council Chamber\, 301 King St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Martin Luther King Jr. Poster Exhibition Awards
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:0b98ff33-433a-4468-af9c-f2c18c0d954a
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58538">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58538</a><br />\n<br />Martin Lut
 her King Jr. Poster Exhibition Awards Ceremony\n<br />\n<br />The Alexand
 ria Black History Museum with the Office of Historic Alexandria sponsors 
 an annual Student Poster Exhibition for Alexandria City Public School stu
 dents\, grades 2-5. Event held in City Council Chambers. Posters on view 
 in the Vola Lawson Lobby of City Hall. This is a 30+ year event that has 
 over 200 ACPS students and their families attend. \n<br />\n<br />Locatio
 n: City Hall\, Council Chamber\, 301 King St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may
  attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\n<br 
 />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.
 gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58538
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20250109T233441Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58084\n\nMeaningful Conversations about Racism - an
 d What To Do About It \n\nJoin us as we resume our meaningful conversatio
 ns that explore and celebrate the diversity of cultures and peoples in ou
 r area\, address the attitudes and behaviors that still divide us\, and s
 eek remedies grounded in the recognition that we are one interconnected\,
  interdependent human family. \n\nThis new series of panel discussions wi
 ll focus on how exemplary local non-profits are working to improve and up
 lift our community and how their work relates to key principles for promo
 ting racial and social justice and empowering all people to flourish and 
 to act as protagonists in uplifting our community.\n\nFebruary 20\, 2025 
 discussion will focus on Safety and Self-Actualization. Each conversation
  will be at Alexandria's Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\, Alexandri
 a\, VA.\n\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: An
 yone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\, O
 ld & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your calend
 ar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58084
DTEND:20250221T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20241004T203748Z
DTSTART:20250221T000001Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Meaningful Conversations About Racism
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:cacf0b4c-b241-44b1-a70b-26088eb308f6
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58084">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58084</a><br />\n<br />Meaningful
  Conversations about Racism ? and What To Do About It \n<br />\n<br />Joi
 n us as we resume our meaningful conversations that explore and celebrate
  the diversity of cultures and peoples in our area\, address the attitude
 s and behaviors that still divide us\, and seek remedies grounded in the 
 recognition that we are one interconnected\, interdependent human family.
  \n<br />\n<br />This new series of panel discussions will focus on how e
 xemplary local non-profits are working to improve and uplift our communit
 y and how their work relates to key principles for promoting racial and s
 ocial justice and empowering all people to flourish and to act as protago
 nists in uplifting our community.\n<br />\n<br />February 20\, 2025 discu
 ssion will focus on Safety and Self-Actualization. Each conversation will
  be at Alexandria?s Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\, Alexandria\, V
 A.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\
 n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black His
 tory Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n<br />
 \n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.go
 v/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58084
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20241004T203748Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Boards & Commissions
CATEGORIES:Library
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Schools
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58745\n\nA meeting of the Alexandria Community Reme
 mbrance Project's Schools and Libraries Action Committee.\n\nLocation: Bl
 ack History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: Bl
 ack History\, Black History Museum\, Boards & Commissions\, Library\, Mus
 eums\, Schools\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58745\n\nWeb resources:\n\nMee
 ting agenda\nhttps://media.alexandriava.gov/content/oha/ACRPSLAC20241118.
 pdf\n
DTEND:20250227T010000Z
DTSTAMP:20250224T141455Z
DTSTART:20250226T230000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:ACRP's Schools and Libraries Action Committee
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:10a07993-2050-4d72-b4a8-eefce4b9f861
URL:https://media.alexandriava.gov/content/oha/ACRPSLAC20241118.pdf
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58745">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58745</a><br />\n<br />A meeting 
 of the Alexandria Community Remembrance Project&#39\;s Schools and Librar
 ies Action Committee.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902
  Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\
 , Black History Museum\, Boards &amp\; Commissions\, Library\, Museums\, 
 Schools\n<br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.
 alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58745<br>\n<a href="
 https://media.alexandriava.gov/content/oha/ACRPSLAC20241118.pdf">Meeting 
 agenda</a><br>\n
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20250224T141455Z
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BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58589\n\nDynamic storytellers use books written by 
 and about African American people and other communities of color to engag
 e with ages 5-8.\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudie
 nce: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Fami
 ly\, Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexand
 riava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58589
DTEND:20250308T154500Z
DTSTAMP:20250118T020558Z
DTSTART:20250308T150000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Storytime for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:d39859ce-6520-44d1-b0ba-56563c2002df
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58589">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58589</a><br />\n<br />Dynamic st
 orytellers use books written by and about African American people and oth
 er communities of color to engage with ages 5-8.\n<br />\n<br />Location:
  Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\
 n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Museums\n<br
  />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava
 .gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58589
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20250118T020558Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58085\n\nMeaningful Conversations about Racism - an
 d What To Do About It \n\nJoin us as we resume our meaningful conversatio
 ns that explore and celebrate the diversity of cultures and peoples in ou
 r area\, address the attitudes and behaviors that still divide us\, and s
 eek remedies grounded in the recognition that we are one interconnected\,
  interdependent human family. \n\nThis new series of panel discussions wi
 ll focus on how exemplary local non-profits are working to improve and up
 lift our community and how their work relates to key principles for promo
 ting racial and social justice and empowering all people to flourish and 
 to act as protagonists in uplifting our community.\n\nEach conversation w
 ill be held at Alexandria's Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\, Alexan
 dria\, VA.\n\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience:
  Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\
 , Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your cal
 endar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58085
DTEND:20250321T000001Z
DTSTAMP:20241004T204107Z
DTSTART:20250320T230000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Meaningful Conversations: Loving Our Neighbors
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:0a51060b-21c6-4ea2-96de-c932225f447d
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58085">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58085</a><br />\n<br />Meaningful
  Conversations about Racism ? and What To Do About It \n<br />\n<br />Joi
 n us as we resume our meaningful conversations that explore and celebrate
  the diversity of cultures and peoples in our area\, address the attitude
 s and behaviors that still divide us\, and seek remedies grounded in the 
 recognition that we are one interconnected\, interdependent human family.
  \n<br />\n<br />This new series of panel discussions will focus on how e
 xemplary local non-profits are working to improve and uplift our communit
 y and how their work relates to key principles for promoting racial and s
 ocial justice and empowering all people to flourish and to act as protago
 nists in uplifting our community.\n<br />\n<br />Each conversation will b
 e held at Alexandria?s Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\, Alexandria\
 , VA.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe S
 t.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black 
 History Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n<br
  />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava
 .gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58085
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20241004T204107Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Arts
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58805\n\nJoin us for an engaging and interactive sh
 ow (sew) and tell! This event will highlight the intricate art of quiltin
 g. Members of the Uhuru Quilters Guild will showcase some of their most c
 reative pieces\, sharing their artistic process and the innovative approa
 ches they use to create these masterpieces. The Uhuru Quilters Guild is a
 n African American Quilting guild based in Prince George's County.\n\nLoc
 ation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nFees: Included in cost of mu
 seum admission-free for City residents\, $3 per person otherwise\nAudienc
 e: Anyone may attend\nTags: Arts\, Black History\, Black History Museum\,
  Museums\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriav
 a.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58805
DTEND:20250322T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20250311T161446Z
DTSTART:20250322T150000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Sew and Tell: A Trunk Show presented by the Uhuru
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:08aa85a3-bffc-4e29-be42-a3901f8064d2
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58805">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58805</a><br />\n<br />Join us fo
 r an engaging and interactive show (sew) and tell! This event will highli
 ght the intricate art of quilting. Members of the Uhuru Quilters Guild wi
 ll showcase some of their most creative pieces\, sharing their artistic p
 rocess and the innovative approaches they use to create these masterpiece
 s. The Uhuru Quilters Guild is an African American Quilting guild based i
 n Prince George?s County.\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\,
  902 Wythe St.\n<br />Fees: Included in cost of museum admission?free for
  City residents\, $3 per person otherwise\n<br />Audience: Anyone may att
 end\n<br />Tags: Arts\, Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\n<
 br />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandria
 va.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58805
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20250311T161446Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Boards & Commissions
CATEGORIES:Library
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Schools
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58870\n\nA meeting of the Schools and Libraries Act
 ion Committee. \n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudien
 ce: Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Board
 s & Commissions\, Library\, Museums\, Old & Historic Alexandria\, Schools
 \n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/Ca
 lendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58870\n\nWeb resources:\n\nMeeting Agenda\nh
 ttps://media.alexandriava.gov/content/oha/ACRPSchoolsLibrariesAgenda20250
 326.pdf\n
DTEND:20250326T230000Z
DTSTAMP:20250325T143231Z
DTSTART:20250326T220000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Schools and Libraries Action Committee Meeting
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:f9a501e8-95be-4dfd-b1ec-38be6a8bdc8a
URL:https://media.alexandriava.gov/content/oha/ACRPSchoolsLibrariesAgenda2
 0250326.pdf
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58870">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58870</a><br />\n<br />A meeting 
 of the Schools and Libraries Action Committee. \n<br />\n<br />Location: 
 Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n
 <br />Tags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Boards &amp\; Commissi
 ons\, Library\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Schools\n<br /
 >\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.g
 ov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58870<br>\n<a href="https://media.
 alexandriava.gov/content/oha/ACRPSchoolsLibrariesAgenda20250326.pdf">Meet
 ing Agenda</a><br>\n
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20250325T143231Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Museums
CATEGORIES:Old & Historic Alexandria
CATEGORIES:Old Town
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58086\n\nMeaningful Conversations about Racism - an
 d What To Do About It \n\nJoin us as we resume our meaningful conversatio
 ns that explore and celebrate the diversity of cultures and peoples in ou
 r area\, address the attitudes and behaviors that still divide us\, and s
 eek remedies grounded in the recognition that we are one interconnected\,
  interdependent human family. \n\nThis new series of panel discussions wi
 ll focus on how exemplary local non-profits are working to improve and up
 lift our community and how their work relates to key principles for promo
 ting racial and social justice and empowering all people to flourish and 
 to act as protagonists in uplifting our community.\n\nEach conversation w
 ill be held at Alexandria's Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\, Alexan
 dria\, VA.\n\n\nLocation: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience:
  Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History\, Black History Museum\, Museums\
 , Old & Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n\nImport this event into your cal
 endar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58086
DTEND:20250418T000001Z
DTSTAMP:20241004T205533Z
DTSTART:20250417T230000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:5
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Meaningful Conversations:Building Your Own Network
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:842b5b98-4150-4101-8dec-6f0abf6f3370
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58086">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58086</a><br />\n<br />Meaningful
  Conversations about Racism ? and What To Do About It \n<br />\n<br />Joi
 n us as we resume our meaningful conversations that explore and celebrate
  the diversity of cultures and peoples in our area\, address the attitude
 s and behaviors that still divide us\, and seek remedies grounded in the 
 recognition that we are one interconnected\, interdependent human family.
  \n<br />\n<br />This new series of panel discussions will focus on how e
 xemplary local non-profits are working to improve and uplift our communit
 y and how their work relates to key principles for promoting racial and s
 ocial justice and empowering all people to flourish and to act as protago
 nists in uplifting our community.\n<br />\n<br />Each conversation will b
 e held at Alexandria?s Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\, Alexandria\
 , VA.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe S
 t.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags: Black History\, Black 
 History Museum\, Museums\, Old &amp\; Historic Alexandria\, Old Town\n<br
  />\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava
 .gov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58086
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20241004T205533Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Black History
CATEGORIES:Black History Museum
CATEGORIES:Family
CATEGORIES:Library
CATEGORIES:Museums
DESCRIPTION:To verify info please see https://apps.alexandriava.gov/Calend
 arTest/Detail.aspx?si=58983\n\nStory Time for Little Historians\n\nDesign
 ed for children ages 4-8\, this event introduces young learners to Africa
 n and African American culture through stories and songs.\n\n\nLocation: 
 Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nAudience: Anyone may attend\nTags: 
 Black History\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Library\, Museums\n\nImpo
 rt this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTe
 st/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=58983
DTEND:20250510T144500Z
DTSTAMP:20250422T012910Z
DTSTART:20250510T140000Z
GEO:38.812083;-77.048042
LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Story Time for Little Historians
TRANSP:OPAQUE
UID:7a96f6c9-3ad9-476e-a0e6-5ad436a2a6ed
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To verify info please see <a href="https://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58983">https://apps.alexa
 ndriava.gov/CalendarTest/Detail.aspx?si=58983</a><br />\n<br />Story Time
  for Little Historians\n<br />\n<br />Designed for children ages 4-8\, th
 is event introduces young learners to African and African American cultur
 e through stories and songs.\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />Location: Black Histo
 ry Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\n<br />Audience: Anyone may attend\n<br />Tags:
  Black History\, Black History Museum\, Family\, Library\, Museums\n<br /
 >\n<br />Import this event into your calendar: http://apps.alexandriava.g
 ov/CalendarTest/iCal.aspx?id=1&amp\;si=58983
X-COA-DTSTAMP:20250422T012910Z
END:VEVENT
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