An invitation from Jordan Scruggs, Director of SUNY Ulster’s New Start for Women program (and a popular past guest speaker for our branch!) —

We are pleased to invite you to attend our first Black History Month event at the Kingston Center of SUNY Ulster, 94 Marys Ave, Kingston on Friday, March 11 from 2 PM to 6 PM, with an awards ceremony at 4 PM.

The theme of the program is Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future. There will be free food, African drumming lessons, and educational presentations. The event is sponsored by the Kingston Center at SUNY Ulster (KCSU), the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at SUNY Ulster, and the New Start for Women program.

At 4 PM, we will be honoring six of the “unsung heroes” in our community who embody the theme of the event with their life’s work. One of them is Gigi Smith, a member of AAUW Kingston and an alum of the New Start for Women program, whose graduating class members called her their “cheerleader, friend, and the glue that kept us together.”

We would be honored to have your presence at our event if you are available.