In this time of heightened concern for racial equity issues, we have a great opportunity to hear from a Vermont resident who was in the movement way back when. On Thursday, October 21 at 1:30 pm on Google Meets, the Community Senior Center will be hosting Penny Patch of Lyndonville, who will present on "Three years with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and How that Shaped My Life". Ms. Patch will share her experience as a young white woman working in SNCC during the Civil Rights moment. As a college student at Swarthmore in 1960, Ms. Patch would join other students on weekends and travel to Maryland to support the effort to desegregate restaurants. At one of these protests, she met two SNCC organizers who had come north to recruit young Black members. Although they were not looking for white members, Ms. Patch gave them her number. Come here about what happened next!

If you are interested in attending this Google Meets session, please contact Martha Nye at martha@cscvt.org for the link.

Thank you!

Nov 12, 2024, 12 to 1:15 PM

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