Solas 2021

Date:

Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Location:

Virtual

United States

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Website:

https://welcomingcenter.org/solas/?mkt_t...

Join us on Wednesday, March 3rd at Solas 2021 as we celebrate the important work that YOU have helped make possible!

This year will be the first virtual Solas Awards and while it will be different from past events, we are excited to be able to welcome everyone to join us in experiencing The Welcoming Center. During Solas 2021, you will have the opportunity to virtually network with others in The Welcoming Center community, learn more about the impact your support has on immigrants in Philadelphia, and watch a live conversation with our 2021 Solas Award honoree, Dr. José Ramón Fernández-Peña hosted by our friend and former colleague, Amanda Bergson-Shilcock.

We hope you will join us in celebrating 18 years of The Welcoming Center at Solas 2021! This year's event will take place virtually on Wednesday, March 3rd from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

We have decided to make tickets available for free and invite our entire community to join us as a result of what is going in the world. However, if you are able, we ask you to consider making a donation in support of The Welcoming Center's mission when you register. A generous board member has agreed to match all donations!

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I’ll Fly Away: Birds, Slaves, Audubon, and Flying Africans

Join professor Brigitte Fielder as she examines symbolism of antislavery imagery.

Paul Laurence Dunbar knows “why the caged bird sings” in part because of such connections between the enslavement of black people and the captivity of animals that were so prominent in nineteenth-century culture. Because birds, in particular, were viewed as symbols of freedom, arguments that they should not be caged abounded in discourses on pet-keeping.

Researching the Effect of the 1918 Spanish Flu on Your Family History

Join genealogist Jane Neff Rollins to recap the events of the 1918 epidemic, how it affected your ancestors & what lessons we can use today!

From the Stacks - HSP's Collection and the Story of Pennsylvania's Health

The archives of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania offer an intriguing look at the development of health and medicine in Pennsylvania. Among the most important of those records are the papers of Samuel Gibson Dixon, a prominent scientist, president of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science, and the state’s first commissioner of health. His papers, alone, cover forty years of medical history in Pennsylvania.

Personal Genealogy Consultations

On the third Wednesday of every month at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 p.m., professional genealogists from the Greater Philadelphia Area Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) will be available to discuss your research. These one-on-one consultations are designed for beginner and experienced genealogists alike: schedule a sixty minute consultation to help get the answers you need, find your long lost ancestor, develop a research plan, or break through that brickwall research problem! Space is limited, so reserve your consult today!

Many thanks to our Sponsoring Members for their generous support of the Global Philadelphia Association.

Global Philadelphia Association
Two Logan Square
100-120 N 18th Street, Suite 530
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Phone: 215-563-2482

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