Victoria Basulto, Colgate University graduate and Summer 2021 Projects for Peace Fellow, will introduce the series and speak briefly on the history of Black Americans in Upstate New York. She will introduce movements like abolitionism and women's suffrage, all of which will be central themes in the program. Suggested resources: The Road to Seneca Falls: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Beginning of the Women's Rights Movement by Judith Wellman https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/44gqy8bm9780252071737.html Grassroots Reform in the Burned-over District of Upstate New York by Judith Wellman https://www.routledge.com/Grassroots-Reform-in-the-Burned-over-District-of-Upstate-New-York-Religion/Wellman-Hodges/p/book/9781138992030 https://www.nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org/inductees.html http://www.oneidacountyfreedomtrail.com/about-us.html https://www.urcnys.org/