The Frederick Douglass in Newburgh Project together with Newburgh LGBTQ Center, will start a reading series in January 2020. Lasting six sessions, facilitator(s) and participants will explore the work of Audre Lorde using Lorde’s poems, essays, and excerpts.

Inspired by Newburgh's vibrant cultural heritage, rich church communities, and Resistance Revival Chorus , we are organizing Newburgh Peoples Chorus, a community-based chorus project. This chorus is an action of remembrance, solidarity, and empathy through music.

The “Frederick Douglass in Newburgh” project will plan a city-wide celebration for Frederick Douglass’ visit to Newburgh in 1870 and the ratification of the 15th Amendment, granting African-American men the right to vote.