Arts hold a vital place of importance in our society. Quilts, often seen as "women's work" and "sheer arts and crafts" by some, actually have a prominent place in telling the struggles and triumphs of many cultures. The African American community has fought to tell its stories and quilts have been used as an important vehicle to tell these stories. From individuals and guilds alike, the artistry of African American quilters can no longer be denied as frontrunners of the quilting scene.
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About the Presenter
Dr. Tony Jean Dickerson (she/her) was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, and has earned degrees from Lincoln University, University of Central Missouri, and University of Missouri-Kansas City. In 2019, after a successful thirty-year career in education, she earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Kansas. She returned home in 2017 and became the lead faculty for Martin University's School of Education's Teacher Preparation Program in June of 2022. Besides teaching, Dr. Dickerson is a nationally recognized quilter, is a member of eight local and national quilt guilds, and is the founding president of the Akoma Ntoso Modern Quilt Guild of Central Indiana.
This special event is presented as part of the One State/One Story program, which helps communities come together to talk about a shared story. One State/One Story: All That She Carried is presented by Indiana Humanities in partnership with the Indiana Center for the Book and the Indiana State Library as part of Indiana Humanities’ Advancing Racial Equity Project, supported by Lilly Endowment.
Hoosiers are invited to join in the statewide reads of All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles as part of Indiana Humanities’ Advancing Racial Equity project, which supports discussions of history and memory and how engaging with our past can help us understand contemporary injustices and strive for racial equity. The Advancing Racial Equity Project aims to further conversations about the past, present, and future of racial justice and injustice in Indiana through engagement with the humanities. The project provides support for public-serving organizations to diversify circulating collections, resources for organizations to host conversations about racial equity and the experiences of Black Hoosiers, and learning opportunities for humanities professionals and community members to deepen their understanding of the progress and challenges on the journey to racial equity.
