News & Reflections

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Letter from the Team: Memorializing Black Midwives

Wintergreen’s Executive Director, Dr. Joanne Gabbin, shares an update on artist and poet Malaika Favorite’s midwives mural project and discusses the legacy of black midwives in America.

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Letter from The Director: A Frederick Douglass Moment

Wintergreen’s Executive Director, Dr. Joanne Gabbin, reflects on the legacy of Frederick Douglass and his ever-relevant call to action.

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Letter from The Director: me and you be sisters

Wintergreen’s Executive Director, Dr. Joanne Gabbin, reflects on the passing of her sister Doris Elizabeth Hunt.

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Letters from The Team: One Spark

The Wintergreen team reflects on the life and legacy of Rosa Parks.

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Letter from The Director: Phillis Wheatley Peters, Founding Mother

Wintergreen’s Executive Director, Dr. Joanne Gabbin, reflects on the life and legacy of Phillis Wheatley Peters

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“i hope i die warmed by the life that i tried to live.”

Tribute to Nikki Giovanni