Author To Visit Ossining For Black History Month Event

OSSINING, NY — In honor of Black History Month, the Briarcliff Ossining Ministerial Association and the Ossining Library Foundation invite you to two special community events to meet April W. Hampton, author of "The Telling: A Gathering of Remembrance" inspired by the Jewish Passover experience.

"The Telling" provides the framework to create a ritual meal like a Seder as a way to keep the legacy of African-American history that can be shared in one sitting.

April W. Hampton is a resident of Montgomery, Alabama. She will share her story about the creation and impact of her book "The Telling" at Saturday services at Congregation Sons of Israel. On Sunday, Hampton will lead a "Telling" workshop along with Ossining Historian and Genealogist Joyce Sharrock-Cole at the Ossining Public Library.

• Feb. 25 : Author Talk on the creation and impact of "The Telling." Services are 10 a.m.- noon. Hampton will present at 11 a.m. Photographs not allowed in the building on Shabbat. A link to the recording of her presentation will be available. Congregation Sons of Israel, 1666 Pleasantville Rd., Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510.
• Feb. 26: The Telling Workshop - How To Create a Gathering of Remembrance. Workshop 2 -4 p.m. led by author A.W. Hampton and historian and genealogist Joyce Sharrock Cole. All are Welcome (registration suggested). Copies of “The Telling” will be available. Camille Budarz Library Theater, Ossining Public Library, 53 Croton Ave., Ossining, NY 10562.

The author of "The Telling: A Gathering of Remembrance" will speak in Briarcliff and Ossining Saturday and Sunday.