Events for April 26, 2022

As communities whose members embraced equality, practiced compassion for the poor and indigent, and strove to subsume their own needs for the betterment of their community, the Shakers demonstrate the power of people united in pursuit of a higher calling, and the meaning one can find in even the most mundane tasks when it serves the greater community. “Serving” is the topic of a new reading and discussion group at Shaker Heritage this spring. The program will be sponsored by Humanities New York and led by faculty from the Russell Sage College Service Learning Program. Drawing on essays, creative nonfiction, […]

The readings selected for this program represent various approaches to the theme of engagement and service. Many things potentially divide us. But despite this, Rosendale relies on service and a strong sense of civic duty to generate and support spaces within which we can maintain and extend our sense of community. Service and engagement play a large role in our community; this discussion group is aimed at helping us understand what we do here locally in a broader context.

This monthly adult reading and discussion program involves readings focused on each of these marginalized groups- African American, Native American, Women & Immigrants- using historic resources from the local historical societies and another larger text for take home reading. March 15 at 10 am: Discussion of Rural Women's Rights and History with Karen Pastorello- Stories From Suffragette City March 29 6:30 pm: Achieving Beulah Land with Karen Pastorello April 26 at 6:30 pm: The Story of Dorothy Cotton with Dr. Sean Eversley Bradwell May 24 at 6:30 pm: A Nation of Nations with David Flaten June 28 at 6:30 pm: […]