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An Evening with Angélique Kidjo

Cole Memorial Chapel Norton, MA, United States

Three-time Grammy Award-winning singer, activist, and humanitarian, Angélique Kidjo presents a lecture focused on her passion for freedom and social justice. With the strength of her voice, the power of her words, and the intensity of her performance, Angélique creates music that not only transcends language, it connects the entire world. One of The Guardian’s 100 most inspiring women in the world, she was the first woman on Forbes’s list of the Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa. As a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and OXFAM campaigner, Angélique speaks out for human rights and female empowerment including in op-eds for CNN and The New York Times. Cole Memorial Chapel, 7:00 p.m.

Free

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Voice of an Artist—Jackie Sumell on Solitary Gardens

Virtual

Sumell, an award-winning multidisciplinary artist and activist, will share her work on interrogating the abuses of the American criminal justice system. Sumell will talk about her ongoing public art project, Solitary Gardens, created to protest solitary confinement and consider alternative land use. Join us to imagine a landscape without prisons as we prepare to bring a Solitary Garden to Wheaton.

Free

Wheaton Social Impact Conference

Diana Davis Spencer Discovery Center - Lobby

A student-run conference at Wheaton College, MA that brings together students from various colleges, professionals from all over the world, and members of the community to think about the role of organizations in creating social impact.