Focus of February’s community talks through an ‘African-American lens’

The Ivy Creek Basis will host two talks in February to rejoice Black Historical past Month.

“The Ivy Creek Basis is happy to deliver these talks and occasions to our neighborhood,” Sue Erhardt, Government Director of the Ivy Creek Basis, mentioned in a press launch. “River View Farm has a wealthy historical past and it’s important that our neighborhood is dedicated to and conscious of that historical past.”

In response to the press launch, the muse’s mission is to encourage and have interaction the neighborhood within the stewardship of pure assets and wealthy African-American cultural historical past by honoring the land, historical past and neighborhood, connecting individuals to the previous and current.

The inspiration hosts talks on historical past, conservation, conservation and pure historical past each month. African-American Fiddlers Ivy Discuss will probably be held on February 5, 2023, from 6:30 pm to eight:00 pm and will probably be offered by David McCormick.

A Historical past of Agriculture in Virginia, by way of an African-American Lens Ivy Discuss, will happen February 19, 2023, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., and 11-year-old Michael Carter Jr. will probably be offered by^pearl era farmer and fifth era within the USA^pearl He’ll farm at Carter Farms, his household’s century-old farm in Orange County. Carter additionally runs Africulture, a nonprofit devoted to educating and explaining African-based rules, practices, vegetation, and individuals who contribute to agriculture.

A tour of the River View Farm will probably be held at 11:00 on February 25, 2023, specializing in the Carr/Greer household, their lives and their work locally.

All occasions are free and open to the general public, however record essential.