In this episode of “Hub City Now” host Tyrone Tony Reed Jr. interviewed Sonia Outlaw-Clark, director of West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center (which is also Home of the Tina Turner Museum.
Outlaw-Clark will speak about Brownsville’s 7th annual Women’s History Month program going virtual. Eight women will share their stories on Facebook during “Phenomenal Women Speak,” Saturday, March 20, 3 p.m., from the West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center in Brownsville.
Noted author, Haywood County native and cultural historian, Dr. Cynthia Bond Hopson, will host and facilitate the panel of local trailblazers and leaders. This is the seventh year for the program led by Bond Hopson, whose books on Haywood County include The Women of Haywood: Their Lives, Our Legacy, Wiggle Tales, Times of Challenge and Controversy, and her latest inspirational book Totally Gracefull.
Outlaw-Clark will also talk about how over the past six years more than 50 women who live or work in Haywood County have shared their powerful journeys. Panelists are suggested by their peers, former honorees and other community leaders. This year’s theme is “Lessons Taught, Learned and Lived.”
Panelists will include Ida Ruth Bradford. Blandie Bond, Martha Lyle Ford, Andrea Bond Johnson, Rev. Gussie White Mask, Anitra Denise Shead, Sandra Silverstein and Rev. Felicia Walker.
Dr. Hopson will also present an inspirational, and humorous, look at “Womenfolk: Striving, Challenging and Leading the Way!” Monday, March 8 at 6:30 p.m. The International Women’s Day program will be presented via Zoom. To register for this program, email info@westtnheritage.com or follow @wtdeltaheritage on Facebook for registration link. This lecture is a part of the Center’s monthly Exhibition Exchange program.
These are free programs and available to everyone. For more information, call 731-779-9000 or visit www.westtnheritage.com.
So be sure to tune in Sunday, March 7, at 6:15 a.m. to JJ 97.7 FM Jammin Jackson, www.radio731.com or tune in to the Radio 731 app and listen to the show live by clicking on the Jammin Jackson 97.7 FM station.
Hub City Now: Sonia Outlaw-Clark
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