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CNN: Students take up Lincoln's fight to end slavery
Teens from around the world attended the Students Opposing Slavery summit, held at the cottage where Abraham Lincoln drafted the Emancipation Proclamation. Watch CNN’s video about the summit here
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Teen Vogue: These Teens Are Working to End Modern Slavery
On the first day of the year 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation, stating: “I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free.” Lincoln’s words, written in
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Staff Spotlight: How do you fight modern slavery?
Did you know that January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention month? President Lincoln’s Cottage and its youth education program, Students Opposing Slavery, are dedicated to continuing Lincoln’s unfinished work and fight for freedom. President Obama published the
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What is Your Slavery Footprint?
President Lincoln’s Cottage has been dedicated to raising awareness and combating human trafficking as way of advancing Lincoln’s legacy and fight for freedom. This awareness work has included our award-winning special exhibit Can You Walk Away?, our Students Opposing Slavery
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Single Sentence Challenge: Modern Slavery
One of the challenges contemporary abolitionists face is the lack of public understanding and awareness of modern slavery. We challenged Summit participants to define modern slavery – using only one sentence. Read some of their definitions (below the picture). “Modern slavery is
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January 2024 Newsletter
Prison Reimagined Opens Tomorrow The bold, visionary exhibit Prison Reimagined: Presidential Portraits Project will open to the public tomorrow. The art has been created by artists living within the US carceral system and will be displayed throughout the Cottage until February 19. The exhibit,
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December 2023 Newsletter
Director’s Letter Dear Friends, When I first visited the Cottage in early 2009, I was so taken with the site – which had opened less than a year before my visit. The humble nature of the Cottage itself, the stories of triumph and tragedy during the Lincolns’ time here passionately
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September 2023 Newsletter
A New Chapter for the Cottage President Lincoln’s Cottage’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce it has named Callie Hawkins as CEO and executive director effective August 2023. Callie has served President Lincoln’s Cottage for nearly 15 years, most recently as director of programming
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Callie Hawkins Announced as CEO & Executive Director of President Lincoln’s Cottage
Washington, DC– President Lincoln’s Cottage’s board of directors is pleased to announce it has named Callie Hawkins as CEO and executive director effective August 2023. Callie has served President Lincoln’s Cottage for nearly 15 years, most recently as director of programming
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Callie Hawkins
A staff member since 2009, Callie is responsible for strengthening the organization’s programmatic impact through the development of nationally recognized initiatives including tours, exhibits, student and teacher offerings, and programs for the general public. Additionally, Callie co-hosts
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