America250 Call and Response

Date: May 21, 2026 — 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Location: Great Friends Meeting House 21 Farewell St., Newport, RI 02840

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/i-too-sing-america-an-america250-call-and-response-tickets-1988650077916?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

I Too Sing America: An America250 Call and Response

An America250 Call and Response with Harold Steward with Dr. Akeia de Barros Gome

Join Harold Steward, Executive Director of the New England Foundation for the Arts, and Dr. Akeia de Barros Gomes, Director of the Center for Black History at Newport Historical Society, for a participatory fireside chat about American identity, past, present and future. The event will feature a reading of poetry authored by Langston Hughes, and remarks by Rhode Island Secretary of State, Gregg Amore.

Presented by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, in partnership with the Newport Historical Society, New England Foundation for the Arts, and the Rhode Island 250 Commission.

Free event and on-site parking is available.

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For questions on accommodations, contact Seamus Hames, Arts Education Program Director and 504 Accessibility Coordinator, at 401-222-6994 or seamus.hames@arts.ri.gov.