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Dr. Carolyn P. Jenkins Program
April 10 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Friends of the Kingsport Public Library announce a special presentation as part of its Annual Membership Meeting, Thursday, April 10, 6:30pm, (doors opening at 6pm) at the First Broad St United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 100 East Church Circle. (Easiest entrance to the Fellowship Hall is from the rear of the building off Charlemont St, beside the Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home). FOL is excited to welcome back to Kingsport Dr. Carolyn Pearson Jenkins, widow of the late Rev. Dr. Clark Jenkins, to present SERVANT LEADER as she shares about writing her new book BLAZING TOWARD FREEDOM: Septima Poinsette Clark’s Story from Slave to Queen Mother of the Movement.
While Dr. CAROLYN PEARSON JENKINS was born and raised in SC, she spent 2 years working in Kingsport City Schools during her husband’s assignment as Senior Minister at 1st Broad St. UMC from 2007-2010. A former librarian, teacher, curriculum coordinator, curriculum designer, adjunct professor, and university trustee, Jenkins has had extensive experience working with students and curriculum. Her firsthand experiences and her BA Degree in English from Claflin University, her Master of Library Science Degree from North Carolina Central University, and her Ed. D. in Curriculum and Instruction Degree from the University of South Carolina at Columbia give her a solid foundation for contributing to the education field. She has received outstanding teacher and media specialist awards throughout the years. Because she is passionate about learners having access to quality literature and curriculum options, she writes to fill the curriculum resource voids she feels exists in our schools. Blazing Toward Freedom is her first book.
There is no admission fee for this event, and it is open to the entire community.
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EVENT CALENDAR PURPOSE AND CRITERIA
A calendar has been created called the This is Kingsport events calendar which will serve as a non-public forum to provide citizens with information about social and organizational gatherings held within the city. The city will disseminate information to the public through this online calendar about social and organizational gatherings which are conducted or promoted by community partners with which the city currently has partnership agreements. Additionally, social or organizational gatherings held on city owned property to which the public at large is invited will be published on this calendar.
Each year the city enters into partnership agreements with multiple community partners some of whom in turn support the city by organizing events or promoting events of members and affiliates. By creating a common source for the dissemination of information about community events the city will be furthering its support of those community partners which in turn support the city. Moreover, the city wishes to and will benefit from highlighting gatherings which will be of benefit and enjoyment to the public.
Community partners may communicate their events or those which they promote to the city which will disseminate the information through the event calendar. Furthermore, the city of Kingsport will publish on the calendar those community events which are held on city property. In order to achieve the city’s goals only those events described herein will be published on the This is Kingsport event calendar which will be curated by city staff.