Musical guest: Jillian Riscoe (https://jillianriscoe.com/) Featured speakers: Jessica Rockhold & Dr. Shelly Cline, “Facing Fascism: Lessons of Resistance from Nazi Germany” Jessica Rockhold began her career at MCHE in 2003 following a year as the research assistant to the senior historian at the United States Memorial Museum. She spent 17 years running MCHE’s education programs and was the director of education before being named MCHE’s executive director in January 2020. Dr. Shelly Cline joined the MCHE team in 2015 and is the historian and director of education. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. She is an instructor...

We are meeting the first Sunday of the month going forward. February's book is "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot. Please bring a snack to share and be ready to discuss this highly acclaimed novel. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells — taken without her knowledge — became one of the most important tools in medicine: The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, which are still alive today, though she has been...