More than 50 in- and out-of-state, public, and private institutions including HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities) and PBIs (predominantly black institutions) such Chicago State University, Langston University and University of Maryland Eastern Shore will be on campus to speak about what makes their campuses unique, notable alumni, and answer your questions about programs, the admissions process, tuition and scholarship opportunities.

This is the only fair of the semester. 

This event is being presented by the Male Success Initiative and Transfer Counseling Services.

Join Road Scholar Connie Martin as she tells the stories passed down to her Great Grandmother Lizzie of how her family survived the Anti-bellum period through trials and tribulations, and how they used quilts that contain hidden codes and secret messages to assist abolitionists; white and black, to guide slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad to Canada.

During this presentation, Connie shares eighteen different quilt patterns in replica quilts and refer to a book her mother, Dr. Clarice Boswell, wrote about their family called Lizzie’s Story: A Slave Family’s Journey to Freedom.

PROGRAM TOPICS

• African American
• Slavery
• History
• Abolitionists
• Underground Railroad

Connie Martin is a retired middle school Language Arts teacher of 32 years, 35-year Aqua Fitness Master Trainer, Senior Fitness Instructor, and mother of three sons. She earned a BA from Illinois State University, and an MA from Aurora University with a Thesis in Integrating African American History in Educational Curriculums. Martin finds joy in telling the secret codes and hidden messages used over 200 years ago by abolitionists and fugitive slaves to signify escape routes to the North—and in the family quilts of her ancestors. Such shows how quilts were used to signal plans, warn of dangers, indicate how transport might occur, or who might help as “Friends” on the Underground Railroad.

Connie’s mother, Clarice Boswell, wrote a book, Lizzie’s Story: A Slave Family’s Journey to Freedom, then created and performed this family presentation for 16 years. Her words are the foundation of the presentation, and currently being made into a movie, “Freedom Code.”

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PSC not only embraces the diversity of district 515, but we take fierce pride in it. So, no matter your identity, be it religion, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, race, citizenship status, disability, or anything else, you are a Pioneer, and we are excited to celebrate with you, your family, and friends on your special day.

Congratulations to the class of 2023!