Mary C. Kelly
kellymc@franklinpierce.edu
Keene, NH
Glenn Knoblock
Glenn A. Knoblock is an independent scholar and author of over twenty books. Knoblock has served as the main military contributor to Harvard and Oxford University's landmark African American National Biography, and he has also written for the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. His work documents a wide variety of subjects in New Hampshire and New England history, including African American history, historic cemeteries and grave markers, as well as covered bridges, the Kancamagus Highway, and New Hampshire's loon population. He holds a B.A. in History from Bowling Green State University.
Glenn is passionate about sharing our state's role in the American Revolution. He believes that highlighting the African American contribution to the fight for independance is essential to understanding American history. His goal as a scholar is to present the history of the Revolutionary War in an interesting and enlightening way that will make audience members want to learn even more.
Availability: Available for weekday evening programs, approximately 6pm or later.
Courtney Marshall
Courtney Marshall currently teaches in the English department at Phillips Exeter Academy. Before Exeter, she taught English and Women’s Studies at UNH. She also enjoys researching African-American food history and teaching Zumba classes. She lives in Exeter. She is a longtime volunteer with the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (historical marker committee), and in the spring, she leads a student trip to civil right sites in Montgomery, Alabama. She loves cooking and making historic recipes.
Availability: Available Monday and Wednesday evenings until June 8; after June 8, more flexibility.
Contact
Courtney Marshall
Exeter, NH
cmarshall@exeter.edu
Meg Mott
After twenty years of teaching political theory and constitutional law to Marlboro College undergraduates, Meg Mott has taken her love of argument to the general public. She attended the University of New Hampshire in the 1970s and is currently teaching at Keene State College. Meg’s award-winning series, Debating Our Rights, on the first ten amendments, brings civil discussions on contentious issues to public libraries and colleges. Meg became interested in the role of higher law in American moral reasoning after studying Clarence Darrow in high school. Since her own education was rather spotty, the idea of unalienable rights and natural endowments was very encouraging. It gave Meg permission to pay attention to her own moral compass and to listen to the moral yearnings of genuinely other people.
Contact
Meg Mott
Putney, VT 05346
meg4mott@gmail.com
Cell: 802-258-1515
Beth Salerno
Beth Salerno has studied American history since 1987 from BA to PhD. She taught New England history, US Women's history, the History of US Citizenship and more at Saint Anselm College over 24 years. She's also worked at the White House Gift Unit, New Hampshire Humanities, and a couple area farms. She is the author of Sister Societies: Women's Antislavery Organizations in Antebellum America as well as articles on women's suffrage, Concord, NH abolitionist Mary Clark, and different interpretations of why the 40 years before the Civil War matter so much in US history.
Beth is grateful for people who take the risk of sharing thoughts together. She sees her role as making space for people to think, share, respond, and rethink, while keeping it both respectful and fun. She cares about American history and loves exploring how our present options are shaped by so many past decisions.
Availability: Preference for programs within a 45-minute drive of Weare, NH. If more distant sites can coordinate with their neighbors, I'm happy to do two programs in a day, or stay overnight between programs.
Contact
Beth Salerno
Weare, NH 03821
bethsalerno.1105@gmail.com
Cell: 603-660-7092
Lauren Grace Williamson
Lauren Grace Williamson (she/her, they/them) is a queer black end-of-life doula, artist and facilitator devoted to engaging with her community through language, witnessing and the arts. Her preferred mediums are fiber and textiles, painting, words, and food.
She is the host and producer of the podcast, MortaliTea. The podcast is inspired by a discussion program by the same name in which Lauren Grace uses art and embodiment based tools to support participants in exploring questions and feelings about mortality and end-of-life.
Lauren Grace holds a Bachelors in Communication and is a former Civil Discourse Lab Facilitator and Fellow and a former Treat Fellow. Her passion currently lies in designing and facilitating dialogue-oriented programming with a focus on sensitive topics. She has a special interest in implementing expressive modalities to deepen impact, encourage agency and critical analysis.
Presently Lauren Grace offers spiritual support with hospital patients in a more holistic approach to end of life care. She is also a member of the team for Give and & Gather, a community group in the seacoast area centered around mutual aid and reciprocity.
When she isn’t making art, feeding loved ones, and helping folks talk about hard things, Lauren Grace is dancing, stuffing her pockets full of tomatoes while barefoot in the garden, and basking in the glow of every sun-set and moon-rise she can.
Availability: Available for daytime and evening events, except for 7/14. Available evenings only on 3/4, 3/4, 3/18, 4/1, and 4/15. Only available within 1.5 hour drive of Brentwood.
Contact
Lauren Grace Williamson (she/her, they/them)
Brentwood, NH
eatsleepgrowplants@gmail.com
603-418-5065 (call and text)
