Roots Tech 2024 Conference
Salt Palace Convention Center 100 South West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UTTheme for 2024 RootsTech: 'Your Story is Worth Remembering'
Events & Appearances
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Howard County Maryland Historical Society’s Annual Meeting : Keynote
Stephanie to keynote the Howard County Maryland Historical Society's annual meeting on February 11, 2024. Presentation will include relevant segments of the Sojourns in Truth lecture series.
Testifying at Maryland State Senate in Support of Senate Bill 105 (Emancipation of the Remains of the Enslaved)
On January 30, 2024 Stephanie Gilbert testified before the Maryland State Senate at the invite of Senator Arthur Ellis in support of his proposed bill (Senate Bill 105 - Emancipation of the Remains of the Enslaved) which was inspired by her story which ran in the Washington Post on August 5, 2023. Senator Ellis' proposal […]
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. – Delaware Valley Cluster – Founder’s Day Celebration
Stephanie Gilbert is speaking to members of Jack and Jill of America's Delaware Valley Cluster on their Founder's Day. Topics include the legacy of African American women in Philadelphia; most notably the women who founded Jack and Jill of America.
Jack and Jill of America, Philadelphia Founding Chapter – Founder’s Day
Kimmel Center 300 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
Jack and Jill of America – Teen Genealogical Workshop
Stephanie Gilbert facilitates a workshop for teens of Jack and Jill of America on January 7, 2024 in support of their 2024 legacy project to research and document their own family histories. Discussion topics include getting started, research tools, family interviews, using DNA (genetic genealogy), and putting it all together.
The 15th International Conference on Genetic Genealogy
Hyatt Regency Houston Airport 425 N. Sam Houston Parkway East, Houston, TX, United StatesStephanie will present two 'live' sessions in Houston: Saturday, November 4, 9am - 10am: 'Sojourns in Truth' Sunday, November 5, 10am -11am: 'Finding Suzanne'
Underground Railroad Interview – Lancaster, PA and Christiana, PA
Site of the Christiana Resistance Christiana, PA, United StatesStephanie will be on location at the site of the Christiana Resistance to commemorate the anniversary of the event and will film a Legacy of the Underground Railroad Interview with US National Park Service Interview found here: An Oral History With Ms. Stephanie Gilbert descendant of Oliver Cromwell Kelly Gilbert. 9-8-2023. (youtube.com)
WALK WITH ME – 175th Anniversary of Oliver Gilbert’s Dash for Liberty – We’re Retracing His Steps
Planned tracing of the footsteps of Oliver C. Gilbert and his 'dash for liberty' using the locations described in his autobiography.
Silver Jubilee Celebration of the UGRR Network to Freedom
Since its birth by Congressional mandate on July 21, 1998, the National Underground Network to Freedom has grown from a scattershot smattering of recognized sites of UGRR activity into a truly international network of 744 sites, programs, and research facilities. Collectively, this vast network and the researchers behind it have profoundly expanded and transformed our […]
Belmont Mansion Juneteenth Celebration
Stephanie Gilbert will share the history of how she came to possess the unpublished memoir of her 2nd great grandfather, who’d escaped slavery at the age of 16 and settled in Philadelphia. The narrative includes step by step detail of Oliver Gilbert’s experience on the Underground Railroad, inclusive of his flight to Pennsylvania and Philadelphia’s […]
Birthday Memorial Tribute at the Grave of Alexander Manly
Stephanie Gilbert will host a brief memorial ceremony with tributes on Saturday, May 13 at 10am in honor of Alexander Lightfoot Manly