Center for Creative Retirement (CCR)
Join us for Monday presentations at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. with a social break in between sessions.

Be Our Guest: Come to any Monday afternoon meeting as our guest to see if CCR is for you.

1 p.m.
Lauren Ravalico, Director of Women’s and Gender Studies, CofC

A Not-So-Straight Story: Decoding the LGBTQ+ Alphabet Soup, Part II

Lauren Ravalico aims to demystify the terms that undergird women’s and gender studies to promotes inclusivity. She will discuss conceptualizing a spectrum of gender and sexual identities to think through how this expansion of personal identities can open possibilities for human flourishing.

2:30 p.m.
 

Tonya Matthews, President and CEO, International African American Museum

As We Walk Toward a More Perfect Union

With authentic and empathic storytelling of American history, Tonya Matthews shares the story of life on Gadsden Wharf in the time of slavery. The historically sacred site of Gadsden’s Wharf was one of our nation’s most prolific former slave ports.