More Than A Fraction Foundation is always eager to contribute to the work of our partners and the education of the community. Here you will find information on upcoming and past live or in person events and presentations that we are participating in as speakers, presenters, and partners:
Special Events: Research and Educational Presentations Universities Studying Slavery Fall Conference at University of Maryland October 2026 DEC-UVA Symposium September 2026 American Association for State & Local History/National Council on Public History Annual Conf. September 2026 Saturday Dinner at Grandma's House: Foodways, Learning, and the History of Solitude (Virginia) April 11, 2026 Story Tour at Smithfield (Virginia) April 10, 2026 Lemon Project Symposium (Virginia) March 2026 Universities Studying Slavery Workshop at University of Alabama (Alabama) March 2026 Airing of PBS Documentary "Resolved to Live and Die" with MTAFF Commentary November 16, 2025 Engagement Scholarship Consortium (Virginia) October8, 2025 Juneteenth/Fraction Family Reunion (Maryland) June 14, 2025 Psychologist Professional Development (Minnesota) May 2025 Raising the Shade (Virginia) May 31, 2025 Psychologist Professional Development (Minnesota) March 2025 Contested Spaces: After the Research Spring 2025 Symposium (Virginia Tech) March 2025 Society for Historical Archeology (New Orleans, LA) January 10, 2025 American Association for State and Local History (Alabama) September 2024 Juneteenth/Fraction Family Reunion (Maryland/Virginia) June 15,19, 2024 Smithfield Storytime Tour (Virginia) May 25, 2024 1872 Forward: How Our History Can Shape Our Future (Virginia Tech) March 28, 2024 Universities Studying Slavery Spring 2023 Conference (North Carolina) March 17, 2023 Radford University 2023 Honors College Lecture February 22, 2023 Universities Studying Slavery Spring 2022 Symposium (North Carolina) March 30 - April 1, 2022 45th Annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference (West Virginia) March 20, 2022 Plantation Histories and the University: Rethinking the Past During Virginia Tech's 150th February 22, 2022 An Unfinished Conversation on a Contested Space (Va Tech School of Medicine) February 17, 2022 The White Man's Religion? What Enslaved Africans Really Thought About Christianity November 12, 2021 Civil War United States Colored Troops of Smithfield November 6, 2021 Lecture and Walking Tour: History of the Smithfield Enslaved Community(Blacksburg, VA) April 10, 2021 Bay to Ocean Writers Conference (Wye Mills, MD) March 20, 2021 Continuing the Conversation (Blacksburg, VA) March 12, 2021 Virginia Center for Civil War Studies (Blacksburg, VA) October 6, 2020 Smithfield: Commemoration and Denial (Blacksburg, VA) September 24, 2020 Wilderness Road Regional Museum (Dublin, VA) July 12, 2020 (Reschedule/COVID-19) African American Civil War Museum (Wash, DC) May 24, 2020 (Reschedule/COVID-19) VT: Merry Tree Arbor Day Event (Blacksburg, VA) April 25, 2020 (Reschedule/COVID-19) Eubie Blake Cultural Center (Baltimore, MD) Nov 24, 2019 Waldorf West Library (Waldorf, MD) Nov 2, 2019 Eubie Blake Cultural Center (Baltimore, MD) August 17, 2019 African American Civil War Museum (Wash, DC) May 26, 2019 Enoch Pratt Free Library (Waverly Branch/MD) January 19, 2019 Wilderness Road Regional Museum (Dublin, VA) October 25, 2018 Enoch Pratt Free Library (Edmondson/MD) September 15, 2018 Enoch Pratt Free Library (Central Branch/MD) April 26, 2018 Virginia Tech University: Civil War Studies (Blacksburg, VA) October 20, 2018 Emma's Bookstore August 20, 2017