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Celebrate General Lafayette’s Visit to Jeffersonville

Jeffersonville Township Public Library 211 E Court Ave, Jeffersonville, IN

Join the Jeffersonville Township Public Library for a presentation by Chuck Schwam, executive director of the American Friends of Lafayette, and learn about Lafayette's generosity, commitment to abolishing slavery, and views on the equality of Native Americans.

Free

Books and Coffee Featuring Author Putsata Reang

Purdue Memorial Union 101 Grant St., West Lafayette, IN

Join Purdue University for conversation and coffee with the award-winning author Putsata Reang, who will explore the themes of her memoir Ma and Me.

Free

Hope Is a Duty: The Revolutionary Life of Adrienne Lafayette

Jeffersonville Township Public Library 211 E Court Ave, Jeffersonville, IN

Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Marquis de Lafayette's visit to Jeffersonville, Indiana, by attending a talk about his wife Adrienne, presented by award-winning author Kathryn Goodwin Tone.

Free

Poverty: Myths, Resources, and a Way Forward

MLK Center 40 W. 40th St., Indianapolis, IN

Join the MLK Center for the first program in its four-part Beloved Community Conversations Series. Gather with artists, scholars, and community activists to explore the topic of poverty, one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “triple evils.”

Free

Generation at War Screening

Monroe County Public Library 303 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN

Attend a screening of a new documentary that explores life in Indiana before, during, and after the Civil War.

Free