Kauffman Museum at Bethel College will host Dr. Prisca Barnes-Simmons for a presentation and discussion of “The Dockum Drugstore Sit-In,” on April 26 at 3 pm in the Kauffman Museum auditorium. Members of the community are invited to attend this free program! Contact director Andi Schmidt Andres at asa@bethelks.edu for more information.

Prisca is a passionate advocate for equity and social justice. In 2009, she founded Storytime Village, Inc., a nonprofit organization with a mission to serve low-income Kansas children and families. Prisca has published three children’s books, including People Pride and Promise, the story of the Dockum Sit-in, America’s first student-led lunch counter sit-in.

This program is being held in conjunction with Kauffman Museum’s current special exhibition, “Voices of Conscience: Peace Witness in the Great War,” with parallel themes of non-violent protest and dissent from the status quo.

The program is made possible by Humanities Kansas.