Listen "Celebrating Black History Month: Sia Barbara Kamara"
Episode Synopsis
DC Ward 5 Councilmember Zachary Parker continues the Black History Month series with a conversation with Sia Barbara Kamara — a civil rights activist, early childhood education leader, and Riggs Park neighbor. She shares her many stories of participating in the civil rights movement with SNCC (the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee), influencing early childhood education across the country and around the world working for President Jimmy Carter, and her continued efforts to be a force for good through serving DC residents. Communications Director Melissa Littlepage shares highlights from this week’s edition of the Ward 5 Weekly Newsletter. Read at ward5.us/news, and subscribe at ward5.us/newsletter.
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