“First Step to Freedom”

New Paltz-based sculptor Trina Greene will unveil her recent bronze statue of Isabella Baumfree Vanwagenen (later Sojourner Truth) in 1826 as she was walking to freedom carrying her daughter, Sophia, “First Step to Freedom,” at a ceremony at City Hall in Kingston on September 28. 5-8pm. From 6-8pm, in the council chambers, actress Aixa Kendrick will portray an elder Sojourner looking back at her former life as Isabella. Other presenters and performers include the Center for Creative Education dancers and drummers, Anne Gordon, Poet Laureate Kate Hymes, Maxwell Kofi Donker, SUNY Black Studies professor Anthony Dandridge, Rev. Evelyn Clarke, and the Women’s Drumsong Orchestra.