When we hear the name Harriet Tubman, we think of a woman who led hundreds of slaves to freedom during the Civil War. We may recall that she was also a suffrage activist, an army medic, a gifted tactician, and the first woman ever to lead an armed expedition for the U.S. Army.

What many people don’t realize is that, despite her unparalleled achievements, she spent her final years in dire economic straits, working in white families’ homes to support herself and her family. Although she served as a spy for the Union Army, she was not able to get a pension in her own right for her service to her country. After years of agitation, Tubman at last received a pension--not as Harriet Tubman, Moses, the Conductor of the Underground Railroad, the General, or an army medic, but as the wife of Private Nelson, a soldier in the Union Army.

Today we could all learn a lesson or two from Harriet Tubman. As part of our 4th Annual #HerDreamDeferred series, the African American Policy Forum invites you to join us in doing just that. Join us on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, for Recovering Harriet: An Interactive Evening of Art and Action, an opportunity to not only reclaim Harriet Tubman’s history, but to also connect her legacy to the present day and build up collective action through a series of art and activism workshops. The evening will begin with dinner followed by a series of workshops presented by several of AAPF’s highly gifted teaching artists from our Breaking Silence Summer Camp and will conclude with a group performance.

Find out more about the full #HerDreamDeferred Series at bit.ly/hdd2018