Monday, May 10 10:30 a.m.

OCTAVIUS V. CATTO: A LEGACY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

AMY COHEN

Octavius V. Catto: A Legacy for the 21st Century

Octavius Catto was a 19th century scholar, athlete, community leader, and civil rights activist who spent most of his life in Philadelphia. Amy Cohen will share a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award winning 15-minute film she produced to coincide with the 2018 installation of a memorial to Catto at City Hall. Following the film screening, Ms. Cohen will lead an interactive discussion about Catto’s current relevance.  Amy Cohen spent 20 years as a social studies teacher most recently at Masterman. She is currently the Director of Education at History Making Productions where she develops educational materials to accompany documentaries about the Philadelphia region.

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Meeting ID: 863 810 961