The Guelph Black Heritage Society continued its #ChangeStartsNow Anti-Racism Education initiative with the annual Juneteenth Celebration on June 18, 2022 at 7:30 pm. The GBHSl presented Leslie McCurdy’s “The Spirit of Harriet Tubman” at the Heritage Hall. There are many plays about Harriet Tubman, but none share her entire life story like a visit with The Spirit of Harriet Tubman. Leslie McCurdy invokes the ‘spirit’ of Harriet Tubman as she portrays the life of the famous Underground Railroad conductor, recreating stories familiar and some rarely told, using words said to have been Harriet Tubman¹s own. Through it all we learn of the faith and conviction that drove Harriet Tubman to follow her dreams; the spirit of the past connecting with the present, inspiring her charges to have the courage to do the same in envisioning their future.
