BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:DorCo X-WR-CALNAME:Harriet Tubman Summit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:353432026-09-05 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260905 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260906 SUMMARY:Harriet Tubman Summit CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Events celebrating Harriet Tubman\, the Underground Railroad\, freedom\,\nand more this are part of the first-ever\, month-long Harriet T ubman\nSummit\, happening this September\, and tying into the nation's 250 th\nbirthday. The summit highlights Tubman’s pivotal role as a fearless \nabolitionist\, spy and suffragist\, celebrating her enduring impact on\n American history. Throughout September\, you can engage in community\nserv ice in honor of Tubman’s life of service\, be part of a tribute\nto Gene ral Tubman (with 250 women veterans slated to gather\, lectures\,\na gala\ , drum processional and waterside libations\, music\, and more.\nThe event s happen in Dorchester County\, Maryland – the place where\nHarriet Tubm an's journey began. \n\nSeptember is also International Underground Railr oad Month in\nMaryland.\n\nEvents include:\n\n * DAY OF BEAUTIFICATION\n[h ttps://visitdorchester.org/event/harriet-tubman-summit-service-day-of-beau tification/2026-09-05]\,\nSEPT. 5: Join a clean-up of the Beacon of Hope H arriet Tubman\nsculpture.\n * DAY OF RESILIENCE\n[https://visitdorchester. org/event/harriet-tubman-summit-day-of-resilience/2026-09-12]\,\nSEPT. 12: Be part of the procession from the Dorchester County\nCourthouse (home of the Beacon of Hope Tubman sculpture) to the\nwaterfront\, with drum proce ssional and waterside libations.\n * A TRIBUTE TO GENERAL TUBMAN\n[https:/ /visitdorchester.org/event/general-harriet-tubman-tribute-save-the-date/20 26-09-26]\,\nSEPT. 26: One of the summit’s signature events will bring 250 women\nveterans together at the Dorchester County Courthouse to honor Harriet\nTubman’s extraordinary military legacy and her posthumous promo tion\nto brigadier general. (If you're a veteran and interesting in taking \npart\, see the ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM\n[https://alpha-genesis-cdc.monk eypod.io/give/250-women-veterans-general-tubman-tribute].)\n * DR. EDDA L. FIELDS-BLACK LECTURE\n[https://visitdorchester.org/event/harriet-tubman-s ummit-dr-edda-l-fields-black-lecture/2026-09-26]\,\nSEPT. 26: Pulitzer Pri ze-winning historian and author of \"Combee:\nHarriet Tubman\, the Combahe e River Raid\, and Black Freedom During the\nCivil War\" gives a talk.\n * FUTURE OF FREEDOM THROUGH TECHNOLOGY\, SEPT. 26: Explore how access\nto t echnology and meeting our youth where they already are through\ngaming can open doors to careers in esports\, artificial intelligence\,\nand other e merging technology fields. Titus Walker is founder and CEO\nof the Ultimat e Endgamers League (UEL).\n * BEACON OF HOPE VETERANS GALA\n[https://visit dorchester.org/event/general-harriet-tubman-tribute-save-the-date/2026-09- 26]\,\n[https://visitdorchester.org/event/harriet-tubman-summit-beacon-of- hope-veterans-gala/2026-09-26]\nSEPT. 26: Formal\, black-tie event brings together veterans\, families\,\nand supporters.\n * VETERANS RETREAT & COM MUNITY COOKOUT AT PATRIOT POINT\, SEPT. 27:\nGather at Patriot Point on Ta ylors Island for a day of connection\,\nreflection and community along the waterways and landscapes that\nshaped Tubman’s early life.\n * PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II AT LONG WHARF\n[https://visitdorchester.org/event/harriet-tu bman-summit-pride-of-baltimore-ii-tour/2026-10-03]\,\nOCT. 3: The summit c oncludes on the Choptank River\, with tours of\nMaryland’s famous tall s hip Pride of Baltimore II while she is\ndocked at Long Wharf in Cambridge. \n\nIt’s a month that looks not only at what Harriet Tubman\naccomplishe d\, but at the ideas she embodied — courage\, resilience\,\nfreedom\, se rvice and the determination to create a better future for\nothers.\n\nAnd there may be no more meaningful place to experience it than\nDorchester Co unty\, Maryland\, where Harriet Tubman was born and where\nher journey beg an.\n\nSome events are free or pay-what-you-can\; others require tickets o r\nregistration.\n\nLEARN MORE ABOUT THE HARRIET TUBMAN SUMMIT.\n[https:// alphagenesiscdc.org/harriet-tubman-summit-1]\n\nBUY TICKETS TO THE EVENTS.  \n[https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/2026-inaugural-harriet-tubman-s ummit]\n\nThe events are being organized by Alpha Genesis Community Develo pment\nCorporation\, a nonprofit based in Dorchester County\, Maryland - t he\nplace of Tubman's birth.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Events celebrating Harriet Tubman\, the Und erground Railroad\, freedom\, and more this are part of the first-ever\, m onth-long Harriet Tubman Summit\, happening this September\, and tying int o the nation'\;s 250th birthday. \;The summit highlights Tubman&rsq uo\;s pivotal role as a fearless abolitionist\, spy and suffragist\, celeb rating her enduring impact on American history. Throughout September\, you can engage in community service in honor of Tubman&rsquo\;s life of servi ce\, be part of a tribute to General Tubman (with 250 women veterans slate d to gather\, lectures\, a gala\, drum processional and waterside libation s\, music\, and more. The events happen in Dorchester County\, Maryland &n dash\; the place where Harriet Tubman'\;s journey began. \;

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September is also International Underground Railroad Month in Maryland.

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Events include:

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It &rsquo\;s a month that looks not only at what Harriet Tubman accomplished\ , but at the ideas she embodied &mdash\; courage\, resilience\, freedom\, service and the determination to create a better future for others.

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And there may be no more meaningful place to experience it than Dorche ster County\, Maryland\, where Harriet Tubman was born and where her journ ey began.

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Some events are free or pay-what-you-can\; others requ ire tickets or registration.

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Le arn more about the Harriet Tubman Summit.

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Buy tickets to the events.  \;

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The events are being organized by Alpha Gen esis Community Development Corporation\, a nonprofit based in Dorchester C ounty\, Maryland - the place of Tubman'\;s birth.

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