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We're Going to Florida

Lana Turner, Me, and the DRESS, have been invited to St. Augustine, Florida, for a series of events celebrating Anna Murray Douglass, and her contributions as an Abolitionist,  Mother, Wife, Woman.  There is little known about Anna, but no more, throughout the planning of this project in September 2022, we have coined the phrase, Anna came and got us. Peña-Peck House Woman's Exchange Lunch With Anna Tickets Anna Murray Douglass Dress

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Body of Work Exhibition

https://youtube.com/shorts/nk1oXTgiNt4?feature=share Body of Work Capsule Collection One of a Kind Jackets and Coats Presented at Urban Threads 1791 Lexington Ave NY, NY October Friday 7  5p - 9p October 8- 9 2022 12p - 7p I recently asked my cousin, why do we sew? We are only second generation of sewers. My Mother and Aunt sewed, but not the Grandmother I knew (she cooked), but I heard tales of the Grandmother I never knew, did sew. She passed away when my Mother was 4. So is it in the DNA…..don’t know, but what I do know is there was power in the needle. Growing up, there was always creativity going on in the house. Making things, was just common place....

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