Free and open to the public, the show will be held in the Student Union Apollo Room on Thursday, Jan. 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Saturday, Jan. 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A featured quilt will highlight the story of John Crawford III, a 22-year-old African-American who was shot by a police officer in the Beavercreek Walmart in 2014.
A tatting quilt produced by the “Friends Tatting Guild of Greene County” will be auctioned, with the proceeds going toward scholarships. Tatting is a form of lace-making.
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The lecture, titled “Women’s History as Patchwork,” will be presented Jan. 19, from 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m., by Hope Jennings, director of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program.
Other quilts in the show will be auctioned to support scholarships given to students at the university.
CASEY LAUGHTER
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