Virtual Events & Webinars

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors of If These Stones Could Talk are available for virtual programs. Please click here to contact Friday Truehart Consultants to make arrangements.

You can also view the authors’ online webinars:

Pioneers of Liberty Film Image
African American Presence film cover image

If These Stones Could Talk was featured in the Winter 2021 newsletter of the New Jersey Council for the Social Studies (NJCSS). Click here to view the Council’s newsletter page.

Resources Available from Other Organizations

The National Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route Association, Inc.

Past Events

On October 21, 2019, Elaine Buck (l) and Beverly Mills (r) co-presented “Authentic Assessment of Inquiry about African-American History” with Dr. Cynthia Assini, District Social Studies Supervisor of Hillsborough, NJ at the New Jersey Council for the Social Studies (NJCSS) Annual Fall Conference for K-12 Social Studies Teachers.
Beverly Mills and Elaine Buck at the 2019 AASLH Annual Meeting, where they presented “How to Build Organizations’ Capacities to Respond to Opportunities and Challenges”
Beverly Mills and Elaine Buck at the 2019 AASLH Annual Meeting, where they presented “How to Build Organizations’ Capacities to Respond to Opportunities and Challenges”
Beverly Mills and Elaine Buck at Bank of America in Pennington, NJ, June 2019
Beverly Mills and Elaine Buck at Bank of America in Pennington, NJ, June 2019
Beverly Mills and Elaine Buck at Bank of America in Pennington, NJ, June 2019
  • June 17, 2019, Book signing and presentation at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, America Boulevard, Pennington, NJ – book signing.
  • A conversation with Henry Louis Gates III at The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ
  • D&R Greenway Land Trust 35th Anniversary Celebration – Elaine and Beverly received the D&R Land Stewardship Award on behalf of their work to preserve NJ history
  • Presentation and book signing at Four Seasons Community Center at Brandon Farms
  • Presentation at Hopewell Valley Heritage Weekend, Hopewell, NJ
  • Book signing at Voorhees High School, Glen Gardner, NJ
  • Presentation for the entire 8th grade class at the Timberlane Middle School in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District
  • Presentation for HIllsborough for the kick off of their 10th grade capstone project
  • Presentation for the entire 4th grade class of the Hopewell Elementary School, Tollgate Grammar School and Stony Brook Elementary School
  • Presentation for the Hunterdon County Municipal Library as part of their lecture series for their 300th Anniversary
  • Interviewed with NJTV, aired on February 26, 2019
  • Interview with PBS Local Channel 39 (Hunterdon County), aired on February 27, 2019
  • Presentation at ETS, Princeton, NJ
  • Presentation at Barnes & Noble for Local Chapter of Jack & Jill of Mercer County
  • Interview with Jeff Edelstein of the Trentonian, published on February 25, 2019 entitled “Two Women, One Book, the Whole History of the African American Experience in the Hopewell Valley Area”
  • Presentation at the Harlingen Reformed Church, Montgomery, NJ
  • Presentation for the Hunterdon County Historical Society
  • Presentation at the Montgomery Township Municipal Building
  • Book signing and presentation at the 1719 William Trent House Museum
  • Participation in a panel discussion at “Lead NJ” at Morven Museum & Garden
  • Participated as guest panellists for book launch of “Gloria Takes a Stand” by author Jess Rinker in Frenchtown, NJ
  • Presentation at the Mt. Rose Distillery for the Hopewell Valley Preservation Commission