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Allan Lecture Series – The Simril(l)s: A Family in Black and White
October 18, 2025 @ 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
One family. Two Histories. A shared future. Facing Truth. Embracing unity. Modeling healing.
Join us at the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing as Dr. Spenser Simrill, Jr. and Michael Simril share their family’s powerful story, two lineages, once divided by slaveholder and enslaved, now united in truth and healing through respect, realign and restore. Click here for a glimpse of this journey as seen on CNN.
Reception begins at 4:30 pm, and the event at 5:00 pm. Tickets are $20 per person and seating is limited. Your receipt is your ticket.