On June 10, the Museum of the Mississippi Delta will host a free workshop for rising 7th graders called “My Growing Delta.” The event will take place in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibition Crossroads: Change in Rural America, on display in Greenwood through June 26.
“My Growing Delta” is an interactive workshop presented in collaboration with the Mississippi State Extension Service. Youth will learn about how food is grown and the many crops that are raised right here in their very own community. Registered dietician Anne Marie Gregory will teach youth about healthy eating. Youth will taste something delicious and get to plant a seed to take home.
The “My Growing Delta” workshop series is part of Crossroads Children, a series hosted in conjunction with the Smithsonian Crossroads exhibition, to help children understand their own community and its contributions to the world.
There is no cost to attend the youth workshop programs, but space is limited and registration is required. Email education@museumofthemississippidelta.com or call 662-453-0925 to register.
Crossroads: Change in Rural America offers small towns a chance to look at their own paths to highlight the changes that affected their fortunes over the past century. The exhibition will prompt discussions about what happened when America’s rural population became a minority of the country’s population and the ripple effects that occurred.
The exhibit will be on display at the Museum of the Mississippi Delta through June 26 and is open to the public Tuesdays-Saturdays 10am-3pm. Crossroads is free to visit.
Upcoming Crossroads events in Greenwood:
June 12, 10am: “Rural Roots: What Did I Learn?” presentation, Rev. Herron Wilson and Gene Dattel
June 17, 6pm: A Place Like Mississippi reading and signing, Ralph Eubanks
June 24, 6pm: Trials of the Earth reading and signing, Kerry Hamilton
Upcoming “Crossroads Children” events:
My Growing Delta workshop (rising 7th grade)
June 11, 12:45pm
My Musical Delta workshop (rising 5K-rising 2nd grades)
June 15, 10:30am
June 22, 10:30am
