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Spring Fair

Saturday, April 27, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Friends Select Parkway Building

Friends Select’s Spring Fair will feature games, music, arts, free refreshments, and perhaps most importantly, a celebration of our community.

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Philadelphia Inquirer Highlights Advisory Committee for New Harriet Tubman Statue

Read about Friends Select students who had the privilege to serve on Mayor Kenney’s African American Historic Statue Advisory Committee convened by the Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy. Vivien Johnson ’24 and Kate Gunther ’25 participated in the deliberative process to choose an artist who would make a permanent statue of Harriet Tubman to be placed outside of City Hall.

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Alumni Stories

Celebrating Abolitionist and Activist Anna Elizabeth Dickinson

Civil rights activist, orator, writer, and Friends Select alumna Anna Elizabeth Dickinson is now recognized with a Pennsylvania state historical marker near the southeast corner of Broad and Arch Streets. The commemoration of her work and connection to Philadelphia are a result of the combined efforts of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), Friends Select, and Amy Cohen ’82. 

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