<div dir="auto"><div>Mark your calendar for December 29th!!! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Don't miss the premiere episode of The Legacy of Charity's Children podcast, which chronicles the story of an African American family and community led by Charity Davis Caesar Broady.  She was brought to Dayton,  Ohio in 1802 by her father John Isaac Davis when she was just an infant. Through the podcasts immersive narrative, you'll learn about the impact Broady had on her community and on her family members. Her Great Granddaughter, Jewelia Galloway Higgins went on to be a leader in the Dayton community as well.  Narrated by Patricia Smith Griffin, founder of</div><div dir="auto">The Charity's Children Project and Executive Producer of the podcast, and the Great Granddaughter of Jewelia Galloway Higgins. No one can tell a family history better than the descendants of that family. Learn more about the premiere of the podcast and the Charity's Children Project below. </div><div dir="auto"><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Sherri Goudy (she/her)</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Research Assistant and Archival Consultant, The Charity's Children Project <br>Independent Archivist, Researcher,  and Writer<br>567-356-7817 <br><br>"[W]hen you study history, you must ask yourself, 'Whose story am I missing? Whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth?' Once you have figured that out, you must find that story too."<br><br>- Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing</div><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Patricia Smith Griffin</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:charityschildren@pb04.ascendbywix.com">charityschildren@pb04.ascendbywix.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Dec 21, 2022, 10:35 AM<br>Subject: The Legacy of Charity's Children Premieres December 29th<br>To: Sherri Goudy <<a href="mailto:sherrigoudy14@gmail.com">sherrigoudy14@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u><div style="word-spacing:normal;background-color:#ffffff"><div style="display:none;font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;line-height:1px;max-height:0px;max-width:0px;opacity:0;overflow:hidden"><span>A short story podcast series that chronicles the life of one of Ohio’s early Black settlers, Charity Davis Caesar Broady, along with g</span><span>‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ </span></div><div><img src="https://shoutout.wix.com/so/pixel/3d936f1b-2853-4f5a-8beb-b377f9489cf9/7ce8ceb6-941e-45ec-a128-1ee524a16c90/a87a2c2c-6993-4f10-9e94-3c0378805d59/43125269-0074-424e-86eb-8b4fbdd23582/top/true" style="display:table;height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border:0!important;margin:0!important;padding:0!important" width="1" height="1" border="0"><div style="color:transparent;opacity:0;font-size:0px;border:0;max-height:1px;width:1px;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px!important;display:none!important;line-height:0px!important"><img src="https://u6900334.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/o/9xThd5NqaRya06wGIPKS4w/3s6/zIIpUZb_Tc6zmW3YifwVtA/ho.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" style="height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important"></div><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="background:#ffffff;background-color:#ffffff;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td><div style="margin:0px auto;max-width:732px"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="direction:ltr;font-size:0px;padding:18px 20px 18px 20px;text-align:center"><div style="font-size:0px;text-align:left;direction:ltr;display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="vertical-align:top" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="font-size:0px;padding:0;word-break:break-word"><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Ubuntu,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;text-align:center;color:#757575;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong style="font-weight:normal">Can't see this message? <u><a style="font-family:Helvetica,Ubuntu,Arial,sans-serif;color:#222222;font-size:12px;line-height:20px;text-decoration:none" href="https://shoutout.wix.com/so/59OKrKeVK/c?w=5EKZZTlI8vZ9M8e2myzFsq11VlWZ5dLNpXQQL5GDejA.eyJ1IjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9zaG91dG91dC53aXguY29tL3NvLzU5T0tyS2VWSz9sYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbiIsIm0iOiJtYWlsIiwiYyI6IjQzMTI1MjY5LTAwNzQtNDI0ZS04NmViLThiNGZiZ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