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Roots & Routes: Kurt Vonnegut Museum Presents Special Cultural Exhibition and Panel

June 20 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Free

The Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library, in conjunction with Indianapolis cultural institutions, proudly 

presents “Roots & Routes: A Year of Journalism in America” a special celebration of American 

heritage and legacy taking place Friday, June 20, 2025

This important cultural event features renowned figures including Paul Hendrickson (New York Times 

bestselling author and Washington Post contributor), Eunice Trotter (author and Director of Indiana 

Landmarks Black Heritage Preservation), Robert Chester (noted writer and Senior Curator at Crispus 

Attucks Museum), and Julia Whitehead (author and Founder of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library). 

The evening will include both a panel discussion on journalism in America and the grand premiere of 

the newly acclaimed museum exhibition “Roots & Routes: African Americans and the World.” 

The free event runs from 5:00-7:30 pm at the Crispus Attucks Museum, located at 1140 Dr. Martin

Luther King, Jr. Street. This collaboration represents an important partnership between the Kurt 

Vonnegut Museum & Library and Indianapolis Public Schools.

 

Juneteenth celebrations will continue with Legacy Reception & Book Chat: An Afternoon with A’Lelia Bundles at the Madam Walker Legacy Center on Sunday, June 22th at 3.30PM 

All events are free and open to the public, with RSVPs required due to limited seating. Tickets can be reserved online here!

 

Details

Date:
June 20
Time:
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.vonnegutlibrary.org/

Venue

Crispus Attucks Museum
1140 Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202 United States
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Kathi Badertscher, PhD

Director of Graduate Programs at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Kathi Badertscher, PhD, is Director of Graduate Programs at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Dr. Badertscher teaches a variety of BA, MA, and doctoral courses, including Applying Ethics in Philanthropy and History of Philanthropy. She has participated in several Teaching Vonnegut workshops and is a member of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library. Dr. Badertscher has been a guest speaker on ethics in philanthropy, including at the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners – Indianapolis Council; Association of Fundraising Professionals – Indiana Chapter; and Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. In 2019 she received IUPUI Office for Women, Women’s Leadership Award for Newcomer Faculty. In 2019 and 2020 she received the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Graduate Teaching Award.
Dr. Badertscher’s publications include “Fundraising for Advocacy and Social Change,” co-authored with Shariq Siddiqui in Achieving Excellence in Fundraising, 5th ed., 2022; “Insulin at 100: Indianapolis, Toronto, Woods Hole, and the ‘Insulin Road,’ co-authored with Christopher Rutty, Pharmacy in History (2020); and three articles in the Indiana Magazine of History: “A New Wishard Is on the Way,” “Evaline Holliday and the Work of Community Service,” and “Social Networks in Indianapolis during the Progressive Era.” Her chapters on social welfare history will appear in three upcoming edited volumes on the history of philanthropy, including “The Legacy of Edna Henry and Her Contributions to the IU School of Social Work,” Women at Indiana University: Views of the Past and the Future, edited by Andrea Walton, Indiana University Press, 2022 (forthcoming). Dr. Badertscher is also the Philanthropy and Nonprofits Consulting Editor for the forthcoming Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, edited by David J. Bodenhamer and Elizabeth Van Allen, Indiana University Press, 2021. Dr. Badertscher is an active volunteer in the Indianapolis community. At present, she is a Coburn Place Safe Haven Board Member and a Children’s Bureau/Families First Brand and Marketing Advisor. Dr. Badertscher holds the MA in History from Indiana University and the MA and PhD in philanthropic studies from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

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