Parenting is so rewarding and in many cases the hardest task a person can take on. Parenting alone during a pandemic is especially challenging. This exhibit displays the unconquerable strength of a single black mother. Told in photographs, stories, and art, “I Come as One: Stories of Unconquerable Single Black Parents” focuses on how many rely on friends and family to create a village of support, from a pandemic to the hustle bustle of daily life.

“I Come as One” opens Friday, September 24 at 6pm at the Shaker Historical Society and is on view through December 12, 2021. This exhibition was organized by Kim Harris of Shaker African American Mothers Support (S.A.M.S.) with support from Ali Black, poet and Community Engagement Librarian at the Shaker Heights Public Library.