The late Dr. Charlotte D. Stern helped create a library focused on religious and social justice issues at First Unitarian Church.
On Aug. 24, Stern died at the age of 78 after battling cancer. On Nov. 23, the library she helped bring into existence will be dedicated in her name.
Her own dedication to issues of social justice inspires others to continue her work, said the Rev. Paul Boothby.
The short ceremony will take place at 11:30 a.m. during a short ceremony following the regular Sunday service at the church on the steps of Monument Terrace.
Stern, a professor of Spanish and an authority on medieval theater in Spain, taught for nearly three decades at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College where her husband, Carl, was also a professor. She also taught at Lynchburg College from 1954 to 1968.
After her retirement, she increased her involvement in the Unitarian congregation, where she served on the Social Justice Committee. She helped amass more than 1,500 volumes related to religious and social justice for the library, and many of those volumes were her own. Her vision was for the library to serve as a community resource, Boothby said.
The library is open from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays. For information, call the church at (434) 528-0744.
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