All activities on 23 August are free and will include a historical ‘slave trail’ around local sites connected with slavery, community participatory theatre, Batanai African drummers, and an evening ceremony of remembrance with a traditional African Libation by the River Thames, poured by Chief Omilade Oladele, city address from Lee Jasper – London Mayor Senior Policy Advisor – and poetry by Jean Binta Breeze. For details: http://www.antislavery.org/archive/other/LondonTSTcommemoration.htm
As part of Breaking the Silence, UNESCO’s International ASPnet Transatlantic Slave Trade Education Project, on this day Anti-Slavery International is also launching an educational website on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its legacy. Through it, teachers and students can access a global array or resources, enabling in-depth understanding of the subject and its impact on our lives today. The website will be available from 23 August: www.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence.
This event will unite communities in a common history, communicate powerful messages locally and nationally and raise London’s profile as a city that is ready to engage with its past.
For additional information, please contact: http:www.antislavery.org
Beth Herzfeld, Anti-Slavery International’s Press Officer, on 020 78934 or email b.herzfeld@antislavery.org
Esther Stanford, Society of Black Lawyers, on 07751 143043 or
email ekuastanford@hotmail.com
The National Maritime Museum Press Office on 020 8312 6545 or
email Kirsten Canning on kcanning@nmm.ac.uk NR/12/02
As part of Breaking the Silence, UNESCO’s International ASPnet Transatlantic Slave Trade Education Project, on this day Anti-Slavery International is also launching an educational website on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its legacy. Through it, teachers and students can access a global array or resources, enabling in-depth understanding of the subject and its impact on our lives today. The website will be available from 23 August: www.antislavery.org/breakingthesilence.
This event will unite communities in a common history, communicate powerful messages locally and nationally and raise London’s profile as a city that is ready to engage with its past.
For additional information, please contact: http:www.antislavery.org
Beth Herzfeld, Anti-Slavery International’s Press Officer, on 020 78934 or email b.herzfeld@antislavery.org
Esther Stanford, Society of Black Lawyers, on 07751 143043 or
email ekuastanford@hotmail.com
The National Maritime Museum Press Office on 020 8312 6545 or
email Kirsten Canning on kcanning@nmm.ac.uk NR/12/02