Black History Ottawa
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Some rick Ottawa Black History courtesy of one of our partners, Paul Barber ----------------- Being it is Black History Month, and at the request of Wendy Barber-Hubely, I will tell a brief history of a very important man regarding Ottawa’s Black History prior to the Caribbean immigration of the late 50’s and 60’s. It is a brief story of Alex (Aleck) Rodgers. ‘Alex Rodgers?’ you say! ‘Who is that?’ ...Continue reading

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LIVESTREAM/ WEBVIDEO: UN Department of Global Communications (DGC) Outreach Division launches new discussion series, "Beyond the long shadow: engaging with difficult histories"; Register now for 11:00 AM EDT, Wed., July 8, 2020 UN DGC Outreach Division Panel Discussion Episode 1 titled "Museums, Memorials and Memorialization after Atrocity - Communicating a Form of Ongoing Justice?" We are pleased to announce that the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme wil...l launch a live discussion series Beyond the long shadow: engaging with difficult histories. The series is organized together with the Outreach Programmes on the transatlantic slave trade, and the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The aim of the collaborative series is to develop a deeper understanding of the legacies of these painful histories and through examining the past, consider how best to build a world that is just, where all can live in dignity and peace. In our first episode, our expert panel will consider what role statues, memorials, museums and memorialization after atrocity crimes, might play in furthering the interests of justice. https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSdwTM14jw_WXzavzz/viewform Date: Wednesday, 8 July 2020 Time: 11:00 AM EDT

Another Great conversation by Itah Sadu!