Little Jamaica
Eglinton West M6E 2G7 Toronto, ON, Canada

Today in our Uniaversity meeting of the Toronto UNIA-ACL Garveyites we paid a special tribute to our ansectors who were forced to take the trip across the oce...ans to enter into the worst human tragedy known to man. When we recite our pledge and refer to the redemption of Mother Africa and her scattered Black children we can contribute most of it to the transatlantic slave trade. In conclusion of our meeting we took a moment of silence for the millions of lives lost on the journey and those who arrived in foreign land, enslaved. We ask that we all take time this evening to do the same. Ase. During Emancipation Month on Aug 23rd we invite the world to join us in a global day of reverence and healing. For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the tragic transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history. Every year on 25 March, the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade offers the opportunity to honour and remember those who suffered and died at the hands of the brutal slavery system. The International Day also aims to raise awareness about the dangers of racism and prejudice today. In order to more permanently honour the victims, a memorial has been erected at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The unveiling took place on 25 March 2015. The winning design for the memorial, The Ark of Return Video by Rodney Leon, an American architect of Haitian descent, was selected through an international competition and announced in September 2013.

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