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Dear colleagues, See below. All the best, Pat Dr Patricia Noxolo, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT UK ________________________________ From: British Black Studies [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of [log in to unmask] [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 24 July 2017 16:53 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: AUGUST 22nd INVITATION Please pass on: INVITATION The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is supporting a NATIONAL/UNESCO event that commemorates the Parliamentary Act of 1807 that made the African slave trade illegal. The event is from 7pm to 8.30pm at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre, Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham Green London, N15 4RX on Tuesday 22nd August 2017. Speakers include Matthew Ryder: Deputy Mayor of London; Professor Hakim Adi: Professor of the History of Africa and the African Diaspora, University of Chichester; Cecil Gutzmore: Educator, former lecturer at University of the West Indies, Dr and Esther Stanford-Xosei: PhD student, University of Chichester; Dr Michelle Asantewa: Educator, Author, Poet; and Arthur Torrington: Director, Windrush Foundation. Music by Alexander D Great, Tobago Crusoe and D’Alberto: Educators, Calypsonians. A RECEPTION from 8.30pm to 9.30pm ADMISSION FREE TICKETS from EVENTBRITE https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slavery-resistancelondon-remembers-tickets-36467485230?ref=enivtefor001&invite=MTIzODA4NzUvYXJ0aHVydG9ycmluZ3RvbkBob3RtYWlsLmNvbS8w&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inviteformalv2&ref=enivtefor001&utm_term=attend Message from: Irina Bokova UNESCO Director-General In the night of 22 to 23 August 1791, men and women, torn from Africa and sold into slavery, revolted against the slave system to obtain freedom and independence for Haiti, gained in 1804. The uprising was a turning point in human history, greatly impacting the establishment of universal human rights, for which we are all indebted. All of humanity is part of this story, in its transgressions and good deeds. MORE INFORMATION ON THE ATTACHMENTS