Jul 22, 2021
Sylvia Batty
Events for the newly designated Emancipation Day holiday on August first were released today at the Bliss Centre for the Performing Arts. Across the country in various municipalities as well as on Facebook, educational activities, exhibits, spoken word and drumming sessions on the history of slavery and its abolishment will be shared. The month-long list of activities culminates with a visual arts competition.
Sylvia Batty, Representative, Institute of Archaeology
“The actions have been coming in, rolling in as we speak so we finalised this very recently and we are so excited to be able to partner and highlight with numerous communities, community based organization and numerous actors so it’s a well-rounded calendar and we are happy to have partnered and highlight these organizations.”