For. Keeping. Good morning and welcome to the grand opening dedication ceremony. Celebration of the internet africanamerican museum in. Charleston, South Carolina. I am so honored be with you this morning. And as i look out into jacksons walk into harbor where over ten 100,000 africans first touched the soil of the United States. America right here where are seated. Its a lot lot. Yes. This location, one of the most prolific slaving warehouses in operation ins in history. But now, today, we reclaimed land and honor. The countless lives lost and enslaved with a monument to our history, our families, our heritage our contributions and our future the waters. The shores here are the same waters that connect us back to africa, the same waters which carried our ancestors and dreams, the hopes and dreams preserved inside the museum above us. And just as the water holds memory and brings alive tide pools behind you ebb and flow across the shadows. Those who did not make it beyond this site, bu
Keaton, members of morris brown ame for welcoming us tonight. Hopefully we will have another chance to hear the choir. Thank you all. It is so nice to be back together and have an opportunity to discuss things that matter in this community and discuss how we can make them better, and i want to thank i hope you have had the opportunity to get some of the food that was served up outside by, first of all, morris brown member Reggie Simmons cooking up a lot of the sides, and then we had ben connell come down here from South Carolina. He is so committed to what the foreign means and what is doing. He is a lawyer in Kershaw County and he drove down here and cooked the chicken and sausage for us, and he didnt just cook it. He donated time and all of that food and that is a commitment to the community and we thank you so much, my friend, ben. I want to thank some other people while we get started, make sure i get these sponsors right. Dominion energy, el hoppa foundation, the joanna foundation
We can make them better, and i want to thank i hope you have had the opportunity to get some of the food that was served up outside by, first of all, morris brown member Reggie Simmons cooking up a lot of the sides, and then we had ben connell come down here from South Carolina. He is so committed to what the foreign means and what is doing. He is a lawyer in Kershaw County and he drove down here and cooked the chicken and sausage for us, and he didnt just cook it. He donated time and all of that food and that is a commitment to the community and we thank you so much, my friend, ben. I want to thank some other people while we get started, make sure i get these sponsors right. Dominion energy, el hoppa foundation, the joanna foundation, the federal bar foundation, marin, marvell, bradley and anderson it is a law firm if you couldnt tell boomtown, and of course the law firm. Other brie thanks to our dedicated Board Members other brief thanks to our dedicated for members. It takes a lot o
Had the opportunity to get some of the food that was served up outside by, first of all, morris brown member Reggie Simmons cooking up a lot of the sides, and then we had ben connell come down here from South Carolina. He is so committed to what the foreign means and what is doing. He is a lawyer in Kershaw County and he drove down here and cooked the chicken and sausage for us, and he didnt just cook it. He donated time and all of that food and that is a commitment to the community and we thank you so much, my friend, ben. I want to thank some other people while we get started, make sure i get these sponsors right. Dominion energy, el hoppa foundation, the joanna foundation, the federal bar foundation, marin, marvell, bradley and anderson it is a law firm if you couldnt tell boomtown, and of course the law firm. Other brie thanks to our dedicated Board Members other brief thanks to our dedicated for members. It takes a lot of work to pull off an event like we are doing this evening. O
Keaton, members of morris brown ame for welcoming us tonight. Hopefully we will have another chance to hear the choir. Thank you all. It is so nice to be back together and have an opportunity to discuss things that matter in this community and discuss how we can make them better, and i want to thank i hope you have had the opportunity to get some of the food that was served up outside by, first of all, morris brown member Reggie Simmons cooking up a lot of the sides, and then we had ben connell come down here from South Carolina. He is so committed to what the foreign means and what is doing. He is a lawyer in Kershaw County and he drove down here and cooked the chicken and sausage for us, and he didnt just cook it. He donated time and all of that food and that is a commitment to the community and we thank you so much, my friend, ben. I want to thank some other people while we get started, make sure i get these sponsors right. Dominion energy, el hoppa foundation, the joanna foundation