Calendar | Community and Race Relations Committee of Peterborough

Partnership Council on Immigrant Integration - Meeting April 3rd, 2008 - New Canadians Centre

Partnership Council on Immigrant Integration - Meeting April 30th, 2008 - Peterborough Public Library

• Feb 23rd, 11am – 3pm, Market Hall - Blues Festival Family day with music, art, and face painting. AANK will participate. FREE.

• Feb 23rd, 7pm, Market Hall – Fundraiser for Zimbabwian school – Hosted by Africville and DJ. Featuring Adam Solomon and his full-force band, MC Eternia, Chet Singh, Klyde Broox, and others. Admission: $20.

• Feb 28th, 7pm, Prince of Wales Elementary School - Live Performance: …And Freedom For All. (Featuring Beau Dixon and others). PWES, 1211 Monaghan Road (corner of Sherbrooke). Presented by Kawartha World Issues Centre and Heritage Pavillon Stage. $5/person, $10/family, or pay what you can.

• Feb 27th, 7pm, Sadlier House - OPIRG is screening two movies: Journey to Justice & Black Mother, Black Daughter. FREE.

• Community and Race Relations Committee are showing Speakers for the Dead to various elementary and high schools in Peterborough. If you or your school are interested, please contact Mike at racerelation@gmail.com

Watch for Black History Month displays at the Peterborough Public Library – Downtown Branch (Afrocentric Awareness Network of the Kawarthas), Fleming College - Brealey Campus (Fleming College Diversity Office), and Trent University Bata Library (Trent African and Caribbean Students' Union.

For more information, , http://racerelationspeterborough.org/, http://www.kwic.info/, http://aank.org/ or please contact the Community and Race Relations Committee at 742-9658 or racerelation@gmail.com

November 30th and December 1st, 2007 – Roots of Freedom

Black History Month Activities

November 30th and December 1st, 2007 – Roots of Freedom

Roots of Freedom: Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire

1) Public Talk: "Blacks and the Law in Slavery and Freedom"

Who: Barrington Walker, Department of History, Queen's University

Where: Gzowski lecture hall 114, Trent University

When: Friday, 30 November, 2:00 pm.

2) Panel talk: "Slavery in Canada and the British Empire"

Who: A) Barrington Walker, Department of History, Queen's University

B) Rosemary Sadlier, President, Ontario Black History Society

C) Afua Cooper, Author, Poet, and Historian

Where: Peterborough Public Library Auditorium, 345 Aylmer Street North

When: Friday, 30 November, 7pm

3) Roots of Freedom: Videos and musical performance

What: Video Screenings and Musical Performance by Chet Singh from the Dub Trinity Project and Jarred Prescott of the Fireflower Review

Where: Sadlier House, 751 George street North

When: Saturday, December 1st, 7pm

Sponsors: CRRC, TrentU Canadian Studies Program, Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Native Studies, PRCSA, and the Government of Ontario




Spaces of Racism II - May 16th, 2008 - News Conference and release of study Ontario Human Rights Commission - News Conference and release of study: Fishing Without Fear, May 13th, 2008 Partnership Council on Immigrant Integration - Meeting April 3rd, 2008 - New Canadians Centre Partnership Council on Immigrant Integration - Meeting April 30th, 2008 - Peterborough Public Library Black History Month Activities - February 2008: • Feb 14th, 5:30pm, St. John's Anglican Church - Potluck dinner with a BHM focus,. Hosted by New Canadian Centre. Afrocentric HoHhhsdfAwareness Network of the Kawarthas (AANK) will present a participatory fun activity. FREE. • Feb 23rd, 11am – 3pm, Market Hall - Blues Festival Family day with music, art, and face painting. AANK will participate. FREE. • Feb 23rd, 7pm, Market Hall – Fundraiser for Zimbabwian school – Hosted by Africville and DJ. Featuring Adam Solomon and his full-force band, MC Eternia, Chet Singh, Klyde Broox, and others. Admission: $20. • Feb 28th, 7pm, Prince of Wales Elementary School - Live Performance: …And Freedom For All. (Featuring Beau Dixon and others). PWES, 1211 Monaghan Road (corner of Sherbrooke). Presented by Kawartha World Issues Centre and Heritage Pavillon Stage. $5/person, $10/family, or pay what you can. • Feb 27th, 7pm, Sadlier House - OPIRG is screening two movies: Journey to Justice & Black Mother, Black Daughter. FREE. • Community and Race Relations Committee are showing Speakers for the Dead to various elementary and high schools in Peterborough. If you or your school are interested, please contact Mike at racerelation@gmail.com Watch for Black History Month displays at the Peterborough Public Library – Downtown Branch (Afrocentric Awareness Network of the Kawarthas), Fleming College - Brealey Campus (Fleming College Diversity Office), and Trent University Bata Library (Trent African and Caribbean Students' Union. For more information, , http://racerelationspeterborough.org/, http://www.kwic.info/, http://aank.org/ or please contact the Community and Race Relations Committee at 742-9658 or racerelation@gmail.com November 30th and December 1st, 2007 – Roots of Freedom Black History Month Activities November 30th and December 1st, 2007 – Roots of Freedom Roots of Freedom: Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire 1) Public Talk: "Blacks and the Law in Slavery and Freedom" Who: Barrington Walker, Department of History, Queen's University Where: Gzowski lecture hall 114, Trent University When: Friday, 30 November, 2:00 pm. 2) Panel talk: "Slavery in Canada and the British Empire" Who: A) Barrington Walker, Department of History, Queen's University B) Rosemary Sadlier, President, Ontario Black History Society C) Afua Cooper, Author, Poet, and Historian Where: Peterborough Public Library Auditorium, 345 Aylmer Street North When: Friday, 30 November, 7pm 3) Roots of Freedom: Videos and musical performance What: Video Screenings and Musical Performance by Chet Singh from the Dub Trinity Project and Jarred Prescott of the Fireflower Review Where: Sadlier House, 751 George street North When: Saturday, December 1st, 7pm Sponsors: CRRC, TrentU Canadian Studies Program, Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Native Studies, PRCSA, and the Government of Ontario file:///c:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Mike%20Ma/BHM%20revised%20small.jpg


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