Hello...Will any of these forums be available online? I am a Richmond VA native living in Kansas and I would love to hear the forum..Unfortunately, I cannot attend, of course. Thank you. Shirley Cox Schroeder On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Remembering Slavery, Resistance and Freedom Project <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello, > > January 1, 2013 will be the 150th Anniversary of the issuing of the > Emancipation Proclamation. The Remembering Slavery, Resistance, and Freedom > Project, a partnership of the Virginia General Assembly Martin Luther King, > Jr. Memorial Commission, the College of William & Mary, and the Virginia > Foundation for the Humanities, aims to identify regionally-appropriate ways > of commemorating this Sesquicentennial. These commemorations will honor the > rich and complex lives, contributions, and sacrifices of enslaved and free > Africans and African Americans, and will be designed to attract a broad > audience of Virginians and visitors to the Commonwealth. We seek to > highlight cemeteries of enslaved persons, buildings they constructed, and > stories of resistance. For more information on the Project, please visit > our Facebook page: (http://www.facebook.com/rsrfp > ) and our website (http://wmpeople.wm.edu/site/page/remembering). > > Regional public forums are being held throughout Virginia to learn how > communities wants to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation > Proclamation. While the Project will learn from and be informed by all > Virginia residents who participate in the meetings, we are committed to a > community-engaged, descendant community-led model. We will foreground the > themes, stories and programs identified by the African descended community > to commemorate their ancestors’ emancipation. > > Flyers for the meetings are available on our website, please share! Our > upcoming meetings include: > > Public forum for the Coastal region > When: Saturday, April 21 > Time: 10 AM - 12 NOON > Where: The Newsome House > 2803 Oak Avenue, Newport News, VA 23607 > RSVP/Contact: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or > 757-221-7889<tel:757-221-7889> > > Public forum #1 for the Central region > When: Sunday, April 22 > Time: 3 PM - 5PM > Where: Valentine Richmond History Center > 1015 East Clay Street, Richmond, VA 23219 > > Public forum #2 for the Central region > When: Sunday, April 29 > Time: 3 PM - 5 PM > Where: The Elegba Folklore Society > 101 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219 > RSVP/Contact: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or (804) 814 > 8350<tel:%28804%29%20814%208350> > > Public forum #2 for the Northern region > When: Saturday, May 5 > Time: 10 AM – 12 Noon > Where: The Afro-American Historical Association of Fauquier County > 4243 Loudoun Avenue > The Plains, Virginia 20198 > RSVP/ Contact: Karen Hughes White (540) 253-7488<tel:%28540%29%20253-7488> > or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]><mailto: > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> > > > We invite members of the listserv to attend a meeting in your region and > to forward the meeting information to people who may be interested. > > If you cannot attend a meeting, please contact us with any opinions > regarding important cemeteries and sites that should be commemorated, or > any themes you might consider important. Additionally, we would be happy > to work with groups like historical societies, museums, and educational and > religious organizations host a public meeting, if they are so interested. > > Sincerely, > > Remembering Slavery, Resistance, and Freedom Project > Dr. Michael Blakey, Director > Autumn Barrett, Assistant Director > Shea Winsett, Project Manager > Ashley Atkins, Project Research Coordinator > Brittany Brown, Project Research Assistant > Ellen Chapman, Project Research Assistant > Alex Comacho, Project Assistant > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html