#Outreach Programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery

[slaveryabolitionday]

Knowledge, History and Power: In conversation.

Objectives:

To increase awareness of the transformational and liberating power of accurate knowledge to end racism and racial discrimination.

To highlight some of the challenges in sharing accurate knowledge about the difficult history of enslavement and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

To examine some of best practices in sharing accurate knowledge about enslavement, racism and racial discrimination through media and journalism.

To engender and mobilize greater support for racial justice in public education.

To consider the role of power in addressing white supremacy and systemic racism.

To understand how those whose ancestors profited from the trade enslaved in Africans can make amends and contribute to reconciliation.

To inspire a movement of shared humanity while empowering the audience

to fight for the rights of and justice for the global African diaspora.