46th
Black History Month "Voting Rights are Worth the Fight"
Event begins with a "Dump Trump" Unity March and Motorcade
Sunday February 23.
"Voting
Rights are Worth the Fight," is the theme of this year's 46th
Annual People's World African American History Month celebration, to
be held Sunday February 23, 2020.
The
day will serve as a call to action and unity against rising open
racism and white supremacy, making the 2020 elections crucial for the
future of the African American freedom struggle and the freedom
struggle of all peoples and the planet.
A
Black History Month "Dump Trump" Unity March &
Motorcade will leave at 2:30 pm from the New Haven Peoples Center 37
Howe St. and proceed to Troup School 259 Edgewood Ave. where there
will be a program at 4:00 pm.
The
program will feature a panel discussion opening with a 1963
Video by the SNCC Voter Project in Mississippi and remarks by Brian
Steinberg, a participant in Mississippi Freedom Summer; Barbara
Vereen,, Staff Director Local 34 Unite Here at Yale; Sulemy Cordova,
Connecticut Students for a Dream,Wilbur Cross High School; and
concluding remarks by Judge
Clifton Graves, Professor of African American History.
Also on the program
will be presentation of prizes in the Arts and Writing Competition
Grades 8 to 12, "Harriet Tubman and The Right to Vote." and
a tribute to Lula White, freedom rider and former competition judge.
Also, drumming by Brian Jarawa Gray and Friends and music selections
by Kompozure and Ice the Beef youth,
The march and event
will bring together groups organizing against heightened racism,
militarism and exploitation in the elections and beyond, toward a
future of solidarity, justice, peace and sustainability where all
persons can reach their full potential.
In advance of the
march, the feature length documentary "Freedom Summer" will
be shown at the Peoples Center on Friday, February 21 at 7 pm.
Released in 2014, the film tells the story of the
courageous students who came to Mississippi in the summer of 1964 to
work with local organizers and African American residents to claim
their right to vote and shatter the foundations of white supremacy
Poster making for Sunday's march will also be part of the evening.
