On Sept.27 2015 at the Gainesville Florida Library
Ilyasah Shabazz , the daughter of Malcolm X , signed books and talked about her work as a community organizer, activist, motivational speaker, and author of the critically acclaimed Growing Up X.
2014-The UN International Day of Remembrance of Slavery Program honoring
the UN International Day of Slavery, attached is a picture of our reception
at the Harn Museum of Art. We have added photos to Harn Museum of Art
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Eric J. Segal, Education Curator of Academic Program
Florida Representative, Association of Academic Museums and Galleries
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
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Paul Ortiz
Frederick Douglass and other African Americans emphasized the debt that Americans
owed to Haitians for slavery abolition. When the US invaded Haiti in 1915,
the NAACP and other black organizations protested US imperialism vociferously
at Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art.
debt
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February 17, 2014 in collaboration with Youth Technical Programs (YTP) in Hawthorne,
FL. UNESCO-TST, Mrs. Marie McCloud,YTP director, will conduct a workshop
on the use of the 1936 -1964 Negro Motorist Green Book by Victor H. Green.
Topic "Segregation in Traveling: Black History Month Program."
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January 17-19, 2014 Gullah Geechee (GG) Historical tour
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2014 survey monkey
GG tour
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December 28, 2013, Jacksonville, FL, the Ritz Theatre invites supporters
to the closing event for the exhibit, "Word, Shout,
Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner Connecting Communities Through Language".
Visiting educator and UNESCO representative, Mohamed Barrie of Sierra Leone,
will give an informal talk on the role of language in preserving culture.
This traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution's Anacostia Community Museum closes
on December 31, 2013.
Museum
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December 19, 2013, Sunday, the Ayoka Gifts International African Cultural Center Inc.
& the United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organization -
Transatlantic Slave Trade will host the annual Kwanzaa Observance in Gainesville, FL
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November 16, 2013
UNESCO-TST, Ms. Angela Wright, team coach of "Hornets Brain Bowl Team"
won the 2013 Annual Brain Bowl competition. (Four students were awarded $100 each)
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November 10, 2013 - UNESCO-TST members traveled to Georgia
Voting Rights 65 Years Ago: Remembering Isaiah Nixon
Travel
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August 2013 we took an adventure to Key West, FL. We explored the history of Higgs Beach
and how the people destined for slavery were brought to Key West and housed for several months
in barracoons. Survivors were later taken to Liberia, West Africa.
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2012 UNESCO-TST Conference, Orlando, FL
Conference
2012 Survey from the November 2012 conference, Orlando, FL
Survey
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2012 UNESCO-TST has verification
Verification
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2011 Ring-of-Giving-Humanitarian Award
Award
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2011 February 7th - UNESCO-TST & The Florida Humanities Council Sponsored
the "Golden Era of African American Gospel Music in Florida" at Saint Andrews Episcopal Church,
100 N. Palmway, Lake Worth, FL 33460
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2010 July (Annette Kashif and I) traveled to Bristol, England for our first
UNESCO-TST conference. Our host was Marie-Annick Gournet, Ph.D.
We spent two weeks attending the teacher workshops and visiting historical sites
including the Slave Museum in Liverpool, England.
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2009 UNESCO-TST Selma, Alabama -
I attended the teachers Institute, June 2009 in Montgomery, AL.
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2008 UNESCO-TST attended the eight days teachers Institute, June 2008, Tulane University,
Louisiana, Dr. Sylvia Frey, UNESCO-TST, USA Director