‘Honoring our Ancestors by Reconnecting with Our Roots’
The event will feature Ambassador Sidique Wai of Sierra Leone as the keynote speaker during a Town Hall Meeting on Africa.
The Day of Resilience preliminary weekend schedule is as follows:
Saturday, September 11
10:30 a.m. – Commemoration and libations at the water (Long Wharf fishing pier)
11:30 a.m. – Processional up High Street to the Dorchester County Courthouse
Noon – Day of Resilience Ceremony- Dorchester County Courthouse
1:15 p.m. – Lunch on your own at Cannery Way (vendors in Cannery Way); box lunches for dignitaries at Harriet Tubman Museum.
1:15 p.m. – Community input on Cannery Way improvements (Habitat for Humanity)
1:15 p.m. – Art show opening, Death or Liberty by Artist Sydnie Smith-Jordon
2:30 p.m. – Constituency for Africa Townhall Meeting on Africa with Ambassador Sidique Wai of Sierra Leone
5:30 p.m. – Fashion Show at the Black Lives Matter Mural (400 Block Race Street)
7 p.m. – Jazz at the Harriet Tubman Mural with Reggie Upshaw
9 p.m. – After Party at the Art Bar 2.0
11 p.m. – End of the Day
Sunday, September 12
11 a.m. Underground Railroad Tour with Harriet Tubman Tours
2 p.m. – Gospel/Jazz Brunch at the Harriet Tubman Mural, featuring Suzette Pritchard
4 p.m. – End of Day
See article about the event on the Cambridge Spy
Sunday Sep 12, 2021 Monday Sep 13, 2021
Downtown Cambridge
See schedule
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306 High Street, Cambridge, MD 21613 – (410) 228-3575 – info@dorchesterchamber.org