The Pan-African flag was raised in front of City Hall on February 1st. Walk by to see it flying in person or watch the flag-raising video here on Sankara’s Facebook Event Page.
PRUDE Inc is hosting a free online speaker series happening throughout the month, next one is tomorrow at 11 am! Find the full list of topics & speakers here on PRUDE’s website.
New Brunswick Black History Society has a display of local Saint John Black history set up inside the City Market at their Charlotte Street entrance.
Streaming online later this month is Clyde A. Wray’s We Were Here. It features the stories of legendary Black members of our community. Find tickets here.
You can see some of the portraits of the Black community members featured in Clyde A. Wray’s We Were Here on banners in front of the Saint John Theatre Company.
You can find a new stamp in your local post office that Canada Post just unveiled honouring Willow Grove, New Brunswick’s Black history which dates back to 1817.
Want to learn more about Black history in New Brunswick? Then pick up a copy of “The Blacks in New Brunswick” by emailing giving@stu.ca all proceeds from the sales of this book will go towards bursaries for Black students.
Looking for more information about Black history in your area of New Brunswick? The New Brunswick Black History Society has a done some amazing research and it is available online for you to read, check it out here.
Do you know of other Black history events going on this month in Saint John? Let me know about them and I will add them to this list!
