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Emancipation isn’t just history, it's celebration and continued resistance. How have you honoured Black freedom this month? #CABRTO #EmancipationMonth
for events: toronto.ca/emancipation
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TODAY! Join us for Freedom Through Culture, the Emancipation Month closing celebration. A day Honouring Haiti’s role in global Black freedom through music & legacy. Led by Centre Haïtien D’Action Humanitaire.
📅Sat, Aug 30
🕔10am-6pm
📍150 Borough Dr. (Scarborough Civic Centre)
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Join us for Freedom Through Culture, the Emancipation Month closing celebration. A day Honouring Haiti’s role in global Black freedom through music, memory & legacy. Led by Centre Haïtien D’Action Humanitaire.
📅Sat, Aug 30
🕔10am-6pm
📍150 Borough Dr. (Scarborough Civic Centre)
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Black liberation isn’t just about the past, it’s about the changing the future. What will your contribution be? #EmancipationMonth #ConfrontThePast
toronto.ca/confront
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Did you know? Haiti’s revolution forced world powers to rethink slavery, but Haiti paid a heavy price. France demanded reparations from Haitians in 1825. It took Haiti 122 years, until 1947, to repay this debt. #HaitianHistory #Emancipation
for more: ow.ly/Mg0l50WpF2O
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Join us for Freedom Through Culture, the Emancipation Month closing celebration. A day Honouring Haiti’s role in global Black freedom through music, memory & legacy. Led by Centre Haïtien D’Action Humanitaire.
📅Sat, Aug 30
🕔10am-6pm
📍150 Borough Dr. (Scarborough Civic Centre)
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Did you know? The British Empire paid £20 million in compensation to enslavers, not the formerly enslaved. Freedom came at a cost. #Emancipation
for more: toronto.ca/confront
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Vodou in Haiti was more than religion, it was a tool for organizing and resistance. Colonizers feared it for a reason. #HaitianCulture #EmancipationMonth
for more: thehaitianrevolution.com/hai…
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TODAY! Join us for Sankofa Day as we celebrate the official re-opening of Canada’s most prominent public space. Theme: Looking Back, Building Forward.
📅Sat, Aug 23
🕛10am-11pm
📍Sankofa Square (formerly Yonge-Dundas Square)
#SankofaSquare #EmancipationMonth #NouLa
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Today we honour UNESCO’s International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. We remember the millions who endured slavery & recommit to dismantling the legacies of slavery still present today.
#AbolitionOfSlavery #EmancipationMonth #NouLa
to learn more: toronto.ca/confront
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Join us for Freedom Through Culture, the Emancipation Month closing celebration. A day Honouring Haiti’s role in global Black freedom through music, memory & legacy. Led by Centre Haïtien D’Action Humanitaire.
📅Sat, Aug 30
🕔10am-6pm
📍150 Borough Dr. (Scarborough Civic Centre)
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Emancipation is a legacy we live every day. Keep resisting, keep building. #EmancipationMonth #BlackFreedom
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Did you know? The Haiti Revolution inspired revolts across British enslaved colonies in the Caribbean and Americas. In 1795, enslaved people in Jamaica and Grenada rose up after news of Haiti’s success. #Emancipation
for more on the legacies of slavery: toronto.ca/confront
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Haiti’s legacy reminds us that Emancipation is not charity, it’s justice won through struggle, sacrifice and solidarity. #HaitianRevolution #BlackLiberation
for more:
thehaitianrevolution.com
toronto.ca/emancipation
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Join us for Sankofa Day as we celebrate the official re-opening of Canada’s most prominent public space. Theme: Looking Back, Building Forward.
📅Sat, Aug 23
🕛10am-11pm
📍Sankofa Square (formerly Yonge-Dundas Square)
#SankofaSquare #EmancipationMonth #NouLa
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TODAY! Come enjoy Afraspektion! Celebrate Afrodiasporic creativity with Oddside Arts & Riverside BIA! Featuring live music, giveaways, market & fun for all ages.
📅Sun, Aug 17
🕛2–7PM
📍Riverside Common Park
#Afraspektion #EmancipationMonth #BlackJoy
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This Emancipation Month join us as we honour Black freedom, reflect on resistance and spotlight Haitian culture. #NouLa #EmancipationMonth
for more: toronto.ca/emancipation
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TODAY! Celebrate Emancipation Month at the #MelaninMarket, a vibrant market spotlighting food, fashion, & culture from across the Black diaspora! #EmancipationMonth #NouLa
📅Fri, Aug 15
📍Sankofa Square (formerly Yonge-Dundas Square)
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TONIGHT! Experience the sacred Bois Caïman Ceremony, an homage to the spirit that ignited the Haitian Revolution. #HaitianHistory #EmancipationMonth
📅August 14
🕖7–10pm
📍Black Creek Community Farm
for info & registration: boiscaiman2025.org
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Join us for Sankofa Day as we celebrate the official re-opening of Canada’s most prominent public space. Theme: Looking Back, Building Forward.
📅Sat, Aug 23
🕛10am-11pm
📍Sankofa Square (formerly Yonge-Dundas Square)
#SankofaSquare #EmancipationMonth #NouLa
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