Transatlantic event series featuring creative, collaborative and critical responses to Frederick Douglass and other change makers! Join us Sep 28 - Oct 4, 2025!
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28 Sep 2024
π¨ SAVE THE DATE: SEPT 28-OCT 4, 2025
We are heading to BOSTON, MA for #DW2025! π
Please join us in exactly 1 year for our 5th annual #DouglassWeek! π₯° Follow us & sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop!
β€οΈA HUGE THANKS to all our friends, sponsors & supporters #DW2025
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26 Sep 2024
Weβre thrilled to support our friends & partners at @MassHumanities at the Governorβs Awards in the Humanities tonight, Sept 26! This celebration is extra special, with performances by #DouglassWeekβs very own Paul Oakley Stovall, Nicole Morris & Kenneth B. Morris Jr. π #MH50
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5 Jul 2024
This year, a repost of these powerful words seems particularly appropriate. #FrederickDouglass
β‘οΈ Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=NBe5qbnkβ¦
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20 Apr 2024
πΆ TONIGHT!! HARMONIES OF FREEDOM: Honouring #FrederickDouglass in Belfast
7:30-10:00PM GMT (DOORS at 7:00PM!)
π Join us for the grand finale of #DouglassWeek 2024 at the Duncairn Centre in Belfast!
ποΈ Tickets: Β£12 on the Duncairn website
#HarmoniesOfFreedom #Belfast
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20 Apr 2024
π TODAY 1:30-3:00PM GMT: Interactive, Creative Workshop about Queer Utopias at the Cafe at @ulsteruni @belfastschoolofart
π Only 2 TIX LEFT! Led by DΓ³nal Tabbot, this workshop delves into the concept of queer utopias as a powerful response to rising hate crimes! #DouglassWeek
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20 Apr 2024
π TODAY AT 12.00PM: Fun walk & cupakes with @sportingprideireland
π 45 min walk from Ormeau Park to @2RoyalAvenue which includes #FrederickDouglass-related highlights in #Belfast! We'll stop for photo!
β‘ Meeting point: Ormeau Park (on the green next to Ozone Tennis Centre) π₯³
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20 Apr 2024
π AT 11AM TODAY: Join us for a friendly, LGBTQIA inclusive rounders match with @SportingPrideIE
β‘ Meeting point: Ormeau Park (on the green next to the Ozone Indoor Tennis Centre)
π³οΈβπ This is the groups 2nd training session, so beginners are very welcome! #DouglassWeek
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18 Apr 2024
JOIN US LIVE AT @2RoyalAvenue NOW for an amazing panel about #lgbtqiaplus rights and social justice as part of #DouglassWeek2024! π
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17 Apr 2024
π LIVE NOW: JOIN US FOR THIS HYBRID EVENT!
β‘οΈ LINK ON OUR WEBSITE & you will find a button to WATCH LIVE on the event page!
"Frederick Douglass: Illuminating Minds Across Borders β A Timeless Story of Literacy, Liberation & Universal Empowerment" #DouglassWeek @UCC @UCCEquality
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17 Apr 2024
π· JOIN US LIVE ONLINE & IN PERSON AT 12PM at @UCC Organized & hosted by @UCCEquality
"Frederick Douglass: Illuminating Minds Across Borders β A Timeless Story of Literacy, Liberation, & Universal Empowerment"
LINK TO HYBRID EVENT ON OUR WEBSITE!
β‘οΈ UCC, North Wing Council Room
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15 Apr 2024
πToday at 2PM @QUBelfast: PANEL DISCUSSION: POLICING BLACK BODIES!
π£οΈSpeakers: Andy George, President of the UK National Black Police Association, Jesee Karanga, Vice President of the National Black Police Association, Mohamed Idriss & Henri Mohamed!
β‘οΈ JOIN THE CONVERSATION!
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15 Apr 2024
π HAPPENING NOW! @PRONI_DFC Join us between now-1.30pm!
π©· Free & open to anyone! Star line-up of local & international guest speakers!
π‘ The symposium brings together community members, activists, academics, archivists & others for a dynamic exchange of ideas & perspectives!
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14 Apr 2024
π€© It's here: Happy #DouglassWeek, all!
Join us for DAY 1 and enjoy this week of talks, walks, discussions and collaborations with us!
π 12PM: Welcome from the #Douglassweek team
π 1.30-4.00PM: Anti-Slavery Belfast walking tour
π 3.00-5.00PM: New exhibition & panel discussion!
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14 Apr 2024
π #DouglassWeek2024 begins TODAY & we couldn't be more excited to be in Belfast!!
ποΈ Full schedule of events on our website: douglassweek.org/events2024
β‘οΈ 7 days of talks, walks, performances & other events commemorating Frederick Douglass & other changemakers, join us this week!
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14 Apr 2024
We are so excited that this amazing musician & long-term #DouglassWeek friend and supporter will be joining us LIVE and IN PERSON on Saturday for our closing event! Go check her music out & join her today at Victoria Square! π You will want more, so come join us on the 20th! π₯³
14 Apr 2024
Very excited to be playing a set in Victoria Square today from 3pm onwards! With thanks to the wonderful Oh Yeah Centre β€οΈ
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12 Apr 2024
Canβt wait for this fantastic event THIS SATURDAY!!! π
π€© Itβs gonna be a very special event, come join us!
π£ THE FIRST EVER READING FREDERICK DOUGLASS TOGETHER EVENT IN IRELAND!
So delighted to be collaborating on this with @MassHumanities & @CorkMigrant β€οΈπ #DouglassWeek
11 Apr 2024
Join us and celebrate with us
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11 Apr 2024
Join us and celebrate with us
11 Apr 2024
Thrilled to celebrate #douglassweek2024 with you all! #DW24 We are overjoyed to announce our partnership with Mass Humanities
@DouglassWeek24
for the first Frederick Douglass Together reading event in Ireland, followed by a teaser event for our 2nd anti-racism youth-led summit.
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7 Apr 2024
1οΈβ£ MORE WEEK TILL #DouglassWeek2024!
π Hard to believe, but we are almost ready to go!
π€© This time next week, we'll be kicking things off in #Belfast with our wonderful team & so many local/ international contributors, we are bursting with excitement!
π» douglassweek.org/events2024
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5 Apr 2024
π CONSIDER A DONATION! π
π #DouglassWeek events are only possible because of YOUR generous support!
π₯° Any donations large or small are welcome & appreciated!
π» To donate, please visit our website!
β‘οΈ We are a registered USA 501c3 nonprofit; all donations are tax deductible!
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5 Apr 2024
π SARAH MCCREEDY LIVE TODAY at 3:05PM GMT! Our wonderful friend & co-founder of #DouglassWeek, @sarahmccreedymusic will be playing some of her fantastic music, talking about her new album & her participation in #DouglassWeek2024!
πLIVE: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xvmβ¦ @bbcradioulster
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