MARCH 21st EMINENT SPEAKERS’ LECTURE SERIES

United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racism and Racial Discrimination

The roster of speakers and topics featured in the March 21st Eminent Speakers’ Lecture Series was as follows:

Clarence J. Munford

2002
Clarence J. Munford
Public Lecture: ‘Race’, Reparations & the Future of the Black World
Venue: University of King’s College, Halifax
Black Community Meeting: ‘Race’ and Reparations
Venue: Halifax North End Community YMCA

2001
Provincial Public Forum:
Open Hearing on Racism to Invoke Memory and Confirm Voices of Experience (PDF)
Venue: Lord Nelson Hotel, Halifax
Black Community Capacity Building Lead-up Events:
• Black Organizations Working Meeting to Commemorate Martin Luther King Day 2021
Venue: Cornwallis Street United Baptist Church
Town Hall Meeting: To Ratify A Principled Statement of Position Against Racism to Commmorate Nelson Mandela’s Walk to Freedom Venue: East Preston Community Centre

2000
Dr. Georgia Dunston
Public Lecture: The Human Genome: What’s ‘Race’ Got To Do With It? (Abstract [PDF])(Full Text [PDF])
Venue: Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine
Skill Building Workshop Forum for African Nova Scotian Community: ‘Race’, Research and YOUR Health!
Venue: Cornwallis Street United Baptist Church, Halifax

1999
Dr. Molefi Kete Asante (PDF)
Public Lecture:
“…And every nation shall know my name”: The Impact of Alexander Pushkin on World Culture.
Venue: University Hall, Dalhousie University
Black Community Meeting: The African Origins of Civilization.
Venue: Cornwallis Street United Baptist Church, Halifax

1998
Dr. Andrée Nicola McLaughlin
Public Lecture:
Intercontinental Empowerment: Impact of the Black Consciousness and Women’s Movement on Black Women.
Venue: Seton Academic Centre, Mount Saint Vincent University
Black Community Meeting: I Got All My Sistas With Me!: A Million Women March.
Venue: Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia, Dartmouth
Hands-On Workshop for African Nova Scotian Women: From the Local to the Global: Black Women Organizing Intercontinentally.
Venue: North Branch, Halifax Regional Library

1997
Dr. Y. N. Kly
Public Lecture:
International Law and Blacks in the Americas
Venue: Dalhousie Law School