Maafa Commemoration in Alabama

You are invited to attend our second annual MAAFA Celebration on Saturday, October 24, 2009. Festivities will begin at:

9:00 a.m. At the Slavery and Civil War Museum, 1410 Water Avenue with Soul Prints of Our Ancestors and Ourselves (Interactive Tour).

10:00 a.m. Walking on Water: A Silent Procession down Water Avenue to Memorial Park for dedication of a Maker in honor of our enslaved Ancestors.

11:00 a.m. Marker Dedication Ceremony

12 Noon Lunch at Wallace Community College, 3000 Earl Goodwin Parkway, Selma, Alabama at the Hank Sanders Technology Center. Senator Hank Sanders will prepare and serve his favorite dish "Umoja."

2:00 p.m. Author, Scholar and Activist Raymond Winbush will discuss his book
"The Warrior Method" at George Wallace Community College (Goodwin Theatre). Book Signing to follow.

4:00 p.m. Reception for Ambassador Jean-Claude B. Bope and Dr. Raymond Winbush at the Hank Sanders Technology Center.

6:00 p.m. Premier Showing of BROTHERHOOD AGAINST APARTHEID Talk Back Session with Ambassador Jean-Claude B. Bope Executive Producer George Wallace Community College (Goodwin Theatre).

7:30 p.m. "The Healing Song" an original musical drama written by Faya Rose Toure’
and Survivors of Sexual Abuse.

For additional information please feel free to call (334) 418-4889.