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The Middle Passage and the Amistad Uprising
Stories of Yesterday & Today Saturday Oct. 8th At Harbor Park
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The Middle Passage and the Amistad Uprising: Stories of Yesterday & Today
11:45 am Libations, African Drumming and Dancing
12-1 pm Welcome Remarks By:
- Paula Mann-Agnew | Executive Director, Discovering Amistad
- Tammy Denease | Executive Artistic Director, Hidden Women Stage Company and Outreach Director for the Connecticut Freedom Trail
- Dr. Jada Waters Ed.D. | Director of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, MPS
- Mayor Benjamin D. Florsheim | City of Middletown
- Deborah Shapiro | Municipal Historian, City of Middletown
- Words From the Original People of the Middletown Area, the Wangunks, Gary O’Neil, Wangunk Descendant, Elder & Educator
- 4th Annual Middletown Middle Passage Ceremony Dr. Jesse Nasta, Executive Director Middlesex County Historical Society
Community Day Events Commenced at 1pm. The event hade several performances and activities.
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- 1-2:30 pm The Lost Tribe Performance, Afro-funk fusion led by multi-percussionist Jocelyn Pleasant
- 2:45-3:30 pm Tammy Denease, Sarah Margu Interpreter a one woman stage play of the story of one of the children on the Amistad with Q&A to follow.
- 3:45-4:30 pm Iddrisu Saaka, Wesleyan Univ. Asst. Prof. Dance Multi arts performance that incorporates drumming, dancing and storytelling.
- 4:30 pm Afro-Brazilian Dance Performance
- Community Day Events
- Ship Tours & Dockside Education
- Traditional Arts Demonstrations with Pierre Sylvain and Renee Soares
- Community Organization Information Booths
- Food Vendors & Specialty Craft Sales
