3rd Annual A Day of Resilience

‘Honoring our Ancestors by Reconnecting with Our Roots’
The event will feature Ambassador Sidique Wai of Sierra Leone as the keynote speaker during a Town Hall Meeting on Africa. 

The Day of Resilience preliminary weekend schedule is as follows:

Saturday, September 11

10:30 a.m. – Commemoration and libations at the water (Long Wharf fishing pier)

11:30 a.m. – Processional up High Street to the Dorchester County Courthouse

Noon – Day of Resilience Ceremony- Dorchester County Courthouse

1:15 p.m. – Lunch on your own at Cannery Way (vendors in Cannery Way); box lunches for dignitaries at Harriet Tubman Museum.

1:15 p.m. – Community input on Cannery Way improvements (Habitat for Humanity)

1:15 p.m. – Art show opening, Death or Liberty by Artist Sydnie Smith-Jordon

2:30 p.m. – Constituency for Africa Townhall Meeting on Africa with Ambassador Sidique Wai of Sierra Leone

5:30 p.m. – Fashion Show at the Black Lives Matter Mural (400 Block Race Street)

7 p.m. – Jazz at the Harriet Tubman Mural with Reggie Upshaw

9 p.m. – After Party at the Art Bar 2.0

11 p.m. – End of the Day

Sunday, September 12 

11 a.m. Underground Railroad Tour with Harriet Tubman Tours

2 p.m. – Gospel/Jazz Brunch at the Harriet Tubman Mural, featuring Suzette Pritchard

4 p.m. – End of Day

See article about the event on the Cambridge Spy