Art Windsor-Essex respectfully acknowledges that we are located on Anishinaabe Territory – the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, comprised of the Ojibway, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. Today the Anishinaabe of the Three Fires Confederacy are represented by Bkejwanong. We want to state our respect for the ancestral and ongoing authority of Walpole Island First Nation over its Territory.
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Community Conversation: Woke/Anti-Woke: The Contemporary Meanings of Freedom
DATE: Thursday, November 21st, 2024
TIME: 6:30pm – 7:00pm
LOCATION: 401 Riverside Dr. W, Windsor, ON, 3rd floor
COST: This event is part of AWE at Night
- Current AWE Members: Free admission to Art Windsor-Essex
- Non-Members: $10
Accessibility: Accessibility and accommodation requests must be made at least two weeks in advance of the event. Please contact shinch@artwindsoressex.ca for questions.
On November 21, Art Windsor-Essex opens two significant exhibitions that reveal erased narratives of Black communities and patterns of migration in Canadian history: Deanna Bowen: Black Drones in the Hive and North is Freedom: Descendants of the Freedom-Seekers on the Underground Railroad. Both exhibitions highlight how Black Canadians have fought for and been promised freedom and autonomy, and the resistance that they encountered in their paths. Today, being “woke” and informed meets continued resistance, hindering societal change. Join us for a community conversation at AWE, where our panel of experts will explore contemporary discussions around freedom, and how freedom is not just a historical achievement of the past but also an ongoing effort to recognize and address current social and racial inequalities.
With Leslie McCurdy, Irene Moore-Davis, Dan McDonald, Michael Brown, Charlotte LeFrank, John Cappucci, Brian McCurdy and Pat Jeppoe.
This project is funded by the Government of Canada.
Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program
Ontario Region/ Région de l’Ontario
Department of Canadian Heritage/ Patrimoine canadien
