Education Power @Dawn Minott |International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (25 March)

Ark of Return”—a sculpture commissioned by the United Nations to commemorate the end of slave trade (UN NY Headquarters) to coincide with the International Day of remembrance for the victims of slavery

Slavery
Transatlantic Trade
Families …
torn away
Millions deprived, trauma …
generations span

Prejudice
Harmful norms live on
Impact then …
continues …
today, racist legacy …
reverberating

See the world …
through ethical lens
Status quo …
transforming
Education needed, to …
end injustice now

Afterword: A Shadorma (3/5/3/3/7/5) series to commemorate this year’s theme for the international: “Fighting Slavery’s Legacy of Racism Through Transformative Education.”

My 2020 commemoration poem: Mamma Africa

My 2021 commemoration poem: Lest We Forget

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In creative solidarity, Dee

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