The Wabanaki Alliance, a 501(c)(4) organization, is seeking an Executive Director. The Wabanaki Alliance’s mission is to advance and advocate for policy on the state and federal level, which will better the lives of all citizens of the Wabanaki Nations in Maine. The focus of the position will be providing staff leadership for the organization, … Continue reading Wabanaki Alliance Seeks Executive Director
WHERE2024 Event : The Norridgewock Memory Walk, Hosted by Wabanaki REACH on 8/17/24
This August marks the 300th year since the brutal massacre of hundreds of Wabanaki / Abenaki women, children, and elders committed by a raiding party from York. Wabanaki REACH, in collaboration with Atlantic Black Box, invites your participation in a WHERE2024 walk to take place at the Historic Pines in Madison, Maine.
Jesup Library Event | Eden’s Other Sons: MDI Seafarers, Shipbuilders, and the Slavery-Based Economies of the West Indies Trade with Anna Durand on 8/8/24
Mount Desert Island’s shipbuilders, sea captains, and sailors hold a special place in our collective memory. Hardworking and self-reliant, these men (and occasionally their wives) created a living from the sea. But historical records also show that trading Maine-made products like salt cod and barrel staves for rum, sugar, and molasses brought MDI seafarers into economic partnership with the slave-holding plantations of the West Indies.
Revolutionary Spaces Events: “Bounty” film on Indigenous resilience showing daily at the Old State House
Hosted by Revolutionary Spaces in collaboration with Upstander Project Showing daily at the Old State House starting July 1 GET TICKETS Bounty captures Penobscot families reading and reacting to bounty proclamations that incentivized the scalping of Indigenous people. Filmed in the Old State House, where many of these laws were signed, the film confronts the brutal … Continue reading Revolutionary Spaces Events: “Bounty” film on Indigenous resilience showing daily at the Old State House
Revolutionary Spaces Events: Daily Tour on Slavery and Resistance in Colonial Massachusetts
Uncover the realities of slavery and learn how enslaved people resisted oppressors at our newest tour, Slavery & Resistance in Colonial Massachusetts. Hear the compelling stories of figures like Scipio Gunney, Phillis Wheatley, and Belinda Sutton on this engaging 60-minute experience.
In the news: A family discovery connected two strangers and opened their eyes to NH’s history of slavery
A few years ago, a collection of old family letters led to a discovery that connected two strangers across the country who learned their family histories were connected by slavery in New Hampshire: one, the descendant of a man who was enslaved in Portsmouth; the other, a descendant from the family that enslaved him.
This Saturday: Join ABB & Partners for The Walk to Unsettle Portland
On Saturday, June 22, Atlantic Black Box and The Third Place’s EcoBIPOC Network invite you to join The Walk to Unsettle Portland, a daylong collective practice—at once physical, emotional, creative, and intellectual—in unsettling our understanding of this place by surfacing the suppressed stories of those who walked here before us. Please join us for all or part of the day.
ABB Event | Teaching Hard History: Past, Present, and Future on 6/13
An educator workshop and teacher-appreciation dinner with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries of The Ohio State University, Dr. Kate Shuster of the Hard History Project, and longtime education leader Maureen Costello.
American Ancestors Event | Paths to Freedom: Tracing Enslaved Ancestors to Emancipation on 6/6/24
Join 10 Million Names Volunteer Coordinator Danielle Rose to learn about the many invaluable collections of historical records that provide accounts (sometimes firsthand) of formerly enslaved individuals.
Revolutionary Spaces Event | Slavery & Resistance in Colonial Massachusetts Guided Tour
Introducing Revolutionary Spaces' newest offering: Slavery & Resistance in Colonial Massachusetts. This 60-minute guided tour takes you through the Old South Meeting House and Old State House to explore the complex dynamics of slavery in New England during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Slave Legacy History Coalition Event | Daytrip to Deerfield to View Unnamed Figures on 6/22
Spend June 22, 2024 with the Slave Legacy History Coalition and the New England Museum Association on an exciting day trip to Deerfield, MA to view Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North.
ABB Event | Marking the Memoryscape on 5/31/24
Hosted by Atlantic Black Box in partnership with Maine Black Community Development, The Third Place, First Parish Portland, & WHERE2024 Partners A community conversation and luncheon to discuss launching a Middle Passage Ceremony and Port Marker Project for Maine, with MPCPMP founder Ann Chinn and award-winning civil rights historian and activist Danita Mason-Hogans. Friday, May … Continue reading ABB Event | Marking the Memoryscape on 5/31/24
Upstander event | How NOT to Make Films: 15 years of failures, mishaps and lessons learned on 6/13
In 2024, as Upstander Project celebrates its 15th year, the crew is attempting to walk the walk by getting vulnerable and honest about their own shortcomings and missteps along the way. The hope is that by practicing the transparency and openness they so frequently teach about, they can continue on their lifelong journey as aspiring upstanders and allies.
ABB Event | Healing the Wounds of Slavery on 5/30
On the 25th anniversary of the Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Middle Passage, founders Nobuntu Ingrid Askew and Sister Clare Carter will join Crossing the Waters Co-Director Dr. Sonji Johnson-Anderson and moderator June Thornton-Marsh for a screening of the documentary Rise Up and Call Their Names, which chronicles the extraordinary thirteen-month journey the founders led in 1998-1999 through the eastern United States, the Caribbean, Brazil, West Africa, and South Africa to reverse the direction of the Middle Passage symbolically and geographically.
Brown University Event | Simmons Center Slavery and Legacy Walking Tour on 5/24
3–4 PM • Ruth J. Simmons Quad • 190 Thayer St. Register here In the eighteenth century, racial slavery permeated every aspect of social and economic life in Rhode Island. The Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice’s Slavery and Legacy walking tour invites guests to learn about the history and … Continue reading Brown University Event | Simmons Center Slavery and Legacy Walking Tour on 5/24
A Slave Legacy History Coalition Event | Slavery in Jamaica Plain with Mimi Pichey on 6/12/24
This project seeks to bring to light what has been forgotten or hidden in the community’s history. We are exploring the history of the Indigenous people, identifying and sharing the stories of enslaved people from the 1600s and 1700s, developing a history of the abolitionist movement in JP, and researching movements and activities of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries that made an impact on our community and beyond.
Partnership of Historic Bostons Event | Unseen New England: Re-envisioning Black Presence in Early American Art on 5/15/24
American Folk Art Museum curator Emelie Gevalt explores the way that early New England art portrayed - or erased - its Black community.
SPACE Re-Site 2024 Events in Portland | site-specific, temporary public art and Portland history-telling
SPACE is a portland-based nonprofit organization that supports contemporary arts projects, champions artists, and encourages an open exchange of ideas. Learn more here about Re-Site 2024 SPACE is pleased to present Re-Site 2024, the second edition of the site-specific, temporary public art and Portland history-telling initiative first launched in 2020. This year’s iteration features artistic interpretation of … Continue reading SPACE Re-Site 2024 Events in Portland | site-specific, temporary public art and Portland history-telling
Black Heritage Trail of NH Event | Discovery of Our Interconnected Legacies in Portsmouth: New Hampshire’s Slavery History on 5/18/24
Hosted by the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire and the Moffatt-Ladd House May 18, 2024 at 10:30 AM Portsmouth Public LIbrary Register for in-person event Register for virtual event Prince Whipple, a young native of Africa, was transported during the Atlantic slave trade to America, and enslaved by William Whipple, a signer of the … Continue reading Black Heritage Trail of NH Event | Discovery of Our Interconnected Legacies in Portsmouth: New Hampshire’s Slavery History on 5/18/24
ABB event this Wednesday | New England Burning: Arson as Resistance to Slaveryin Colonial New England, 1650 – 1775 with Kerima Lewis on 5/1/24
Hosted by Atlantic Black Box Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 6:00 pmONLINE Register here On Wednesday, May 1 our Atlantic World Connections online speaker series continues with a presentation by Dr. Kerima Lewis on arson as a tool of resistance among the enslaved population of colonial New England. In colonial New England, enslaved men and women of African heritage worked … Continue reading ABB event this Wednesday | New England Burning: Arson as Resistance to Slaveryin Colonial New England, 1650 – 1775 with Kerima Lewis on 5/1/24