🗓Today, August 1st is Emancipation Day. Emancipation Day commemorates the day slavery was abolished and over 800,000 enslaved people were freed across the British Empire in 1834.
🇨🇦Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard for Nova Scotia is a social worker, a professor emeritus at Dalhousie and one of the leading advocates for the federal recognition of Emancipation Day in Canada.
📖This year marks the first year that August 1st is recognized across the country. The Senator encourages people to use the day as an opportunity for reflection and learning. She says, "On this first year of this national recognition, I would encourage people to begin with learning more and to be open to understanding why Emancipation Day is important to this country and why it should be important to individuals and families and organizations. A recognition of the significance of this day and why we must acknowledge this day. This first year, I really see it setting the tone for future years."
📍Click here to read @Zoe's Historical Brief "From the Transatlantic Slave Trade to Emancipation and Present Day Effects" and Fundamental "On Reparations".
🗣Head to Racial Equity for further reading, resources and action items today.
