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In August, Liverpool will come together once more to observe Slavery Remembrance Day, featuring a week-long series of events dedicated to resilience, community, and remembrance. Taking place from the 17th to the 23rd, this programme unites local residents, artists, researchers, and community groups to contemplate the profound impacts of the transatlantic slave trade while paying tribute to the lives and stories of those who were enslaved. Activities throughout the week will include public lectures, workshops, performances, and the citywide Walk of Remembrance, an event that encourages people to participate in reflection, solidarity, and remembrance.
A new initiative launching in 2026 is the Slavery Remembrance Summer School, designed for young participants aged 12 to 19 and delivered in collaboration with The Black-E. This week-long project offers movement and performance workshops that explore the themes of identity, legacy, and belonging. The young people involved will then present their creative work during the Walk of Remembrance on Sunday, 23 August.
This year’s observances occur while the International Slavery Museum remains closed for redevelopment as part of the Waterfront Transformation Project, with reopening planned for 2029. Despite the museum’s temporary closure, Slavery Remembrance Day continues to serve as a vital platform for sharing and understanding the histories and narratives that the museum represents.
Among the key events is the Dorothy Kuya Slavery Remembrance Memorial Lecture, hosted at Liverpool Town Hall on Friday, 21 August. The lecture will be delivered by Anita Gonzalez, a distinguished scholar and cultural historian. Named after Liverpool educator and anti-racism activist Dorothy Kuya, the annual lecture upholds her mission of promoting education and public engagement as tools to confront injustice. Anita Gonzalez commented, “Black lives have always been culturally resilient. We mobilise our stories internally for community building and externally for social justice. It is an honour to be the guest speaker at Liverpool’s Slavery Remembrance Day. Activists like Dorothy Kuya demonstrate the ongoing resilience of Black people, and transnational activism has always been the path forward for animating networks of social justice.”
Michelle Charters, OBE, Head of the International Slavery Museum, added, “It’s fitting that while International Slavery Museum’s doors are closed, we have gone big with this year’s programme. From Anita Gonzalez’s internationally respected research and creative practice, that speak directly to the themes of remembrance, resistance and cultural survival, to our very first summer school that will engage our local young people to play a symbolic part within the Walk of Remembrance, the programme is full of energy, meaning and purpose. Slavery Remembrance Day is as important as ever in a city continuing to confront its historic role in slavery and it feels vital that we create these spaces for reflection, dialogue and learning.”
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