00:00Liverpool will once again come together this August to mark Slavery Remembrance Day
00:05with a week-long programme of events celebrating resilience, remembrance and community.
00:11Running from the 17th to the 23rd of August, the programme will bring together residents, artists, researchers and community organisations
00:19to reflect on the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade and honour the lives and experiences of enslaved people.
00:26The programme includes public lectures, workshops, performances and the annual Walk of Remembrance
00:32which invites people from across the city to take part in an act of remembrance, reflection and solidarity.
00:39New for 2026 is the Slavery Remembrance Summer School, a week-long project for young people aged 12 to 19.
00:46This year's programme comes as the International Slavery Museum remains closed for redevelopment
00:51as part of the Waterfront Transformation Project.
00:54While work continues ahead of its planned reopening in 2029,
00:59Slavery Remembrance Day provides an opportunity for the stories and histories at the heart of the museum
01:05to continue to be shared and understood.
01:08A highlight of the programme will be the Dorothy Cure Slavery Remembrance Memorial Lecture
01:12at Liverpool Town Hall on Friday 21st of August, featuring acclaimed scholar and cultural historian Anita Gonzalez.
01:19Named in honour of the Liverpool Educator and Anti-Racism Campaigner,
01:23the annual lecture continues her legacy of using education and public engagement to challenge injustice.
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