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PRESENT & PAST SCHEDULED EVENTS
The 2024 Weeping Time Commemoration
Weekend
February 29 - March 3, 2024 ___________________________________________________________ Thursday, February 29, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Georgia Southern University - Armstrong Campus. Gullah Geechee Center. 13040 Abercorn St., Savannah, GA 31410 “The Weeping Time – Past, Present, & Future” Panel Discussion led by Dr. Kwesi DeGraft-Hanson Host Dr. Maxine L. Bryant, Director, Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center 3:00PM - 4:30PM Savannah State University. Asa H. Gordon Library 2200 Tompkins Rd Savannah, GA 31404. “The Weeping Time – Past, Present, & Future” Panel Discussion led by Dr. Kwesi DeGraft Hanson Hosts – Dr. Deborah Johnson-Simon, Scholar-in-Residence; & Friends of the Library ________________________________________________________________ Friday, March 1, 2024 11:30PM - 1:30PM The Beach Institute African American Cultural Center 502 E Harris Street, Savannah, GA 31401 “Food as Commemoration; & Researching African American Genealogy” Panel Discussion led by Ms. Kiplyn Primus, WCLK, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta Host - Mr. Johnathan Winbush, General Manager, King-Tisdale Cottage Foundation 2:00 - 3:00PM
Otis J. Brock III Elementary School
1804 Stratford St., Savannah, GA 31415 “Teaching the Future about The Past”***** - Dr. Kwesi DeGraft Hanson Host: Dr. Desma Patterson, Principal, Otis J. Brock III Elementary School *****This presentation is for the schoolchildren in 4th and 5th grade****** 5:00PM Butler Island Plantation 7777 Butler Island Road, Darien, GA 31305 Twilight Ceremony - Light Up Butler Island You may bring a solar light to place on the paths of Butler Island in memorial. 5:30PM - Libations/Ceremony Hosts - Queen mother Eunice Moore, Elder Griffin Lotson, Councilman Dr. William Collins, Missy Brandt-Wilson, Darien & McIntosh County Community ________________________________________________________________ Saturday, March 2, 2024 9:00 – 9:30 AM Georgia Historical Society Marker Commemorating The Weeping Time 2053 Augusta Ave, Savannah, GA 31415 Libations and Laying of the Wreath Host - Dr. Brenda Roberts, Educator and Administrator, Savannah 10:00AM -12PM 2023 Weeping Time Commemoration Ceremony, Savannah Otis J. Brock III Elementary School
1804 Stratford St., Savannah, GA 31415
Keynote - Dr. Daniel Black, Professor of Africana Studies, Clark Atlanta University Host - Dr. Brenda Roberts, Educator and Administrator, Savannah You’re encouraged to bring Your Umbrella for a Moment of Silence during ceremony ______________________________________________________________________ Sunday, March 3, 2024 2:00PM - 4:00PM Weeping Time Commemoration Service, Darien, GA St. Cyprians Church (built by freedmen and women; former Butler enslaved) 401 Fort King George Dr., Darien, GA 31305 Host – Ms. Clara Rowsey-Stewart & Mr. Arthur Stewart, St. Cyprians Church
Contacts: Dr. Brenda Roberts, Savannah. 912-308-6417; Ms.
Kiplyn Primus, Atlanta. 678-641-2143;
Ms. Clara Rowsey-Stewart, Darien. 912-271-5672; Servant Emannu’el Branch, Rincon. 912-507-0107
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