Schedule of Events

Sunday, March 1

• 3:00-5:00pm “Racial Justice and Black Feminism”: Bree Newsome & Zyahna Bryant and panel, Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
• 5:30-6:30pm Slave Auction Block Vigil: Honoring the Ancestors, Beloved Community Cville, Court Square

Monday, March 2, 5:00-6:30 pm

• “Black Liberation in Civil War Charlottesville”, UVA Nau Center for Civil War History, Small Special Collections Harrison Auditorium

Tuesday, March 3

• 4:00-5:30 pm: “Procession of Freedom” (starts at UVA Chapel, to UVA Freedom Ring Memorial to Enslaved Laborers, down Main Street to Jefferson School)
• 5:30-7:00 pm: Community Dinner & panel discussion by descendants of local enslaved community, Jefferson School African American Heritage Center

Wednesday, March 4, 6:00-8:00 pm

• The Aeolians of Oakwood University concert, 1st Baptist Church

Thursday, March 5

• 6:00-7:00pm Liberation & Freedom Day Collection Opening feat. the AHS Band, Gallery 110, Shops at Stonefield
• 7:00-8:30pm “Hush Harbor: African-American Sacred Song” concert, The Haven

Saturday, March 7

• 11:00 am, “A Place Fit For Women,” exhibit gallery talk, Jefferson School African American Heritage Center
• 12:00-4:00 pm, The Fortune Shop African American Vendors Market, Carver Recreation Center
• 2:00-3:15 pm, Confederate Monuments Downtown Walking Tour, County Courthouse, Jefferson Street parks
• 3:30-5:00 pm, Blue Ribbon Commission retrospective panel discussion & update on Virginia General Assembly local control over monuments bill, Central Library, McIntire Room
• 5:00-7:00 pm, “Winneba Way” street re-naming, Ghanaian Independence Day celebration, 6 1/2 Street SW, Tonsler Park
• 7:00-9:00 pm, Open Mic: Liberation Edition, Jefferson School African American Heritage Center

Sunday, March 8, 2:00-4:00 pm

• African-American Inter-Generational Trauma, Dr. Jessica Young-Brown, City Space