Today is Mar 25:
#ManateeAppreciationDay
#MedalOfHonorDay
#RememberSlaveryDay
#DetainedStaffDay
#ProcrastinationDay
#DocumentFreedomDay
#RedCrossGivingDay
#LittleRedWagonDay
#CerebralPalsyAwarenessDay
#NewfieDay
#TolkienReadingDay
#BridesmaidDay
#WomenInWineDay
#StorkDay

“An' befo l'd be a slave I'll be buried in my grave An' go home to my Lord an' be free” - Spiritual, a quote on the wall at the International Slavery Museum, Albert Docks, Liverpool, 🇬🇧

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”- Martin Luther King, 1963 on the wall of the International Slavery Museum, Albert Docks, Liverpool 🇬🇧

“No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.”- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 on the wall of the International Slavery Museum, Albert Docks, Liverpool 🇬🇧

“The history of liberty is a history of resistance.” - Woodrow Wilson, 1912 on the wall of the International Slavery Museum, Albert Docks, Liverpool 🇬🇧

“They will remember that we were sold, but not that we were strong. They will remember that we were bought, but not that we were brave” - William Prescott, former slave, 1937
#WeWillRemember
#RememberSlaveryDay

Today, we mark the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & Its Abolition. We honour millions stolen & dehumanised.

At Reform Initiatives, we commit to reparatory justice through the 5Rs: reconnection, re-education, repair, resistance & rebuilding.

#RememberSlaveryDay