Arikeade Joins Blacks Worldwide To Celebrate Emancipation Day In Canada
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L-R: Adeola Ajayi Erinle, (Mrs), Founder Arikeade Foundation, Peter Farrell, Tennis Coach & Musician, Carolyn Parrish, Mayor of Mississauga, ShellyScott-England, Tanya McKenzie, Entrepreneur Financial Planner, Dorothy Vernon-Brown, Chair, Donor Drive for Dorothy & AKB Marketing
DATELINE: ONTARIO
A Canadian-based non-governmental organization, NGO named Arikeade Foundation, promoted by a Nigerian, joined other blacks from all over the world who were residents in Canada to commemorate the 2024 Emancipation Day.
The Emancipation Day was commemorated on the 1st day of August, of every year. It is to serve as a memorial for the abolition of the slave trade in all British territories and colonies.
This year’s Emancipation Day celebration was commemorated on the 1st of August 2024, at the 300 Celebration Center in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
On the sideline of the major event, Arikeade Foundation took time off to formally appreciate Mayor Carolyn Parrish. A branded foundation T-shirt was formally presented to the mayor on the occasion.
The presentation was made by Oluwapinrekanmi, Adeola Ajayi Erinle, the Founder of the Arikeade Foundation, and ably supported by Oluwatise.
According to the foundation’s promoter/founder, Mrs Adeola Ajayi Erinle, the gesture was to seek the Mayor’s endorsement and support for the foundation’s initiatives, programs and projects.
During the brief presentation, Mayor Parrish was excited when she learnt more about the Arikeade Foundation and its mission and vision for the youths in their adolescent and pre-adolescent years.
According to the founder of Arikeade Foundation, “This encounter marked an important milestone, as the event itself was designated a National Historic Event”, Mrs Erinle said.
Arikeade Foundation and her volunteers were the only black group from Nigeria present at that historic event of the 2024 Emancipation Day.
EMANCIPATION DAY: ABRIDGE BACKGROUND
On 1st of August 1834, the Slavery Abolition Act came into effect across the British Empire, including Canada. On 24th of March 2021, Canada’s House of Commons voted unanimously to officially designate the 1st August of every year henceforward, as Emancipation Day.
In 2022, the Emancipation Day was rechristened and designated a National Historic Event.
However, the leadership of Arikeade Foundation seized this year’s celebration to felicitate fellow blacks for the resilience of their great-grandparents especially fathers, throughout the dark period of slave trade and the pockets of resistance even from the churches thereafter.
Arikeade Foundation in this year’s commemoration was conspicuous in exchanging contact with other black groups and individuals. Also actively involved in this year’s celebration of the strength and perseverance of Black communities as well as support the ongoing task against anti-black, racism, discrimination, and all forms of neo apartheid.
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