Building a Caribbean Community Study Circle
When: 3rd Saturday of each month, 2-4pm
Where: A Different Booklist, 779 Bathurst St, Toronto (via Bathurst Subway Station)
From the establishment of Marcus Garvey's United Negro Improvement Association in 1919 on College Steet; fights for desegregation led by the Joint Labour Committee to Combat Racial Intolerance, The Black Women’s Collective’s insistence on addressing racism, sexism, homophobia, and classism as constitutive of an anti-imperialist politics; the rise of the Black Action Defence Committee in response to police brutality in 1988, Justice for Migrant workers fighting against new forms of indentured labour, Indo-Caribbean organizers making movements with Jane and Finch Action Against Poverty - Caribbean peoples in Toronto have a long and proud history of fighting for justice for us all, building up the strength our communities and enriching the culture of the city.
How do we keep this history alive? How do we learn from these stories of organising and struggle? What kinds of questions do we ask of the past today? What lessons might we learn? What does it mean to be Caribbean in the diaspora today?
On January 20, 2024, join us as we start to build a space to study, ask questions, learn together and build community through the launch of the Caribbean study circle.
The goal is to create a community based space in which we talk and think about where, why and how we are living the way we do, but most importantly how we want to live - and how do we get there?
We will begin with a monthly gathering/grounding to study and discuss short readings and learn together as a community - but we also want to know what questions do you have? What issues are you interested in learning about?
Readings will be made available in advance online via the Caribbean Solidarity Network website (https://www.caribbeansolidarity.org), and printed copies will be available at the bookstore.
2024 dates: January 20th, February 17, March 16, April 20, May 18, June 15, July 20, August 17, September 21, October 19, November 16, December 21
If you have any questions, please email caribbeansolidarity@gmail.com