Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h3I8JWU14775; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 04:19:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 04:19:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <003c01c30583$06f1f240$471077d8@MCORLEY> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:1109] AMISTAD America 2003 Great Lakes Tour X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 4362 Lines: 78 AMISTAD America announces Amistad's 2003 Great Lakes Tour For the first time since its launch in 2000, Freedom Schooner Amistad will bring its message of reconciliation and harmony among races to the Great Lakes. After completing successful visits along the United States' East and Gulf coasts, AMISTAD America, Inc. has dedicated itself to bringing the historic lessons of perseverance, cooperation, leadership, and justice inherent in The Amistad Incident of 1839 to cities in America's heartland. Freedom Schooner Amistad will launch her 2003 Great Lakes Tour with a much anticipated visit to Portland, Maine in May. Amistad will then proceed to Cleveland, Ohio; Toledo, Ohio; Sheboygan, Wisconsin; Muskegon, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; Detroit, MI; Sandusky, OH; Ashtabula, OH; Buffalo, NY and the 2003 Great Lakes Tour will culminate with a September visit to Oswego, NY. In every city, Amistad will offer educational tours to school children and the general public. For more information on Freedom Schooner Amistad's 2003 Gulf Coast Tour, please visit www.amistadamerica.org or call (866) AMISTAD. AMISTAD America, Inc. 746 Chapel Street, Suite 300 New Haven, CT 06510 (203) 495-1839 (203) 495-9647 Fax info@amistadamerica.org www.amistadamerica.org AMISTAD America, Inc. is a national, non-profit educational organization. Its mission is to promote reconciliation and harmony among races through ownership and operation of Freedom Schooner Amistad. Amistad visits ports nationally and internationally as an ambassador for friendship and goodwill - it serves as an icon and catalyst for teaching the historic lessons of perseverance, cooperation, leadership, and justice inherent in The Amistad Incident of 1839 - and it is a floating classroom and monument to the millions of souls that were broken or lost as a result of the insidious Transatlantic Slave Trade. The home port for Freedom Schooner Amistad is Long Wharf Pier in New Haven, Connecticut. The Amistad Incident of 1839 united black and white abolitionists in a common cause. A network of abolitionists in Connecticut formed The Amistad Committee that provided for the captives' health, education, and legal defense. One of the legacies of The Amistad Committee was the formation of over a dozen historically black colleges and universities including Howard University School of Divinity,Talledega College, Berea College, Fisk University, Atlanta University and Hampton University. Today, issues of race continue to be one of the central issues dividing our nation making the lessons of cooperation among the races demonstrated in The Amistad Incident of 1839 more relevant than ever. To promote the legacies of The Amistad Incident, AMISTAD America is dedicated to working in partnership with school systems, corporations and other interested parties throughout the United States to interpret the history and the significance of the Amistad story and to make it a part of our collective consciousness: Promoting a new and exciting cultural and educational attraction for the State of Connecticut and the nation, and keeping the legacy of The Amistad Incident of 1839 alive for generations to come; Increasing and improving understanding of race relations and diversity issues; and honoring the memory of the souls of the millions of lives that were broken and lost as part of the transatlantic slave trade. Over time, the story of the Freedom Schooner Amistad was obscured by other famous Supreme Court civil rights cases. The vessel itself is long gone. Today, this landmark event in American history, which ignited a tradition of struggle and triumph, is largely unknown. AMISTAD America is seeking to perpetuate the legacy of freedom that Amistad represents. The intent is to develop a national resource for education and enjoyment which encourages public interest and participation in our nation's history. The story of The Amistad Incident embodies the American ideals of perseverance, justice, equality and freedom. For this reason, the story has great appeal among a wide range of audiences - young, old, urban, suburban, multi-ethnic and multicultural. The recreated schooner on which these Africans arrived in the United States today serves as the centerpiece of a program emphasizing leadership, cooperation, the dignity of the individual, and recognition of opportunity.
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