CURB on Hott 107.5 Today (20/2/11)
February 20, 2011
At 5 pm Sunday 20th February hear Khomeini Taalib-Din interview CURB members Cordell Riley and Lynne Winfield on his talk show on FM Hott 107.5 on structural racism in Bermuda, its history, its legacy and impact today. Find out how the legacy of the past continues to impact the opportunities and economic disparity of the Black Bermudian community.
CURB Communications Working Group
CURB Dialogue Meeting – 22 February, 2011 7 p.m. at Cathedral Hall
February 18, 2011
Dear CURB members and supporters,
CURB is excited to announce its first dialogue meeting for 2011 focused on the historical development of White affirmative action in Bermuda since settlement in 1609, and the legal restrictions put in place to prevent Black economic empowerment. While progress in economic development by Blacks has occurred, the workshop will reveal the ongoing socio-economic gulf between Bermuda’s two dominant races remains wide. Finally, participants will learn why the sole piece of workforce equity legislation introduced in 2007 by a Black-majority supported Government, led to predominantly White opposition and was eventually scrapped. The presentation will be approximately 45 minutes long followed by a dialogue.
Presenters: Cordell Riley & Lynne Winfield
Dialogue Subject: “Structural Racism in Bermuda: Its History, its Legacy and Impact Today”
Location: Cathedral Hall
Date: Tuesday 22nd February
Time: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
This presentation is open to CURB members and supporters and their invited guests, i.e. friends, family and colleagues.
Communications Working Group
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda
Freedom Riders showing this Sunday at BUEI
February 18, 2011
Sunday February 20th @ 3pm at the BUEI Tradewinds Auditorium
See the acclaimed film “FREEDOM RIDERS” (120 minutes) PG for “strong racial language” and “racial violence”
Tickets: $15 available at Oceans Gift Shop or BUEI 297 7314
In 1961, segregation seemed to have an overwhelming grip on American Society. Many states violently enforced the policy, while the federal government, under the Kennedy administration, remained indifferent, preoccupied with matters abroad. That is, until an integrated band of college students – many of whom were the first in their families to attend a university – decided, en masse, to risk everything and buy a ticket on a Greyhound bus bound for the Deep South. They called themselves the Freedom Riders, and they managed to bring the President and the entire American public face to face with the challenge of correcting civil-rights inequities that plagued the nation.
Veteran filmmaker Stanley Nelson’s inspirational documentary chronicles a chapter of American history that stands as an astonishing testament to the accomplishment of youth and what can result from the incredible combination of personal conviction and the courage to organize against all odds. Based partly on Raymond Arsenault’s acclaimed book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice.
