The Philipsburg Jubilee Library in close collaboration with The Rotary Sunrise, Conscious Lyrics Foundation and the House of Nehesi Publishers had a successful Black History Month 2011.Every year during Black History Month we try to bring awareness via movies, exhibition, activities and lectures.
With all ages in mind, the movies that where shown, portrayed where we were back then to where we are now as descendants of African slavery.
In collaboration with Rotary Sunrise, Dance theater SXM and Chrome Tone; "Readers are Leaders" book club for the secondary school students presented a successful poetry and drama event; under the theme "Black leaders in the Caribbean"
Conscious Lyrics Foundation and the House of Nehesi brought in Mr. Lasana Sekou (Keynote speaker), Nicole de Weever (Broadway dancer) and Rudy Brooks (dancer or Imbali Foundation). We paid tribute to the Great Salt Pond.
To close off our Black History Month 2011, Mrs. Nkosanna Illis entertain the student on elementary level with stories, movement and dance. The story that was told was entitled The Sons and Daughters of the Soil; teaching them to love themselves.
