Emancipation Day looks to the past with a focus on the future

Emancipation Day looks to the past with a focus on the future at Aurora event

The community came together at Town Hall on Friday evening to mark Emancipation Day, commemorating the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire in 1834.

Emancipation Day looks to the past with a focus on the future

The community came together at Town Hall on Friday evening to mark Emancipation Day, commemorating the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire in 1834. Led by the Aurora Black Caucus’ Milton Hart and Ron Kellman, it was an evening that was both steeped in history and focused on the future as leaders shone a light on proactive ways to address historic wrongs, the impacts of which are still being felt today. The evening, which was held …