This event has been cancelled.  Although we were unable to secure enough readers for this year's celebration, we'll be sure to work even harder to bring this project back during Black History Month 2014. 

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Join us for a very special reading to honor those lives forever changed by the voyage known as The Middle Passage.  A 24-hour reading will commence at 3pm at the Freedom Center, and continue until 3pm the next day.  From 3pm-3pm, every two hours, a brief essay will be read detailing the place of the Middle Passage in the Americas.  UC student, faculty, and staff volunteers will then begin a continuous, public reading of records associated with African slaves bound for the Americas.  This is intended as a solemn event to recognize the difficult journey of faceless millions, and we thank you in advance for your attendance.

This event is free and open to the public, and (a limited section of ) the Freedom Center will remain open to the general public for the duration of the 24-hour reading.

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Interested in being one of the readers for this event? Is your class, organization, or church interested in sponsoring 2-3 hours? Email holly [dot] mcgee [at] uc [dot] edu (Dr. Holly Y. McGee )with "Middle Passage Reader" in the subject line.  List your TOP THREE time preferences, in 30-minute OR 1 hour segments.  You may ONLY SIGN UP FOR 30-minute or 1 hour reading times. 

Preference will be given:
* High school students (3pm-9pm)
* General public (9pm-midnight)
* UC students, staff, faculty (midnight-noon)
* General public (noon-3pm)

YOU MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR A 30-MINUTE TRAINING SESSION ON SATURDAY (02.02) OR SUNDAY (02.03) TO PARTICIPATE AS A READER.