Emancipation Day Spoken Word Event
Vancouver
072-268 Keefer St
02
Aug
- August 2nd, 2026
- 2-4pm
- 072-268 Keefer St Vancouver
- Special Event
- Vancouver Black Library
- Free registration on Eventbrite is recommended and appreciated
- More info
Sunday Aug 2 may be the day after Emancipation Day, but the love and joy will still be going strong at Vancouver Black Library for SUM gallery’s annual Emancipation Day Spoken Word Event. Valérie d. Walker, Siobhan Barker, and April Sumter-Freitag will share the mic to discuss the complicated history of what it means to be black and to be free. Black attendees are also encouraged to share their own writing or to share an excerpt from their favourite Black author, poet, or writer. Everyone is invited to this special afternoon at VBL!
