Events Programme
All events are taking place at Tower Hamlets Town Hall
160 Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BY
Saturday 1 March / 2-4pm
Launch event
Arrive from 1.45pm for a prompt 2.00pm start as we formally open the exhibition with a libation and blessing from Iroko and the chance to hear from the project team. Book your place here: Book Here
Saturday 8 March / 11.30am-2pm
International Women’s Day
Communities of Liberation will have a stall at this festival celebrating IWD in Tower Hamlets. At 11.35am until midday there will be a short introduction to the women who feature in the Communities of Liberation exhibition. From 12pm, browse the exhibition and chat to members of the steering group at our stall. Book your free place here: International Women's Day Community Event 2025 Tickets, Sat 8 Mar 2025 at 11:00 | Eventbrite
Saturday 15 March / 1-4pm
Community Conversation & Health Event, brought to you by the Caribbean & African Community Association Tower Hamlets (CACATH)
This in-person event aims to bring Caribbean and African communities together in Tower Hamlets to work with you to design how CACATH can support and represent you in the borough.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect with others and prioritise your well-being. See you there and kids are welcome!
Tell a friend, to tell a friend!
It's always great to register if you're able to so we have an idea of numbers, otherwise please just turn up on the 15th March and get involved!
Thursday 20 March / 6-8pm
Collage & The Archive
This collage workshop, led by artist Holly Graham, will explore creative visual approaches to responding to archival material; drawing upon strategies such as Christina Sharpe’s ‘wake work’ and Saidiya Hartman’s ‘critical fabulation’. Holly will share reflections arising from working with Tower Hamlets Library & Archive research material with the Communities of Liberation Co-Producers, and in her previous work with archives documenting individuals from the African diaspora. Together we’ll use collage to explore visual approaches to amplify quiet histories and fill in gaps in collections.
Thursday 3 April / 6-8pm
Closing event and book launch
Dr Montaz Marché will lead attendees through some of the stories and histories of African people rediscovered through the Communities of Liberation story, highlight the rich and more intimate understanding we can gauge of African presence in Tower Hamlets and their relationship to their environments throughout the early modern period.
The event is also a chance to see the publication for the first time and celebrate the last few days of the exhibition.
