[BCMA] Speaker Series: Hidden Histories - Free Online Session with the Museum of Surrey

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Speaker Series: Hidden Histories
Stories regarding black farmers, black settlers, and black pioneers in BC tend not to get told because they didn't write the history books. The role Black people played has been largely erased. Can we find and retell their stories? Join us to learn about hidden Black histories of the Lower Mainland. Presented by Shayla Bird and Carl Beach.

When: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 - 12:00-1:00pm
Where: Online via Microsoft Teams
Cost: Free
How to Register: Register online: https://www.surrey.ca/parks-recreation/activities-registration (Course ID 00352880)
OR Call/Email the Museum of Surrey: 604-592-6956 | museum at surrey.ca
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Shayla Bird
Shayla is a sister, daughter, educator, learner, and friend. Shayla is an adoptee from Atlanta, Georgia who grew up in Abbotsford, British Columbia and currently resides in Hogan's Alley, known presently as Strathcona. Becoming an educator is both nature and nurture for her. Her biological father and his mother are both educators, and her parents are educators as well.
These past two years Shayla created a Black Student Union called Black Connections HS where roughly 60 Black youth from grades 9-12 gather at bi-weekly meetings and engage in place-based learning activities. Shayla focuses her time on providing students with opportunities to see themselves represented in their various communities, encouraging educators to unlearn, learn, relearn and reframe and ultimately focusing on Black joy.



















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Carl Beach

Carlyle Beach graduated from UBC in 1972 with a B.A. in History. In his thirty-two years as a teacher and twelve years as a teacher-on-call, Carl presented Multicultural Anti-Racist Workshops to teachers (elementary and Secondary) throughout B.C. at Multicultural Camps, in Classrooms and on teacher Pro-D days and sponsored Multicultural clubs. As a BCTF member Carl has been on the Program Against Racism Committee, the Metro Zone Coordinator for the Committee Against Racism and the Educators Against Racism committee.



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