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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Speaker Series: Hidden Histories</span></u></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>When</b>: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 – 12:00-1:00pm<br>
<b>Where</b>: Online via Microsoft Teams <br>
<b>Cost</b>: Free<br>
<b>How to Register</b>: Register online: <a href="https://www.surrey.ca/parks-recreation/activities-registration">
https://www.surrey.ca/parks-recreation/activities-registration</a> (Course ID 00352880)<br>
OR Call/Email the Museum of Surrey: 604-592-6956 | <a href="mailto:museum@surrey.ca%20%0b#">
museum@surrey.ca <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Shayla Bird<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><b>Carl Beach<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p style="margin:0cm">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 <i>Multicultural Anti-Racist Workshops</i> to teachers (elementary and Secondary)
throughout B.C. at Multicultural Camps, in Classrooms and on teacher Pro-D days and sponsored Multicultural clubs<b><i>.</i></b> 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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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