Rise Up! / Leve!
Sat, May 10
|Mattapan Branch, Boston Public Library
Join us in celebration and solidarity as we kick off Haitian Heritage Month with this kid-powered, craft-making, music-filled workshop!
Time & Location
May 10, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM EDT
Mattapan Branch, Boston Public Library, 1350 Blue Hill Ave, Mattapan, MA 02126, USA
About the event
Did you know that the Haitian Revolution of 1804 made the United States possible? Or that Haiti's heroes inspired American freedom fighters like Frederick Douglass? Or that a Haitian man founded the city of Chicago? Yes, really!
Join us to celebrate Haiti's people, culture, and history with Rise Up!/ Leve!: Celebrating the Haitian Revolution of 1804. Through music, stories, and craft-making, we will kick off the countdown to one of Haiti's biggest national holidays -- Haitian Flag Day on May 18 -- and time-travel explore the slave revolt that defeated Europe's most powerful armies. Kids will make Haitian Hero Shields adorned with the colors of the Haitian flag and featuring some of the revolution's most famous freedom fighters
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