Welcome: Bruce Johnson, Vice Chair, Emancipation Festival

Opening remarks: Ovid Jackson, former Member of Parliament and Mayor of Owen Sound 

Guest speakers (individual presentations, roundtable and Q&A)

Joan John, Councillor, Township of Southgate

Dr. Deepikaa Gupta, Local Immigration Partnership Manager, Grey Bruce Local Immigration Partnership

Tony Miller, Artist & Storyteller

Rob Green, Artist & Storyteller

Discussion moderator: Cyrus Sundar Singh

Entertainment:  Bobby Dean Blackburn

$25 (purchase in advance) . Appetizers and refreshments will be provided. Space is limited. 

Speaker's Corner is the preeminent and beloved forum to engage themes of Black history and liberatory futures as part of the Emancipation Day celebrations. There is artful ancestral remembrance, a sharp view of the present moment, and future-facing changemaking among our guests. Each has a unique approach to what Emancipation means for us today and tomorrow.