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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Waterloo Region Congress of Black Women invite the community to an evening with <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/history/people-profiles/jim-walker">Professor Jim Walker</a>, acclaimed author Lawrence Hill, and
Wilfrid Laurier University Professor Carol Duncan to mark International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination with a discussion of Prof. Walker's book, <i><a href="https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/burnley-rocky-jones-revolutionary">Burnley "Rocky"
Jones: Revolutionary</a>, </i>and human rights and race relations in Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">WHEN:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> March 21, 7 to 9PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">WHERE:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> CIGI Auditorium, Balsillie School of International Affairs, 67 Erb Street West, Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">REGISTER (free!):</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/burnley-rocky-jones-by-dr-james-walker-tickets-32396908024">
Eventbrite</a> (<a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/burnley-rocky-jones-by-dr-james-walker-tickets-32396908024">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/burnley-rocky-jones-by-dr-james-walker-tickets-32396908024</a> )<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Burnley "Rocky" Jones was an African-Nova Scotian and an internationally known political activist in the areas of human rights, race and poverty. Rocky Jones gained prominence as a member of the Students Union
for Peace Action (SUPA) and as a lawyer. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Special guest Lawrence Hill, author of <i>The Illegal</i> and <i>The Book of Negroes</i>, will introduce Prof. Walker and join the panel discussion on race in Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Professor of History, Jim Walker is a member of the Order of Canada, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has been honoured by the Ontario Black History Society as a pioneer in researching and teaching
African-Canadian History.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Wordsworth Books will be at the event to sell copies of <i>Burnley "Rocky" Jones: Revolutionary</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:gray">Wendy Philpott</span><span style="color:gray"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:gray">Communications Manager<br>
Dean of Arts Office, PAS 2425<br>
University of Waterloo <br>
Office tel: 519 888-4567 x38530<br>
Mobile: 226 989-4848<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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