Let My People Go: A Service of Liberation

A Celebration of Lessons and Carols Commemorating the Abolition of Transatlantic Slavery
Sunday, January 13th

3 p.m.: Service followed by a multi-media display

6 p.m: Evensong and refreshments

Bishop Mark Sisk will be joined by actors, dancers, musicians, readers, and a mass choir in an interdenominational, cross-diocesan celebration of the bicentennial of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. On display will be scenes of slavery in New York from the Brooklyn Historical Society and clips from the New York Reparations Committee's resource guide to Katrina Browne's documentary, "Traces of the Trade."

Sponsoring organizations include The Diocese of New York, The Diocese of Long Island, The Diocese of Newark, The Diocese of New Jersey, Social Justice Ministries, The Episcopal Church's Washington office, The Riverside Church, and The Cathedral of St. John the Divine.