Complicity : the Benin Bronze slave trade connection
featuring Deadria Farmer-Paellmann, Executive Director of the Restitution Study Group
Date
6:30 PM | Program
7:30 PM | Dinner
Location
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Admission
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Program is FREE to attend
The Coffee House Club presents a film screening of the short film, They Belong to All of Us: The Benin Bronze Slave Trade Story, followed by a talk and a Q&A with Deadria Farmer-Paellmann. Paellmann is Executive Director of the Restitution Study Group, the group leading the global effort to establish co-ownership of the Benin bronzes for DNA Descendants of Benin kingdom captives who paid for the relics with their lives.
Check out Isabel Vincent’s recent article in the New York Post on this subject, here.
Hungry?
Ticketed guests are welcome to stay for dinner by indicating so in their Eventbrite RSVP.
There will be an a la carte menu to choose from with a $5 per glass Coffee House wine special. You can pay for your meal with a card or your membership account (no cash). Remember: No tipping. Enjoy!
Meet the Speaker
Deadria Farmer-Paellmann is credited with popularizing the slavery reparations movement through her groundbreaking research exposing corporate complicity in slavery. She is founder and Executive Director of the Restitution Study Group, a 23-year-old New York metro-area non-profit dedicated to securing justice for the transatlantic enslavement of African people. Most recently that work has led to advocacy to establish co-ownership of the Benin bronzes.
