Move the Mindset continued it’s soil ceremonies with Equal Justice Initiative in Aug, honoring Ovide Belizaire and an Unknown Individual.
Read media coverage on the event below.
From the Acadiana Advocate
Promotional video for the Ceremony on Youtube
More info on the ceremonies from EJI
Join Us for the MTM Juneteenth Commemoration!
MTM will host a Juneteenth Commemoration on Friday, June 17 from 6-8pm at the Acadiana Center for the Arts (101 W Vermilion St.).
This year, we are also coordinating with a coalition of organizations sponsoring several Juneteenth events that weekend. Check out the coalition website for more information about events and times!
Remembrance Soil Collection Ceremony for Antone Domingue
On Saturday, December 4, 2021, the Move the Mindset Equal Justice Initiative Committee held a remembrance soil collection ceremony for lynching victim Antone Domingue in Carencro, LA. MTM President Frederick Prejean and EJI Committee Chair Ian Beamish served as co-liasons for the event. Rev. Zach Sasser presided over the ceremony.
The ceremony was conducted as part of the Equal Justice Initiative’s nation-wide Community Remembrance Project, which seeks to memorialize the victims of racial violence and foster meaningful dialogue about race and justice.
Another remembrance soil collection ceremony is planned for next year in Youngsville, LA to memorialize racial violence victim Ovide Belizaire.
Jim Crow Mouton Statue Is Removed!
Confederate Mouton statue removed from downtown Lafayette: ‘It represents freedom’
VICTORY!
“The Confederacy Has Surrendered”: Mouton Statue Will Be Removed from Downtown Lafayette
MTM Juneteenth Commemoration 2021
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