PHOTO: Weeksville Heritage Center Clergy Program
Rev. Dr. Robert Waterman, president of the African American Clergy and Elected Officials Organization of Brooklyn (AACEO), declared that blacks must stop apologizing for who they are.
“Nobody apologies for who they are but us,” he said. He was one of many faith leaders who spoke at an outreach program titled “Shared Agenda to Connect the Faith Community with Our History During Black History Month.” The Neighborhood Technical Assistance Clinic sponsored this program that was hosted at the Weeksville Heritage Center.
Directors of several agencies, including Tia Powell Harris, president of the Weeksville Heritage Center, (pictured by herself at podium), described the cultural, educational programs they offer to tell the history of the survival of African-Americans.
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