The Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project

The Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project (MPCPMP) needs your financial help to continue working with U.S. communities on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico to commemorate African ancestors and to install Middle Passage markers.

As a result of our ongoing efforts and your support, there has been progress made at numerous arrival locations. In 2023, markers will be installed at: Africatown, AL; Annapolis, MD; Historic London Town, Edgewater, MD; and Portsmouth, NC. Planning is in progress for: Biloxi, MS; New Bern, NC; Baltimore, MD; Darien GA; and Washington, DC.

The UNESCO Routes of Enslaved Peoples Project has designated 43 documented U.S. Middle Passage arrival locations as a “Site of Memory.” During 2023, we will assist additional locations in acknowledging their international relevance and status.

Learn more about the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project at: www.middlepassageproject.org/

*banner photo courtesy of theday.com July 17, 2022

The theme of the Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project’s (MPCPMP) 2022 End-of-Year fund raising campaign was Sankofa, a Ghanaian term that literally means “go back and get” and refers to the principle that we should remember and learn from the past as we move into the future. This concept is symbolized by a bird with its feet facing forward while its head is looking backward with an egg in its mouth or by a more stylized heart shape.

Sankofa is incorporated into the MPCPMP logo and represents one aspect of our mission -- to educate people on the vital role that Africans and their descendants played in the development of this nation. Understanding the importance of teaching younger community members about this history, we have encouraged their participation in the commemoration of the lives of African ancestors.

For this year’s campaign we asked those young people who worked with us over the years to record their thoughts and reflections on their experiences. You have the opportunity to hear about the impact of their involvement and connection to our activities. They are, in fact, the dream of the ancestors and the agents of our future.

List of 2022 End-of-Year Statements:
Click on the list below to view individual statements.

• Joe Jenkins - Executive Board Treasurer
• Youth Statement - Galveston, TX - 2017
• Youth Statement - Baltimore, MD - 2012
• Youth Statement 2 - Baltimore, MD - 2012
• Youth Statement 1 - Tybee Island, GA - 2022

Camden, NJ 2017 Photo Courtesy of: Paul Hamilton

Video Highlights from the Boston Middle Passage Remembrance Ceremony

Please give generously, and for a contribution of $100.00 or more you can choose* to receive a t-shirt as a thank you gift from us.

*please note that the choice of receiving a t-shirt gift reduces your available IRS tax write-off by $20

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