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Symposium

History, Heritage & Identity: Balancing the Scales: Pursuing Economic Justice and Wealth Creation

This third instalment of the ‘History, Heritage and Identity’ Symposium which took place on Thursday November 11, 2021 pivoted on the painful history of European plunder and deprivation of the Caribbean by the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Plantation Economy, to consider contemporary opportunities for profitable UK-Caribbean Trade and Business in the Post-Brexit Environment. Professor Densil A. Williams, Pro Vice-Chancellor, and Principal, UWI Five Islands Campus; and Professor Matthew Smith, Professor of History and Director of the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-Ownership, University College of London were the keynote speakers. Other speakers included Bishop Wilton Powell, Retired National Bishop of the Church of God of Prophecy (UK); and Ms Beverly Johnson, CEO of JLB International, which offers global logistics and distribution supply services for clients around the world.
Introduction
Bishop Dexter Edmund Senior Pastor, Bethel United Church, UK
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Densil Williams
Pro Vice Chancellor, Industry/ Academic Partnerships and Planning, and Principal, Five Islands Campus, The University of the West Indies
Keynote Speaker
Professor Matthew J. Smith
Professor of History and Director of the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-Ownership University College London

Other Speakers

Bishop Wilton Powell
OBE
Retired Bishop, COGOP

Beverly Johnson-Green
Entrepreneur and Global Logistician

Voice of the People Young People of the UK Diaspora