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CELEBRATE WITH US THE PROVIDENCE
DEDICATION CEREMONY OF
Tockwotton Cape Verdean Way
Celebrate with us at our procession to honor the 90th anniversary of the St. Antonio Association & Cape Verdean contributions to RI.
Saturday, August 24, 2024 | 3pm
SOUTH MAIN AT TRANSIT
Cape Verdeans were the first voluntary immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa. the Tockwotton neighborhood, including South Main Street, was their first settlement in Rhode Island. The community grew in the late 19th century before being displaced by 195 and urban renewal.
Watch a screening of SPIA Media Productions’ “Hi, Neighbor”–one girl’s urban renewal memory–on August 23rd at 7pm at 195 District Park 200 Dyer St, Providence as part of the Bonfire Showcase.
Photo by Justincase Media, Inc.
Photo by Justincase Media, Inc.
June 2, 2024 90th St Antonio Procession, Providence RI
SUPPORT
In 2016, SPIA Media Productions, Inc., the content producer for Tockwotton Fox Point Cape Verdean Heritage Place, migrated over thirty years of historical, educational, and archival film and video content about the history of Cape Verde and the Tockwotton Fox Point Cape Verdean community to digital formats and platforms.
Your tax-deductible contribution to CID support SPIA’s ongoing educational, documentary, archival projects, immersive experiences, forward-facing public initiatives, legacy projects, events, walking tours and digital mapping of a chronological timeline that reconstitutes the history of Rhode Island’s first Cape Verdean neighborhood on existing and emerging digital platforms. The SPIA Media documentary collection is available on Kanopy, a leading streaming video service providing quality educational content to schools, colleges, universities, and libraries and YouTube.
PLEASE DONATE TO SUPPORT OUR LEGACY LEGACY WORK!
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What is the “Tockwotton” Fox Point Cape Verdean Heritage Place?
The Fox Point Cape Verdean Memorial Place, created by Carol R. Johnson, an internationally acclaimed landscape architect, is a wonderful opportunity to both recognize the contributions of the Fox Point Cape Verdean community in Providence and create a sustainable legacy and monument that will be enjoyed for generations to come. We can build this park together!
