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Welcome out for third
annual celebration
T he com m unity is invited to jo in the third annual
“ B ack In The D ay R eunion,” hosted by m em bers o f
V an co u v er’s earliest A frican A m erican fam ilies, on
Saturday, Aug. 9 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at M arshall Park,
ju s t east o f dow ntow n V ancouver.
T hese original settlers arrived here in the 1940s
seeking w artim e jo b s and stayed to m ake th eir hom es
in V ancouver. Form er schoolm ates from these fam ilies
organized the first reunion after a b o o k o f fam ily
m em ories w as p u b lish ed in M arch 2 0 1 2 by the
V ancouver branch o f the N A A C P.
“ W e w anted to g ath er together the people w e grew
up w ith , p e o p le w h o w ere b o rn an d ra is e d in
V ancouver,” said K ay Sw ar G rant, w ho co -fo u n d ed
the celebration w ith Juanita Y oung. B oth have w orked
on the reunion planning co m m ittee all three years,
along w ith co o rd in ato r R alph G riffin.
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from elders in the com m unity, m any w ould rath er m ake
a beat on the com puter.
N onetheless as globalization becom es an ev er­
p resent reality, the p eople o f A frica rem ain vibrant and
diverse he says. In a country like N ig eria w here m any
ethnic groups exist, R ied lin g er says it is “hard to tell
w here one co m m u n ity begins and w here it en d s.”
O ne thing w as clear, how ever, the people thrived on
co m in g together and celebrating life. O n the days
w hen rituals w ere being perform ed, not only does he
recall the energy being pow erful, but in p resen ce alone
he w as in fact participating too.
Q uite vividly R iedlinger recalls one w here a m an was
being ‘initiated’ into the spirit o f a w eather deity, som e­
thing the O risa take seriously and study deeply. As the
m an sw ayed side to side, entranced by the priest,
“T h e pioneering achievem ents o f this group are an
im portant part o f V an co u v er’s story that has been
long o v erlo o k ed ,” said Jane E lder W ulff, interview er
and a u th o r.o f “First F am ilies o f V an co u v er’s A frican
A m erican C om m unity: From W orld W ar T w o to the
T w en ty -F irst C en tu ry .”
“T h ere are m any m ore fam ily m em ories w aiting to
be to ld ,” W u lff said. “T h e First F am ilies P roject c e l­
ebrates the full scope o f the V an co u v er story, and the
B ack In T he D ay R eunion is a great w ay to do th at.”
B asic cookout fare, w ater and som e supplies w ill be
pro v id ed at the p a rk ’s m ain shelter. Y ou are asked to
bring y o u r ow n favorite dishes and non-alcoholic
beverages, utensils and chairs. T he celebration w ill
feature m usic and entertainm ent, door prizes and gam es,
as w ell as socializing w ith old and new friends.
Sponsoring businesses and organizations include
U m pqua B ank, K enneth L. Sm ith F inancial Services,
C lark C ounty Y W C A , and V ancouver N A A C P.
F or m ore inform ation, Call R alpf G riffin at 360-980-
6203 o r Jane E lder W u lff at 360-687-9872.
Riedlinger recalls feeling a single drop o f rain drop on own
face, and then seeing a drop hit the entranced m an ’s face,
a flash o f lightning follow ed, and the m an subsequently
and abruptly broke his trance and started dancing bellig­
erently in the w ay o f his new spirit.
A ll in all, the art from the N igerians he encountered
w as largely en g rain ed into the culture in the w ay “a
tailo r sees h im se lf as a tailo r” he says, as oppo sed to
a m u sician w ho sees h im self as an artist.
As he explored life w here he w as, m ost o f his photos
w ere snapped as he w as in the streets, capturing
p eople in m otion. In these im ages he categorizes the
responses from people realizin g th e y ’re being p h o to ­
graphed to eith er d efiant o f stoic.
H is favorite im ages are w here the subjects are look­
ing b ack at him . “It gives them m ore ag en cy,” he says.
“ [In that) I d o n ’t feel like I ’m taking, because th e y ’re
giv in g .”
T o support R ied lin g er’s cam p aig n for Ju st L ike
That, visit w w w .indiegogo.com /projects/just-like-that-
p h o to -b o o k .
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