About
This webinar is the third and final panel in the series of online discussions about the Anglican Church and Slavery entitled Truth Telling: Slavery and the Anglican Church, held in advance of the flagship international convening planned in 2025 to explore the historical involvement of the Anglican Church in the institution of slavery, the lasting implications of colonialism on the Church and actions to progress racial justice by the Church of England Racial Justice Unit (CoERJU).
CoERJU are guided by the Archbishop’s anti-racism taskforce report and the work to address the Church Commissioners report on historic links to transatlantic slavery.
The CoERJU ‘truth-telling’ convening will be held in Liverpool, a city itself steeped in the history of the transatlantic traffic and enslavement of Africans and home to the International Slavery Museum.
The series is produced, hosted and promoted by the University of Liverpool Centre for the Study of International Slavery (CSIS), supporting the CoERJU to build an online repository of research and knowledge on this topic open to all.
Previous event recordings from Panel 1 and 2, can be found on the CSIS YouTube Channel.
Details of Panel 3 “‘Liverpool, Slavery and Church of England: starting a journey of truth-telling, healing and repair"
We are thrilled to announce the date for the final webinar in our Truth Telling: Slavery and the Anglican Church series. This webinar spotlights the journey in the Liverpool city region which has begun to confront and address the Anglican church's involvement in the traffic and enslavement of Africans and its legacies.
This is a panel discussion between local historians/activists and those working for change within the Church. It will not only outline the truth to be told, but also share experiences and considerations of further actions for repair which can contribute to communities’ journeys, in the region and beyond, towards racial justice and healing.
Speakers:
This panel shall be moderated by Novelette-Aldoni Stewart and joined by the following four panellists.
Jennie Taylor is the Racial Justice Officer for Liverpool Diocese and Cathedral. In this role she supports Anglican churches and schools across Liverpool Diocese as they work together for racial justice in their communities. Working in partnership with other Dioceses and the national Racial Justice Unit, Jennie leads locally on the implementation of the Church of England's national strategic vision 'From Lament to Action'. Jennie is passionate about encouraging the contributions and participation of marginalised groups in every part of church life both locally and nationally.
Malik Al Nasir is an author, poet and academic from Liverpool. His memoir ‘Letters to Gil’ is a compelling account of his childhood experiences in a brutal UK Local Authority care system. Malik is currently reading for a PhD in history at the University of Cambridge on a full ESRC widening participation studentship. His research is into the enslaving of his ancestors by Liverpool firm Sandbach Tinne & Co. in Demerara. Malik is a co-founder of “Black Academia – Lifting the Barriers” and co-author and editor of the Black Academia policy reports and the policy briefing, which were published in 2024.
Laurence Westgaph is an independent researcher, community historian, writer, broadcaster and tour guide. He has a particular interest in Liverpool’s role in the slave trade and how its legacies have benefited the city and impacted its built environment, civic, cultural and educational institutions.
Malcolm Rogers is The Bishop of Liverpool’s Canon for Reconciliation and also Vicar of St Gabriel’s Church, Huyton Quarry, a post he has held for twenty-five years. Malcolm established a series of community festivals to promote cohesion and challenge far-right narratives after the 2005 murder of Anthony Walker just yards from the front door of St Gabriels. Then in 2012 Mal helped set up ‘The Triangle of Hope’ international reconciliation project engaging young people from Africa, Liverpool and the United States. In 2016 he received an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, for his community cohesion work locally and internationally.
