October 12, 2023 Media Advisory (Updated Oct 13): Institute of the Black World Leads Delegation to Grenada

October 12, 2023 Media Advisory (Updated Oct 13): Institute of the Black World Leads Delegation to Grenada

Dr. Ron Daniels, President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), and Don Rojas, IBW’s Director of Communications and International Relations, will lead a delegation of distinguished civil and human rights leaders, scholars, activists and journalists on a solidarity visit to Grenada to participate in the commemorative activities honoring the life and legacy of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop who was murdered, along with several of his colleagues, in a bloody military coup on Oct. 19th, 1983. For the first time since Bishop’s assassination, the Grenada government has declared Oct. 19th a public holiday and a day of mourning and reflection.