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In partnership with BlackPoppyRose, Royal Museums Greenwich invite you to explore the lasting impacts of World War I & II.

This event includes the film Forgotten Faces of the Great War: The Chinese Labour Corps with a talk and Q&A, a poetry workshop, plus live performances from Newham Poetry Group and writer and musician Douggie John.

The day will close with a workshop by keynote speaker Selena Carty.

Programme;
Live performances by students of the Trinity Laban Conservatoire Music from students of the Trinity Laban Conservatoire
Catriona Arthur: Soprano
Lizzie Fletcher: Mezzo Soprano
Siobhan McParland: Soprano
Time: 12 noon - 12:30pm 
Venue: Great Hall

Spoken word performance by Douggie John
Secondhand War Stories, performed by writer and musician Douggie John.
This piece was commissioned by Royal Museums Greenwich for Remembrance Day.
Time: 12:30pm - 12:40pm
Venue: Great Hall 

A Call to Mind with Newham Poetry Group (Drop-in poetry workshop)
This is a creative space to invite people to engage with Remembrance Day in a thoughtful and playful way. Join our drop in writing session with a 'poetic surprise from the blue'.
Time: 12:40pm - 2:10pm
Venue: Great Hall 

Forgotten Faces of the Great War: The Chinese Labour Corps with Peng Wenlan (Talk and film with Q&A)
When Britain realised with horror that the war would last longer than expected and was taking its toll on their soldiers at the Western Front, it looked east to China to recruit labourers who could provide logistical support behind the lines.

Near to 100,000 men were shipped over from Shandong Province to the battlefields of France and Flanders. This was the Chinese Labour Corps, and together with a further 40,000 employed by the French, they would become the largest foreign labour corps to serve the Western Allies during WWI.
Time: 1:30pm - 3:10pm 
Venue: Orangery 

Poetry performance by Sonia Quintero
Poet, cultural promoter, community builder, dreamer and change maker.
Founder and organiser of Newham Poetry Group.
Time: 2:15pm - 3:10pm
Venue: Great Hall 

The Importance & Significance of Remembrance with Selena Carty (Workshop) 
We will be sharing and learning about the lasting impacts of World War I & II, not only to the world but to our immediate families. 

We will also be exploring Remembrance from a place where we can all freely share our deepest thoughts and perceptions. 

History allows us to remember the times and faces of the past. We will be exploring our timelines and the faces behind our own, to uncover many more layers to a history we are all connected to from the root. 
Time: 3:30pm - 4:30pm 
Venue: Great Hall