Freedom Schooner Amistad's visits in various ports often serve as a catalyst for local communities to have their own "Conversations On Race".   Amistad America is proud to provide a platform for that discussions.  One of the best examples is the legacy of Freedom Schooner Amistad's visits in Halifax, Nova Scotia - a city with it's own "inconvenient truth" in history.

Amistad will be visiting Cambridge in Maryland in October, for the very first time. From 1962 until 1967, Cambridge was a center of protests during the Civil Rights Movement. During this period, race-related violence erupted on more than one occasion, and the city was occupied for almost a year by the Maryland National Guard as a peace-keeping force. We hope that Freedom Schooner's visit there will inspire local community to follow Amistad America's motto: " Confront the Past - Transform The Future".