Upcoming economic forum with the theme, "Reaching Back to Go Forward"

The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs is inviting members of the public to attend an upcoming economic forum with the theme, "Reaching Back to Go Forward".

The panelists are: Ms. Kristen White - Cultural Industries; Mr. Craig Simmons - Economics; Dr. Lewellyn Simmons Economics of Education; and Ms Catherine Duffy - International Business. Mr. Thaao Dill will be the Moderator for the evening.

The date for the forum is Thursday March 23 from 6pm to 8:30pm at the Bermuda College, North Hall.

Light refreshments will be served.

This free event is being planned by the Department in collaboration with the Emancipation Committee.

The panelists will be looking at entrepreneurship, the opportunities and limitations of Bermuda's economics, how to learn from our economic mistakes and move forward, and cultural industries and entrepreneurship in the context of black-owned businesses and their legacies.