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Mendoza Mania -Exhibition
September 18, 2022 @ 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Come and join our exciting Immersive Exhibition Day on September 18th to celebrate the life of local boxing legend Daniel Mendoza.
The immersive event in Paradise Gardens is a community-focused celebration of the life and times of Portuguese Jewish bare-knuckle boxer Daniel Mendoza (1764-1836), who helped make the sport what it is today and was the first true sporting celebrity in Britain.
The exhibition is a way to engage the wider community in the histories of boxing and the Jewish connection to the East End dating back to Mendoza’s time and to explore how community members from a wide range of backgrounds are today “fighting back” against racism, discrimination and other challenges they encounter.
QR codes placed on trees in Paradise Gardens will connect to a site where visitors can listen to extracts from Mendoza’s memoirs and oral histories of local people whose experiences relate closely to Mendoza’s.
There will also be workshops happening between 12 pm-4 pm which will be family-friendly, celebrate Daniel Mendoza and include poetry, readings, art and craft!
All these events are accessible, family-friendly, and open to all. You’ll be sent a fill programme closer to the day when you sign up.
You can come along for as long or as little time as you like.
If you have any questions about the event or access, email stuart@stmargaretshouse.org.uk
Mendoza Mania is a project supported by the National Heritage Lottery Fund.
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