The first Fairfield House online public meeting is a discussion and Q&A about the future of Fairfield House, former home of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I 1936 – 1941, which he graciously gifted to the Corporation of Bath as a home for the aged in 1959.
Fairfield House : How we preserve Emperor Haile Selassie I’s legacy for Our Community.
Facilitated by Rob Mitchell (Imperial Voice Radio)
Welcome from Esther Antohin, founder and director of Heritage Watch Ethiopia
Pauline Swaby Wallace – Manager, BEMSCA
Cllr Dine Romero – Leader, B&NES Council
HE Teferi Melesse Desta, Ethiopian Ambassador to the UK
Dr Shawn Naphtali Sobers, director, Fairfield House Bath CIC
Andy Salmon – Pro Vice Chancellor External, Bath Spa University
John Wilkinson – B&NES Council
and an introduction to the other Fairfield House Bath CIC Directors.
Date: Mon 30 November 2020
Time: 20:00 – 21:30 GMT
Once registered via Eventbrite, you will receive a Zoom link for this event. Capacity for the Zoom meeting is 200 people.
You can listen to this event via Fairfield House’s own radio station www.Imperialvoice.com
Donations always welcome for Fairfield House and we will be encouraging these on the evening via our Local Giving platform :
https://localgiving.org/charity/fairfieldhouse/
” Deciding to make our residence at Bath, We bought a house called Fairfield, and with renewed vigour, continued Our Struggle.” – His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I
