Events

A wide range of Black scholars, activists, teachers, students and community members from the national and global African community will join in discussions of critical issues confronting Black people nationally and internationally which begins this Sunday, October 11, 3:00pm at the virtual International Nguzo Saba 2020 Conference and will continue over the month. The conference marks the 55^th Anniversary of The Nguzo Saba (The Seven Principles), the Organization Us and the African American Cultural Center. Focus will be especially on the Nguzo Saba and their use by thousands of organizations and institutions in this country and throughout the world African community for value orientation, cultural grounding and programmatic initiatives.

Held every five years, this year’s conference theme is “55 Years of Unbudging Blackness: Nguzo Saba, African Principles for Life, Work and Struggle ” and includes engaging the Nguzo Saba in the context of the fifty-five year history and significant impa