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March 13, 2018
Tuesday
  • KowTeff's 2018 Dance Class Series Is Here! Season Opener with Darian Parker Djembe Dance

  • Mar 13, 2018 from 3:00pm to 5:30pm
  • Location: Professional Center for the Arts
  • Description:
    Djembe Dance Class with Darian Parker on March 13th!
     Join KowTeff African Dance Company for our first dance class of the 2018 season! With a mission of preserving traditional African cultural arts, we recognize the importance of "keepers of the culture" and that one generation must pass it to the next.  KowTeff is pleased to present Darian Parker as our season opener
    for the  2018 Dance Class Series!  This first class of the series will feature Djembe dance...come out and enjoy!  

    $14  |  All levels of dance welcome!

    Buy Ticket On-Line!
    Info about Darian Parker:
    www.parkeracademics.com

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March 12, 2018
Monday
  • Everest High Pass Trek

  • Mar 12, 2018 at 2:00pm to Dec 29, 2018 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Kathmandu
  • Description:

    Everest Three High passes trek is rousing and testing. There are three boss passes of Khumbu district alongside various valleys and three passes more than 5000m over the ocean level. The tallest purpose of the Everest High Pass trek will be 5550m above ocean level. There is something other than High Passes Trek, it additionally includes other trekking trails in the Everest area, for example, Gokyo Valley Trek, Everest Base Camp Trek, and Thame Valley Trek among others. Everest high passes trek, as the name proposes is daring, likewise long, yet to a great degree satisfying. The view of heaps of the Khumbu locale is genuinely amazing.

    The overcome men of Himalayans the Sherpa's, extremely popular all through the globe for their improbable stories of mountains welcome you to the highlands. You'll have the capacity to cheer the unpredictable culture and way of life that have cultivated consistently, regardless of the difficulty. From snowcapped mountains to authentic historical center, the

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  • You are invite to participate in the workshop “Reparations to colonialism” at The World Social Forum, Brazil

  • Mar 12, 2018 to Mar 17, 2018
  • Location: SALVADOR DE BAHIA - BRAZIL
  • Description:

    We'll be there!... and we invite you to participate with us in the workshop “Reparations to colonialism” to strengthen national and international strategies, to make progress the cause of condemnations, reconciliations, excuses and compensations to colonialism.

    Colonialism Reparation http://www.colonialismreparation.org/

    Taller “Reparaciones al colonialismo” para reforzar las estrategias nacionales y internacionales
    para hacer progresar la causa de las condenas, reconciliaciones, excusas y indemnizaciónes al
    colonialismo. Fecha y lugar tan pronto como se define el programa …

    Workshop “Reparations to colonialism” to strengthen national and international strategies to
    make progress the cause of condemnations, reconciliations, excuses and compensations to
    colonialism. Date and place as soon as the program is defined …

    Atelier “Réparations au colonialisme” pour renforcer les stratégies nationales et internationales
    pour faire progresser la cause des condamnations, réconciliations, excuses

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March 9, 2018
Friday
  • Louisiana Fashion Expo, showcase Louisiana’s finest talents, March 10

  • Mar 9, 2018 to Mar 10, 2018
  • Location: Watson Memorial Teaching Ministries
  • Description:

    As the Crescent City gears up for New Orleans Fashion Week, a new event is on the horizon, set to challenge racial disparities in the fashion industry.

    Oliver “OT” Thomas, host of WBOK’s The Good Morning Show, will host the Louisiana Fashion Expo on March 10, 2018 at Watson Memorial Teaching Ministries, located at 4400 St. Charles Ave.

    The expo is, in part, in response to the Swedish retailer H&M’s recent controversial ad featuring a Black boy wearing a hoodie that bore the message, “Coolest monkey in the jungle.” The goal, according to event organizer Evangelist Melonie Pichon, is to feature independent fashion designers who desire diversity while valuing African American dollars.

    Pichon and her company Single Sister Entertainment plan to feature African American designers both in and out of Louisiana. The event will include a fashion show, vendors and design exhibitions.

    “Our goal is to generate revenue for local independent clothing designers and heighten the awareness of the import

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March 3, 2018
Saturday
  • Green Earth Poets Cáfe presents "You Are Who You Eat" at Kumble Theater, LIU Brooklyn

  • Mar 3, 2018 at 2:00pm to Mar 4, 2018 at 10:00am
  • Location: Kumble Theater at LIU Brooklyn
  • Description:

    Tiffany chooses men like she orders from a menu, consuming anything from organic interactions to fast food flings. How will her dating diet change after she discovers her eyes are way bigger than her stomach?

     

    You Are Who You Eat is a comedic spoken word play by Tarishi 'M.I.D.N.I.G.H.T.' Shuler and Jashua Sa-Ra.

     

    Directed by Tarishi Shuler.

     

    Bring your appetite for laughter!

    Saturday, March 3 @ 7PM and Sunday, March 4 @ 3PM

    Tickets: $75 VIP (w/ post-show reception)

    $25 ; $20

    Group Discount: 10 tickets or more

    half price at check out

    TICKETS

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  • The Assignment Helper

  • Mar 3, 2018 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm
  • Location: Los Angeles, CA
  • Description:

    The academic life carries the two triumphs and difficulties with it. You could be amped up for joining grounds and doing courses that you appreciate. Nonetheless, the circumstance can end up overwhelming when you meet with a course unit that is disturbing you. At whatever point your teachers give you assignments to chip away at, you will wish that you hadn't embraced the course. The work can be distressing, and the complexities of the academic papers are overpowering. Musings of stopping the instructive trip may go through your brain as well. Actually there isn't a course that doesn't have challenges. Your state of mind and energy for what you are embraced is what makes a difference.
    When you understand that your academic assignments are loading you, at that point you ought to get the best assignment help. The expert scholars will compose, edit, and alter your reports. They will take a shot at the papers with enthusiasm as they likewise take after your request directions. The minute th

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  • Celebrating The 50th Anniversary of The NY Black Panther Party: "Free" Community Workshop On Combating & Surviving NYPD Police Terror Attacks

  • Mar 3, 2018 from 1:00pm to 2:30pm
  • Location: West Park Presbyterian Church Balcony Theater
  • Description:

    3829010676?profile=originalCombating‭ & ‬Surviving NYPD Police Terror Attacks ‭
    A‭ ‬"Free‭"‬ Community Workshop On Staying Alive To Fight The Pigs On Another Day‭!
    Workshop Facilitators... ‭ ‬ ‭
    Sadiki‭ "‬Bro.‭ ‬Shep‭" ‬Ojore Olugbala ‭
    ~ Black Panther Party ‭ ‬New York State Chapter Veteran‭ & ‬Universal Zulu Nation ‭ ‬Member.
    King Downing Esq. ‭
    ~ Activist Human Rights Attorney‭ & ‬Legal Community Organizer For The National Lawyers Guild.
    Queen Kenya
    ‭~ ‬Black Spades ‭ ‬Bronx,‭ ‬New York ‭ ‬Street Organization Veteran‭ &‬ ‭ ‬Universal Zulu Nation ‭ ‬Member.
    Sensei Dr.‭ ‬Shaka Zulu ‭
    ~ Harlem University Shaka-Jutsu Martial‭ & ‬Healing Arts Academy‭ @ ‬Universal Zulu Nation Member.
    James‭ "‬Tarik‭" ‬Haskins ‭
    ~ Former Black Panther/Black Liberation Army Political Prisoner‭ &‬ ‭ ‬Universal Zulu Nation ‭ ‬Member.
    Plus: ‭ ‬Graduates Of The‭ (‬14‭) ‬Week‭ "‬Anti-Police Terror‭ & ‬Community Control Of The Police‭" ‬Facilitators Training ‭

    * Followed By A‭ ‬7:00‭ ‬PM Performance Of The Play:‭ ‬BLACK PANTHER WOMEN‭!‬ ‭ ‬ ‭
    On

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March 2, 2018
Friday
  • Black Love, Black Women & Black Resistance: A "FREE" Community Conversation With 4 Veteran Sistahs of the Black Liberation Movement

  • Mar 2, 2018 from 12:00pm to 1:30pm
  • Location: West Park Presbyterian Church Balcony Theater
  • Description:
    Black Love, Black Womyn & Black Resistance
    A Conversation With 4 Veteran Sistahs of the Black Liberation Movement:

    FREE' ADMISSION - ALL ARE WELCOME!
    Special Guest Speakers...
    Déqui Kioni-Sadiki
    ~ Black Panther Collective Alumni & Malcolm X Commemoration Committee Chairperson.
    Dr. Robyn C. Spencer
    ~ Black Panther Collective Alumni & Author of a book on Panther women, The Revolution Has Come.
    Yasmine Sutton
    ~ Black Panther Party New York State Chapter Veteran & BPP-National Alumni Committee Member.
    Claudia Williams
    ~ Black Panther Party New York State Chapter Veteran & BPP-National Alumni Committee Member.

    Plus: The (9) All Female Cast Members & Writer/Director, Jacqueline Wade of the play Black Panther Women.

    ** Followed By A 7:00 PM Performance Of The Play: BLACK PANTHER WOMEN!
    Only (5) Shows Are Left So Please See Below & Get Your TICKETS NOW!

    The Center at West Park and Women of Color Productions present Black Panther Women by Jacqueline Wade

    3829010548?profile=original


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  • Orange, NJ., Councilwoman Donna K. Williams will participate in #LandcasterStandUp Against NRA Republican and Gun Violence in Lancaster, PA.

  • Mar 2, 2018 to Mar 3, 2018
  • Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
  • Description:

    On Saturday, March 3rd, Orange Councilwoman Donna K. Williams will travel to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to participate in a massive grassroots canvassing campaign against National Rifle Association-backed Republican Congressman Lloyd Smucker.

              The effort is being called ‘Lancaster Stands Up’ (LSU). Smucker has received $221, 736 in NRA campaign funds, more campaign funds than anyone else sitting in Congress!

              LSU is seeking to defeat Smucker and replace him with grassroots Democratic candidate Jess King. Democrats from as far away as New York City are mobilized to participate in the major pitch to unseat Smucker. (www.Lancasterstandsup.org)

              “For anyone asking ‘Why are going to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to do this?’ we answer, ‘Why isn’t everyone going’?

              “The time has come for people of goodwill to come together and do all that they can get a handle on this senseless violence,” she said passionately.

              The recent school shooting in Parkland, Flo

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February 26, 2018
Monday
  • Ghana festival targets US diaspora: The Ghana Tourism Authority is set to host the first Back to Africa Festival from 27 February to 5 March.

  • Feb 26, 2018 to Mar 5, 2018
  • Location: Ghana
  • Description:

    The festival seeks to motivate citizens outside of the continent to invest in their country and will take place under the theme Two Cultures, One Foundation.

    The Back to Africa Festival is one of the results of the African Diaspora Heritage Trail (ADHT), a UNESCO-associated initiative that brings professionals from various sectors to highlight the contributions of people of African descent across the Caribbean and the Americas. Some of the territories to host the ADHT conference include Bermuda and the Bahamas.

    Speaking about the forthcoming festival, Ghana Tourism Authority CEO Akwasi Agyemang said, along with other programmes – a relaunch of the Pan-African Historical Theatre Festival (PANAFEST), which was first held in 1992, Emancipation Day and the Right to Return Festival – the Back to Africa Festival was created to target Ghanaians in the US diaspora, leading to an increase of visitors to the country.

    The authorities have said African Americans in attendance will get a chance to

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February 24, 2018
Saturday
  • Cynthia Holiday to Host Jazz in the Sanctuary Saturday, Feb. 24th, Shiloh Baptist Church, Plainfield, NJ.

  • Feb 24, 2018 from 11:00am to 1:00pm
  • Location: Shiloh Baptist Church
  • Description:

    Cynthia Holiday, jazz and blues song stylist, will
    host the premiere performance of the 2018 Jazz
    in the Sanctuary series. Ms. Holiday’s gifted
    vocals and natural inclination for jazz is attributed
    to her upbringing in Newark where music filled
    her home on any given day. Her stepfather,
    trumpeter Calvin Hughes, was a band leader and
    performed with such jazz greats as Count Basie,
    Frank Foster, Clark Terry and Eddie “Lockjaw”
    Davis. Since the release of her debut album, “All
    The Way”, on the Miles High Records Label,
    Ms. Holiday has made new fans and friends in
    the US and internationally. Most recently she
    served as judge in the Asian Dreams Jazz Vocal
    Competition followed by a performance with the TS Monk Septet in Osaka,
    Japan. WBGO Jazz88 FM host Sheila Anderson says: “Cynthia seeks to
    continue the tradition of jazz women who sing the blues, a style that has become
    a lost art among vocalists. I hear the humor of Helen Humes, the soul of
    Ernestine Anderson, the warm timber of Nancy Wilson and the story

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  • Celebrate "Poetry In Motion": Jamaica's premiere poetry event showcasing Music, Dance, Comedy, Story Telling, Fashion and Poetry of course

  • Feb 24, 2018 to Feb 25, 2018
  • Location: Manchester Golf Club
  • Description:
    PiM, which showcases Music, Dance, Comedy, Story Telling, Fashion and Poetry, is a charitable community event founded and directed by nationally and internationally renown poet, author and edutainer, Yasus Afari. Poetry in Motion has sustained it's reputation of providing Clean Intelligent Fun for the Entire Family and Community. This very important calendar event, which is the pride and joy of Mandeville and Central Jamaica, has helped to ensure and maintain the flourishing of Jamaican Poetry. Poetry in Motion 2018 shall sustain this achievement.
     
    15th Anniversary Special - Poetry in Motion 2018
    With the social intervention potential of Poetry, it is our aim to strategically position Jamaican Poetry so as to secure and consolidate it's role as the well-needed social-conscience of the arts and culture of Jamaica. 
    In light of the pivotal moment which Jamaica is in, we look forward to the 15th annual staging of Poetry in Motion 2018 with renewed hope and confidence even as we look forward
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February 23, 2018
Friday
  • When Africa Called...CUBA ANSWERED! A Special Black History Month Forum, Harlem, NYC

  • Feb 23, 2018 from 1:30pm to 3:30pm
  • Location: St. Mary's Episcopal Church
  • Description:

    A SPECIAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH FORUM IN HARLEM!

     

    Join The New York Cuba Solidarity Project as we delve into the little known and often ignored history of solidarity between Cuba and Black/Afro Latino communities around the world.

    Come hear about how you can go to Cuba for May Day with the 49th Annual Contingent of the Venceremos Brigade.

    DONATION; $5-$10 ( No one will be turned away due to lack of funds) ALL THE PROCEEDS OF THIS EVENT WILL GO THE VENCEREMOS BRIGADE SCHOLARSHIP FUND!

    Panelists:

    • Gail Walker, Director of IFCO/Pastors for Peace Caravan
    • Soffiyah Elijah, Esq.
    • Rev. Claudia De La Cruz, Activist/Educator
    • A representative of the Venceremos Brigade

     

    HOST: Benjamin Ramos,New York Cuba Solidarity Project

    ~

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February 22, 2018
Thursday
  • NYC Sankofa Spring Discussion Series: Kujichagulia, Self Love in Self Determination, Black Love Matters - Brooklyn, NYC

  • Feb 22, 2018 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm
  • Location: Emeline's
  • Description:
    Sankofa Community Empowerment's Spring Workshop series focuses on the Pan African principal, Kujichagulia (Self Determination), which means "to define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves". This session will explore this concept as it relates to Self Love in Self Determination: Black Love Matters.
    ▪ Our February discussion will challenge the group to explore the complexities and difficulties of loving a people who are taught to hate themselves.
    DATE: Thursday, February 22, 2018
    TIME: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm Sharp!
    To RSVP, Click Here!
     
    LOCATION: Emeline's 373 Lewis AveBrooklyn, NY Between Macon and Macdonough
    DIRECTIONS: Take the A/C to Utica Avenue and exit to Fulton Park. Walk down Lewis Avenue approximately 3 blocks

    Light snacks will be served (first come first served of course!). ***Sankofa Discussion Circles are for all who identify as African descendant people**

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February 18, 2018
Sunday
  • African Presence in Mexico Tour - Informational Conference Call

  • Feb 18, 2018 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
  • Location: Central Standard Time
  • Description:

    Join husband and wife team, Chef Dr. Doris Careaga and Dr. Finne Coleman, for an immersion experience in Afromexican communities in Mexico. It is only Afro-Mexican foodie and history tour on the planet. This two part trip delights and challenges the foodie and informs and engages the historian in each of us.

    Dr. Finnie D. Coleman - Dr. Coleman is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of New Mexico. He is a specialist in African American literature, history, and culture. 

    Dr. Doris Careaga - A former chef and restaurateur, Dr. Careaga is uniquely prepared to guide this immersion into Afromexican culinary traditions. 

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February 17, 2018
Saturday
  • Who is Dr. Mutulu Shakur, the reason was arrested and why he should be released.

  • Feb 17, 2018 from 10:00am to 1:00pm
  • Location: CEMOTAP CENTER
  • Description:
    "Talib Shakur, the son of Dr. Mutulu Shakur and activists familiar with the work of Dr. Mutulu Shakur will  tell you the facts about Dr. Shakur that the TV program American Gangster: Dr. Mutulu Shakur  left out. They will also explain the real reasons why Dr. Shakur was arrested and why he should be released."
    Saturday February 17, 2018 at 3:00 PM
    at CEMOTAP CENTER

    "Freedom is something you take with your own hands. You control it with your own hands. You do not leave it to other people or alliances. You  first make alliance with yourself. When you make an alliance you make it on what's convenient.  Make it on what works  and when it stops working  you break it."   "John Henrik Clarke

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  • " Dr. Mutulu Shakur African Healer or American Gangster?"

  • Feb 17, 2018 from 9:00am to 12:00pm
  • Location: CEMOTAP CENTER
  • Description:
    Dr. Mutulu Shakur's son, Brother Talib Shakur and Activists familiar with the work of Dr. Mutulu Shakur will tell the facts left out of the TV program,  American Gangster: Dr. Mutulu Shakur to explain the real reasons why Dr. Shakur was arrested and why he should be released.
    Saturday February 17, 2018 at 3:00 PM
    at CEMOTAP CENTER
    135-05 Rockaway Boulevard
    South Ozone Park, Queens, NY 11420
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February 15, 2018
Thursday
  • Jamaica African Dance Arts & Culture Festival 2018, February 15 - 20th

  • Feb 15, 2018 at 1:00pm to Feb 20, 2018 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Mammee Bay Estates, St. Ann
  • Description:

    Jamaica African Dance Arts & Culture Festival 2018
    Taking place at View of the Ocean Resort in Mammee Bay Estates, St. Ann.
    February 15th through February 20th 2018
     Thursday, Feb. 15 - 8pm – 11pm – Registration, Meet & Greet, Drum & Dance Circle
     Friday, Feb.16, from 8am – 1am – Full day of Classes followed by Afrikan Night – Film Showing
     Saturday, Feb. 17, from 8am – 1am: Full day of Classes followed by an All-White Pool Party @
    9pm
     Sunday, Feb. 18, from 8am - 11pm: Half Day of Classes followed by Cultural Presentations @
    4pm
     Monday, Feb. 19 from 8am – 10am: Overnight Excursion to Charles Town Maroon Town,
    Portland
     Tuesday, Feb. 20 – Sightseeing Excursion to Kingston - Optional
    APSWN in collaboration with ReggaeToReggaeRadio.TV, the Indigenous People Media, are pleased to
    announce the 3rd Annual staging of the Jamaica African Dance Arts & Culture Festival 2018. We
    return to Jamaica to continue to uncover, highlight and engage in the rich African heritage found in
    every cultural & religiou

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