ph: 646-924-7187
manuela
Welcome to our community--a place where artists, educators, activists, youth and communities of African descent meet to create, learn, and grow. Our legacy is to uphold and pass on our traditional and contemporary cultural arts of the African Diaspora. We are cultivating the next generation of leaders--maroon warriors with the skills and cultural know-how to resist enslavement, oppression, and dehumanization.
We provide cultural arts education and development opportunities to youth and adults.We do this through classes for youth and adults, lectures, performances, exhibitions, community dialogues, artist and educator trainings, and research.
UPCOMING CLASSES
by Alma Moyo in Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba & Genaro Ozuna in Afro-Dominican Palos/Gaga/Congos on our Services Page.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Caribe Negro for Haiti!
Saturday Feb. 6, 2010 from 7pm-3am.$20 with dance classes, $15 without.
@ The Bruckner Bar & Grill
1 Bruckner Blvd. Bronx, NY
Featuring Performances by:
Alma Moyo
Bryan Vargas & Ya Esta
VAYA
Zon del Barrio
Welfare Poets
Kalunga Neg Mawon
Paleros Dominicanos de Nueva York
Dance classes from 7-9pm by Genaro Ozuna & Julia Gutierrez-Rivera
Visual Artists/Vendors: Alta Berri, Raw Cotton Rags & More!
100% of proceeds benefit NYC based Haitian artists who lost families in the recent earthquake, and Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees/MUDHA.
For information: manuela@thelegacycircle.org, vivian.sostre@gmail.com, mamatingo@hotmail.com, 646-924-7187
See our listing in the daily news Viva Update!
http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2010/02/03/2010-02-03_latin_event_feb_39.html
Supplies will be donated via Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees/MUDHA
HAITIAN WOMEN FOR HAITIAN REFUGEES
335 Maple Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY (this is not a mailing address) (718) 735-4660
@ FLANBWAYAN HAITIAN LITERACY PROJECT
208 Parkside Ave, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, NY 11226 (718) 774-3037
A people's culture is their tool to defend themselves, build community, help each other, heal each other, and plant seeds for their children. Without a strong sense of who we are, we have no idea where we are headed.
photo by Dennis Flores

ph: 646-924-7187
manuela