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A Crisis In Black Culture

Community Conversations bring together the general public to discuss pertinent cultural topics. Hosted by Homer Jackson, the process is informal and the audience is encouraged to dialogue on equal footing with our special guests.


Monday | February 17 | 6:30 p.m.
African American Museum in Philadelphia
701 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

 


A Crisis In Black Culture
In this special, African American History Month discussion, we will look at some of the problems facing the continuity and strength of Black culture, and their residual effects on the Black community. A central issue to be explored is the how the aesthetic, social and economic forces of commercial popular culture has caused a tailspin in Black culture in America and elsewhere.


Special Guests: Ewuare Osayande - writer/activist/educator, Naomi Roberson - youth advocate and programmer, Dr. Tony Montierio - W.E.B Du Bois scholar/educator, Bunmi Samuels - educator/dj/entrepreneur; Dr. Sonja Peterson-Lewis - social psychologist/ educator, Maida Odom - journalist/educator; Shantrelle Lewis - arts curator and others.

 

FREE admission, raffles, and refreshments.

Admission is FREE, but you must RSVP at rsvp@philajazzproject.org

 

Community Conversations are produced by the Philadelphia Jazz Project a sponsored program of the Painted Bride Art Center, with funding provided by The Wyncote Foundation.

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