Calendar
Malcolm X week event organized by Senghor Baye and Abena Disroe Friday May 18th 6:30 pm to 9:30pm Capital Hill Rec Center-Hopkins Apartments 1430 L St SE Wash. DC Director Abena Disroe of the Residents Council and Activist Senghor Baye Are the Organizers for the Malcolm X Week Committee
Planed timeline:
Welcome 6:30 pm
Libations 6:40 pm
Hopkins Rec Center 6:50 pm
Malcolm X Week 2018 7:00 pm
Drumming and Poetry 7:10 pm
Introduction of Panelist 7:20
7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Panel Discussion
9:00 Questions and Answers
9:25 pm Closing Drumming
Abena Disroe will share details on the Sustainable Development Project of the Youth being implemented Saturday May 5th and details of he Poetry Workshop with resident youths. We also may have some light Drumming by community members.
There will be a Panel Discussion on Malcolm’s Legacy and Current Community Development and Self Reliant Empowerment Moderated by Senghor Baye Confirmed Panelist
1) Abena Disroe Director of Hopkins Resident Council
2) Imotep Asia’s Fatiu Co-founder and Executive Director of the Urban Youth Initiative Project. He is a Co-founder and lead facilitator of the African Awareness and Critical Thinking Study Class. Also he is a Community organizer, social reformer and self prescribed UrBan Philosopher. Author of 4 books and leader of the PLM (Pan African Liberation Movement in Baltimore, Maryland.
3) Rafiki Morris Pan African Activist and Established Cultural Artist. He is a well know longtime activist and works with Abena Disroe as a Consultant he community organizing.
4) BaBa Mosi Matsemilla President of the Woodson Banneker Jackson Bey Div of the UNIA-ACL of Washington DC. Also a member of the DC Council of Elders.
This Tribute to Malcolm X and Community Development will engage Hopkins Residents youth , their parents and the community in the basic history, legacy and contributions of Malcolm X and the relevance in self reliance in building, maintaining and community and self development today.
Malcolm X Celebrations Return to Washington, DC
Longest-running commemoration of Malcolm X in the world features events addressing the most critical issues facing urban communities today.
What do Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Go-Go music giants like EU and Rare Essence, rappers Public Enemy and the late activist and comedian Dick Gregory have in common? They have all appeared at one of the historic Malcolm X Celebrations and events attended by up to 50,000 people held in Southeast Washington, DC from 1972 to 1995 annually in Washington, DC. This May 14-20, 2018, Malcolm X, el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, is being commemorated at a series of events in Washington, DC, addressing the most pressing issues facing urban communities today.
On May 19, 2018, the actual date of Malcolm X’s birthday (he would have been 93) a host of local and national speakers and artists will celebrate his legacy at the Community Market Place, 1225 W Street, SE from 12noon to 6pm. Invited speakers include Rev. Willie Wilson, A. Peter Bailey, Al Sharpton, Ron Moten, Denise Rolark Barnes, Imam Johari Abdul Malik and Black Lives Matter activists. Go-go legends EU, featuring Sugar Bear, The Union Temple Men’s Choir, Melvin Deal African Heritage Dancers & Drummers, Horu Music Experience, Malcolm X Drummers & Dancers, Poet Kenny Carroll, Konshens the MC and a surprise guest will also motivate, educate, entertain and inspire at this event.
Former Congressional staffer and Malcolm X Week Co-Founder, Charles Stephenson says, “If Malcolm X were alive today to witness the daily assaults on Black communities and other people of color, he would not be sitting and watching – he would be educating and mobilizing, inspiring the masses to get woke, stay informed and work for positive change and justice. We feel Malcolm’s messages are as important and relevant today as they ever were before.”
For more information, check out www.malcolmxday.org. On facebook, go to @malcolmxdaydc2018; on twitter,@malcolmxdaydc or call 202-621-8549. Donate at https://www.gofundme.com/malcolm-x-day-2018
The MXDC was conducted in Southeast Washington, D.C. from 1972 to 1995 annually in May. This event could not have been done without the support of the United Black Fund and the cooperation from the City of Washington, DC. With this gathering in 2018, the MXDC will commemorate 23 years of this activity on its 46th anniversary.
D5 Creation