Malcolm X legacy and our Community Development Today
1430 L St SE
Washington, DC 20003
USA
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.
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