
Enjoy a day at the Burial Ground filled with family-friendly educational activities, spoken word, performances, and workshops observing the principles of Kwanzaa.
See day-long schedule of activities below:
11:00AM – Opening remarks, libation, prayer, and Kinara lighting
Performances
11:30AM – Performance and Drum by CUMBE
12:30PM – KUMBA Water by Siren of the Rainforest
1:30PM – Around the World Dance by FUSHA Dance
2:30PM – Spiritual and African Presentation by Uptown Dance Academy
3:30PM – Unity in the Community by Eclectic Butterfly Theatre
4:30PM – Harriet Tubman Herself by Christina Dixon
Workshops
1-3PM – Djembe
1-3PM – Beading
1-3PM – Gourd Bead
All day
Making Your African Person: REUNITY, REUNION, a sustainable craft workshop.
Exhibit “An Ancestral tribute to the Principles of Kwanzaa” by Dr. Gene Peters.
Spoken word, lectures, stepping and singing.