Activity Summary
AUGUST 2013:HOSTED THE MARCUS GARVEY 126TH CULTURAL EXTRAVAGANZA AND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT AT JOSEPH C. CARTER PARK IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA. SPECIAL GUESTS ARE BABA WILLIE “MUKASA” RICKS AND PROFESSOR LEONARD JEFFRIES
AUGUST 2012:STAGED THE MARCUS GARVEY 125TH CULTURAL EXTRAVAGANZA AND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT AT JOSEPH C. CARTER PARK IN FORT LAUDERDALE. SPECIAL GUEST IS RUNOKO RASHIDI.
NOVEMBER 2011: PARTICIPATED IN THE OFFICIAL CLOSING EVENT FOR THE ‘DISCOVERING RASTAFARI’ EXHIBITION AT THE SMITHSONIAN’S NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
AUGUST 2011:HOSTED A 2-DAY MARCUS GARVEY 124TH CULTURAL EXTRAVAGANZA AND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: AN ART & CRAFT EXHIBITION AND AN EVENING WITH THE FAMILY OF HEROES IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT AT JOSEPH C. CARTER PARK IN FORT LAUDERDALE; AND A GARVEY LECTURE/WORKSHOP AT THE MIRAMAR BRANCH LIBRARY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY LIBRARY. SPECIAL GUESTS ARE DR. JULIUS GARVEY AND DR. UMAR JOHNSON.
JUNE 2011: HOSTED A BLACK MUSIC HISTORY MONTH FUNDRAISING DANCE AT CAMP GREYNOLDS CAMP GROUND IN NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
FEBRUARY 2011:HOSTED “AFRICAN AWARENESS 101”, A BLACK HISTORY MONTH FUND-RAISING BANQUET AT THE WAREHOUSE IN LAUDERHILL. GUEST SPEAKER IS DR. UMAR JOHNSON.
DECEMBER 2010:ORGANIZED A FUNDRAISING CONCERT AT THE TUFF GONG MUSEUM IN KINGSTON IN AID OF THE HAILE SELASSIE HIGH SCHOOL
AUGUST 2010:STAGED THE MARCUS GARVEY 123RD CULTURAL EXTRAVAGANZA AND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT AT JOSEPH C. CARTER PARK IN FORT LAUDERDALE. THE GUEST SPEAKER IS DR. WILLIE MYLES AND THE KINAD MOBILE MUSEUM IS SHOWCASE
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AUGUST 2009:STAGED A 2-DAY MARCUS GARVEY 122nd CULTURAL EXTRAVAGANZA AND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT AT JOSEPH C. CARTER PARK IN FORT LAUDERDALE, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. SPECIAL GUESTS ARE BABA DUDLEY THOMPSON, RON BOBB-SEMPLE AND MZURI MOYO.
AUGUST 2008:STAGED MARCUS GARVEY 121ST BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY LIBRARY AND THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT AT JOSEPH C. CARTER PARK IN FORT LAUDERDALE, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. SPECIAL GUESTS ARE SENGHOR BAYE, HERU AND MOTHER MOSES.
APRIL 2008: PRESENTED AN AUDIO-VISUAL WORKSHOP ABOUT RASTAFARI CULTURE TO A CARIBBEAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION STATE CONFERENCE AT FLORIDA INTER-NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SOUTH CAMPUS.
MARCH 2008: PRESENTED A LECTURE ABOUT RASTAFARI LIFESTYLES AND CULTURE TO A RELIGION CLASS AT BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE PINES CENTER.
FEBRUARY 2008:PRESENTED A BLACK HISTORY MONTH LECTURE/WORKSHOP FOR TEACHING STAFF AT THE ROYAL PALM SCHOOL (ESE) IN LANTANA, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
FEBRUARY 2008:PRESENTED A PUBLIC BLACK HISTORY MONTH LECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA –ASHEVILLE (UNCA), IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, FOR THE STUDENT OFFICE OF MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS
NOVEMBER 2007:PRESENTED AUDIO-VISUAL LECTURE ABOUT RASTAFARIAN SPIRITUALITY TO RELIGION AND SOCIOLOGY STUDENTS AT BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN DAVIE, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
NOVEMBER 2007:PRESENTED LECTURE ABOUT CULTURAL LEGACY AT THE BI-ANNUAL STATE CONFERENCE OF THE FLORIDA CARIBBEAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, ORLANDO, FLORIDA
NOVEMBER 2007:PARTICIPATED IN THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE ‘DISCOVERING RASTAFARI’ EXHIBITION AND IN THE COMPILING OF INFORMATION AND ARTIFACTS FOR THE ONGOING EXHIBIT AT THE SMITHSONIAN’S NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
OCTOBER 2007: STAGED THE ‘REGGAE ON THE MOUNTAIN’ MUSIC AND CULTURE FESTIVAL AT THE BLACK MOUNTAIN 4-H CLUB IN SWANANNOA, NORTH CAROLINA
AUGUST 2007:ORGANIZED AND HOSTED A COMMUNITY UPDATE FORUM ABOUT THE ‘DISCOVERING RASTAFARI’ EXHIBIT FOR THE SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM’S DIRECTOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY, DR. JAKE HOMIAK, AT THE AFRICAN BOOKSTORE IN FORT LAUDERDALE, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
AUGUST 2007: STAGED MARCUS GARVEY 120TH BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY LIBRARY AND BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT BCC’S PERFORMING & CULTURAL ARTS CENTRE IN PEMBROKE PINES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. SPECIAL GUESTS ARE QUEEN MOTHER SYLVIA JORDAN AND PROFESSOR LEONARD JEFFRIES
AUGUST 2007:MOUNTED THE MONTH-LONG ‘MARCUS GARVEY PHOTO & ART’ EXHIBIT AT THE BROWARD COUNTY LIBRARY’S SOUTH REGIONAL/BCC BRANCH IN PEMBROKE PINES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
AUGUST 2007:HOSTED & PRESENTED THE ‘EMANCIPATION DAY FREEDOM FILM FESTIVAL’ IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESEARCH LIBRARY AT ITS CULTURAL CENTER ON SISTRUNK BOULEVARD IN FORT LAUDERDALE, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
APRIL 2007:HOSTED & PRESENTED THE ‘FLORIDA FREEDOM FILM FESTIVAL REWIND’ IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY LIBRARY AT THE ANNUAL PAN-AFRICAN BOOKFEST IN FORT LAUDERDALE, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
FEBRUARY 2007: HOSTED & PRESENTED THE ‘FIRST FLORIDA FREEDOM FILM FESTIVAL’ TO MARK BLACK HISTORY MONTH, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY LIBRARY AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, AT THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY CENTER, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
FEBRUARY 2007:PRESENTED A BLACK HISTORY MONTH LECTURE FOR THE CARIBBEAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA
FEBRUARY 2007:PRESENTED A BLACK HISTORY MONTH LECTURE FOR THE STUDENT OFFICE OF MULTI-CULTURAL AFFAIRS AT WARREN WILSON COLLEGE IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
DEC/OCT/SEP 2006:ORGANIZED AND HOSTED THE ‘KIDZ CULTURE CONNECTION’ EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR LESS PRIVILEGED YOUTHS (6-14) AT THE BROWARD COUNTY LIBRARY’S POMPANO BEACH BRANCH IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
AUGUST 2006:STAGED THE MARCUS GARVEY 119TH BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY LIBRARY AND BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT THE BCC DAVIE CAMPUS IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
APRIL 2006:STAGED A FREE CELEBRATION AT GREYNOLDS PARK IN MIAMI, DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN HONOR OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I’S 1966 STATE VISIT TO TRINIDAD, JAMAICA AND HAITI
APRIL 2006:ORGANIZED A RASTAFARI SYMPOSIUM FOR THE BROWARD COUNTY LIBRARY AS PART OF THE ANNUAL PAN-AFRICAN BOOKFEST, AT THE LIBRARY’S NORTH REGIONAL/BCC BRANCH IN COCONUT CREEK, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA
AUGUST 2005:HOSTED THE MARCUS GARVEY 118TH BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AT THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY CENTER IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. SPECIAL GUESTS ARE RAS MIGUEL LORNE, RAS CHARLES PRESCOTT AND CHARLES MILLS.
