Happy and joyous holiday wishes to all!
All of us at the Global Education Center are bidding farewell to 2021 and our 25th year of arts programming that reflects the diversity of our ever-growing community with a spirit of gratitude, a sense of hope, and a deep, abiding love for every member of our Global family, and that includes YOU! Many of you have been with us throughout our journey from classrooms to detention centers to libraries to community centers to city and state parks, festivals, and beyond as we spread our message of oneness and connection. We appreciate each and every one of you, and we hope that we can all pull together to make 2022 a blessed, nurturing, supportive, and joyous year for ALL - and a creative launch to our second quarter century!!!
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What's Global serving up in January?
Our Black Arts in America program continues with a fun Jamaican weekend, January 14 - 15. We welcome Jamaican poet Keisha-Gaye Anderson for a reading on January 14 at 7 pm, which will be virtual on our Facebook page, and a virtual writing workshop on Saturday, January 15 from 10 am to 12 pm. Check out Keisha-Gaye's amazing talents here
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Also happening on January 15 at 4:30 pm at the Global Education Center is another Discussion on Music of Oppression and Survival, curated and presented by Uzoma Miller who will be taking us on a journey through Reggae, R & B, Hip Hop and Rap. Later that evening, we will be joined by Chinese Connection Dub Embassy, the amazing Reggae duo from Memphis who will be rocking the house with the Roots of Reggae!
But that's not all! Join us for the discussion and concert with a fantastic community meal sandwiched in between - but you won't be getting a sandwich, you will be getting an amazing Caribbean meal catered by our delicious neighbors at The Pepper Pott.
The poetry reading is free, although donations are graciously accepted and can be made here.
Register for the writing workshop here.
To register for the discussion, the community meal, and the concert, sign-up here.
Special thanks to Vanderbilt Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies; HCA Healthcare/TriStar Health; Metro Human Relations Commission; Black Lives Matter Nashville; and Humanities Tennessee, an independent affiliate of National Endowment for the Humanities, for their support of this portion of Black Arts in America, and to ABAHAC, Inc. for their general support of our programs.
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More exciting news!
Our Black Arts in America project received a generous grant of $7,500 from the Robert K. and Anne H. Zelle Fund for Fine and Performing Arts of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. This funding will support the four-day Black Dance Festival scheduled for April 28 through May 1, 2022, including a day specifically for middle school and high school students as well as four days of workshops, films, dialogues, socials, and performances featuring dances of the Afro Latin Diaspora.
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And some more exciting news
Through partial funding from Humanities Tennessee, an independent affiliate of National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative, we are launching Indigenous Voices, a full year of programming in the literary, visual and performing arts by members of our Indigenous communities here in Tennessee. We are very excited to give voice to Indigenous creatives who are often left out of mainstream arts programming in our area, although they have extensive, beautiful, and culturally unique traditions happening within their own communities. Stay tuned for an exciting schedule of programming throughout 2022!
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Thank you to all of our sponsors and supportive friends. There is still time to remember Global in your year-end giving! Gifts of any amount are always appreciated! And remember, you can support ALL of the arts in Tennessee with a specialty license plate!!!
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