Kuumba Programming Series

Bringing the best programs to your campus will soon be easier and faster for ABCC members. For several years now, one of the most important benefits afforded member institutions of ABCC has been the Kuumba Programming Series – our own non-profit service listing many of the world's best speakers, performers (including student performing groups from member campuses) and artists.

The Benefits

• Every one of the persons or groups on our roster has agreed to offer a substantial discount to our members


• The ABCC collects no funds for providing the service – saving member centers even more money than going through a for-profit speakers' bureau.
  

• If your center or campus has a choir, theatre group, spoken-word ensemble, dance group or other performing group, they can be listed as well.


• Your center can program your entire year of events from one source, because of the number, variety and high quality of speakers and performers available.

Now, the ABCC is making this service even more convenient and easier to use. The online version of the Kuumba Series will allow you to browse the many speakers and performers (including many new and exciting additions such as dancer Gesel Mason, poet Marc Marcel and others), contact them directly (no expensive middle-man), and plan your program quickly and easily.

You will be able to browse the list and read about each of the persons or groups and then make a selection. You will be guided to a form that will allow you to detail the date, venue and nature of the event. When you submit the form one copy will go directly to your selected speaker or performer, and another copy will go to the headquarters of the ABCC. The ABCC will verify that you are a member center and are eligible for discounts. The speaker or performer will respond to you directly and negotiate their appearance on your campus.

Speakers

Dr. Molefi Asante Professor of African American Studies Temple University

Amiri Baraka Poet and Playwright

Dr. Venise Berry Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Iowa

Ed Bullins Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Northeastern University

Dr. Bryan Carter Assistant Professor of Literature Central Missouri State University

Dr. Darlene Clark Hine Chair, Department of African American Studies Northwestern University

Dr. Bettye Collier-Thomas Professor of History Temple University

Charlene Gilbert Professor of Women and Gender Studies University of Toledo

Dr. Fred Hord Executive Director Association for Black Culture Centers

Freedom Speaks Poet

Dr. Maulana Karenga Professor of Black Studies California State University

Woodie King Jr. Founder New Federal Theatre

Bakari Kitwana Journalist and Activist

Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu Founder African American Images, Inc

Haki R. Madhubuti Founder and President Third World Press

Marc Marcel Poet

Gesel Mason Co-founder Mason/Rhynes Productions

Gregory Morrison Actor

Mwatabu Okantah Poet Muntu Kuntu Energy Ensemble

Dr. Teresa Reed Black Music Scholar

Dr. La Francis Rodgers-Rose Professor/Community Leader

A.J. Stovall Professor Rust College

Dr. Rosalyn Terborg-Penn Professor Emerita Morgan State University

Askia Toure Poet

 

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