Sankofa: Honoring Our Stories

Sankofa: Honoring Our Stories. Join us for this fun-filled community event to celebrating Black History Month with a Virtual Marketplace, Panel Discussion and presentation of an Oral History project amplifying the Black History of South Orange. In partnership with South Orange Village Center Alliance and Good Crowd Events, Sankofa features a variety of vendors comprised of small black-owned businesses, artists and artisans. Agenda 12:00p Welcome & Opening Ritual 12:30p Keynote Speaker 1:00p Panel Discussion w/Q&A 2:00p Healing Workshops: • Our Men • Our Youth • Our Allies • Our Wombs 3:00p Community Discussion 3:30p Performance 3:45p Closing The Panel Discussion: "The Art of Healing" Inspired by former South Orange resident, Eva Woolridge's photo series "The Size of a Grapefruit," currently installed at the South Orange Performing Arts Center, The Art of Healing seeks to offer an inclusive, safe, and engaging space to examine and give voice to the disparities, medical negligence, and micro-aggressions that exist for Black Women in their reproductive experiences that are often left unspoken and unaddressed. The Virtual Vendor Marketplace - As you are aware we all have suffered some great losses during COVID 19. Financial loss to our businesses has been the biggest challenge and figuring out ways to bounce back from the slow down of business. In an effort to support one of the goals of the event are to celebrate and support Entrepreneurs of color.