After Angelo Event at Jamestown
Sat, Feb 29
|Jamestown Settlement
Looking to celebrate leap year in a memorable way? Trying to be on the air of WHRO? Wondering how people are living their best life in honor of Africans in the Americas? Attend an Atumpan Live! Saturday, February 29, 2020 at Jamestown Settlement to find out.
Time & Location
Feb 29, 2020, 11:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Jamestown Settlement, 2110 Jamestown Rd, Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA
About the event
Festivities begin at 11 a.m. with a traditional African Libation by Corey Staten of Atumpan Edutainment and a performance by Atumpan Dance Theatre. The rest of the day will be filled with music, song, storytelling, face painting, crafts and games for the whole family.
Atumpan Dance Theatre is providing free cultural face painting at their photo booth.
3 p.m., join Barbara Hamm Lee, host of WHRO/WHRV’s “Another View,” a weekly call-in radio talk show that discusses today’s topics from an African American perspective, for a panel discussion and audience talk-back on “Talking about Race in Mixed Race Spaces.” This topic resonates in museums, schools, workplaces, and on social media. Join the conversation as we examine how to engage about race in ways that further understanding, whether in the context of history or the modern day.
Throughout the day, space will be available for local organizations promoting and empowering the Black…