43rd Annual International African Arts Festival

Brooklyn's prodigal son will be participating in this year's 43rd annual International African Arts Festival, located at Commodore Barry Park in BROOKLYN, NYC!!  I will have a table in their Sankofa section, selling copies of all three of my book titles, along with a fellow comrade and author, Robert Oriyama'at selling copies of his book "Heaven O Hell: Black Omen".

This will be my first MAJOR event to vend at, and I am very excited.  I've always attended the IAAF, and always loved it every time I went.  I would always meet so many different people and entrepreneurs there.  Their products were always well worth the purchase, and have always valued everything I've ever bought from there.  It will now be my greatest honor to be a part of this festival as a vendor.

International African Arts Festival will be held from July 3-6, 2014, located at Commodore Barry Park on Navy Street.  The festival will run from 10am to 9pm all four days.  For more information, please go to their website at www.iaafestival.org, or email the organizers at info@iaafestival.org.

Hope to see you all there!  SPREAD THE WORD!!!!!

Afro Latino Festival NYC 2014

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!!!!

Brooklyn's prodigal son will be RETURNING for the SECOND annual Festival AfroLatino NYC!  It was such an honor for me to be asked to participate in the inaugural festival last year, and I am SO pleased to be asked to return!  PLEASE spread the word, and COME OUT AND SUPPORT!!!

Saturday, June 28, 2014
12pm to 6pm
Brooklyn, NYC
[Ocean Ave and Prospect Pl, by Parkside Avenue "Q" train entrance.]

 BE THERE!!!!!

Proyecto Mas Color: Media campaign for inclusion

I feel SO fortunate when I am able to come across fellow Afro Latin@s that are doing their thing as far as representing four our people, and fighting to create change!  I came across this, and befriended the hermanita (and her sister) who are behind this campaign.

Victoria Arzu is a young Afro Latina fighting for our equal representation on the "Big Two" Spanish-language networks here in the United States; Univision and Telemundo.  She has taken her campaign viral, called Proyecto Mas Color (Project: More Color!)' and also has a petition set up on Change.org to fight against this under-representation of Latinos of Color, specifically Afro Latinos, on the 'Big Two' channels.

Here is the encompassing video to help support their campaign:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoynWkeColI

PLEASE help to spread the word, and support their campaign.  If you are on Facebook, please like their page, and share their video throughout your various social networks.  Also, don't forget to sign their petition in Change.org.

Keep the fist raised!!!

Abdias Nascimento Series: Political Resistance, Art, and the Sacred

Continuing the series on the influence of Abdias Nascimento, brought to you by the Afrolatin@ Project/Proyecto Afrolatin@ and the Caribbean Cultural Center and African Diaspora Institute (CCCDAI), this latest discussion will be held:

June 13, 2104
Aaron Davis Hall/ City College of New York
160 Convent Avenue
6:30pm to 8:30pm

FREE and open to the public

Afro/Latino Magazine Parade & Festival 2014

Reading, PA stand up!!!!

Afro/Latino Magazine Parade & Festival
June 14, 2014
@ the American Legion
237 N. 3rd Street
Reading, PA 19601

Looking forward to actually attending this event this year!  This will be my first time coming out to support.  Will be rolling with two of my comrades, my fellow scribes.  Won't be vending, but I just wanted to come out and support.  :)

Hope to see you there!!