Encuentro Diaspora Afro

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It is critical that the community hear from young people: what are young people’s experiences of racism and of Black/ Brown/ Tan divides?

Encuentro Diaspora Afro was created in 2004 to provide a vital space for Afro-Latinos and all people of African descent - exploring and embracing our complex and multiple socio-political identities across the US, and throughout the world Hermanas Exchanging Roots (HER) Project- HER provides a much-needed space for girls and young women of color to explore their similar and different national histories and embrace their diverse identities, and develop a strong sense of self –in community, which in turn builds self-confidence, encourages collaborations and fosters leadership skills. Sonia Pierre-Women’s Initiative-seeks to strengthen the identity of Women of African descent, placing special emphasis on women from Latin America and the Caribbean and generating relationship of solidarity among all women of color. Training, Community Gatherings and Alliance Building-We design and deliver training, organize community gatherings, make public presentations and engage in collaborative work on such issues as HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Justice, Domestic Violence and Immigration to name a few. The Community Gathering is especially important – often families do not allow questions of Black identity to come up at home, nor do families experience or adequately understand the identity struggles their children face in school. We engage with families and the community to explore racial and ethnic identity and how it is shaped – whether it’s laced with denial or pride, whether it comes from knowledge or lack of knowledge of one’s roots and history versus one’s skin color. What do they think we should do to promote racial healing? The Youth Dialogues propels vulnerable children to achieve success by strengthening their sense of self and their individual and community identity. Youth Dialogues provide a mechanism of support that recognizes what young people are experiencing. The Dialogue provides a space where families and communities can learn from their children and find ways to support their self-identification and anti-racist endeavors. Afro-Latinos can be uniquely positioned to cut through normative notions of race, culture, and ethnicity. If Afro-Latinos are empowered, they can be effective leaders that promote and build cross-racial/ethnic alliances.

10/14/2026

Fuerza Panamá 🇵🇦

Lejos pero no ausentes!♥️🌹🙏🏿🇵🇦

10/14/2026

09/26/2026

Hello Community, our event this evening will be rescheduled for a future date due to the weather.

We will announce the new date soon. Stay safe everyone.

09/26/2026

Join us on Monday, October 5 for our reparations panel in the HTC.

Our panel of experts will be discussing reparations and restorative justice for the damages of enslavement, dispossession, and colonization of Africa. All are welcome! Tickets can be found in our bio🎫 afam_bu

09/24/2026

🗣️¡¡Te presentamos una nueva edición de nuestro boletín informativo acerca de territorios, alianzas e incidencia regional!!

👥Esta edición está atravesada por la celebración de los 34 años de la RMAAD y el 25 de julio, Día Internacional de las Mujeres Afrolatinoamericanas, Afrocaribeñas y de la Diáspora. Además se comparten experiencias impulsadas desde Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Brasil, Perú y otros territorios de la región, junto con la participación de la RMAAD en espacios internacionales y regionales vinculados con Naciones Unidas, la OEA, la política exterior feminista y la agenda de población y desarrollo.

☀️Conoce este trabajo, visitando nuestra página web: https://mujeresafro.org/boletin2daedicion/

09/21/2026

We are excited to be in community this Saturday, September 26th, 2026 for CROWN VIBES, our last gathering for the Somos Negras Series: Black Women of the Global Context.
Calling Artists and Performers of the African Diaspora and Community to share their Poetry, Spoken Word, Storytelling and Song, Centering Global Unity.

💐The evening will open with words by Baba Awo Alakisa (Dr. Tony Van der Meer) on the concept of Ori, our Crown.

🎤Filling the space with words are featured Poets Vanessa Silva, Keith Jones, Dexter “The Poet”, and Nika Nilanjo Hollingsworth.

Vanessa Silva is a first-generation Cabo-Verdean American from Boston. Her creative practice, rooted in Afrofuturism and liberation, includes published poetry in Black Fire—This Time, Volume 2, collaborations with Black Arts Movement pioneers, and film narration.

Keith Jones is the author of the poetry collections Echo’s Errand and the recently released Las Palmas, In a House No Longer There, blue lake of tensile fire, shorn ellipses, the lucid upward ladder, Fugue Meadow, and Surface to Air, Residuals of Basquiat.

Dexter The Poet is a Boston-based poet, photographer, educator, and community arts organizer whose work explores love, identity, and social consciousness.

Nika L. Hollingsworth is a Boston-based poet, fashion designer, and non-profit founder who creates multimedia poetry collections combining written verse with original musical rhythms.

Musical Sounds by The Danilo Andres Quartet, a fusion group with roots in Latin music, funk, R&B, and jazz. They have played at a variety of events, such as the Panama Jazz Festival, The Boston Youth Festival, The Muze Gala, Piers Park, Cinemarina, and many more.
Members of the Quartet are Berklee College of Music students.

Grounding us in our roots is Percussionist Lucas Maylin. Young Panamanian drummer, producer, and Berklee College of Music Presidential Scholarship Recipient.

Adding to this evening of Global Unity is The Crown Stories Exhibit by Apoukissi (Yvette Modestin).

Address

31 Heath Street
Boston, MA
02130

Website

http://www.diasporaafro.org/, http://diasporaafro.blogspot.com/

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