Culture Restoration Project, Inc.

Culture Restoration Project, Inc. CRP, Inc. is a provider of culturally competent and responsive programs and services from an African and Indigenous centered perspective.

Free concert today at the Urban Artist Exchange at 1509 Clifford Brown Walk. Come out and see our program Director Rich...
06/17/2026

Free concert today at the Urban Artist Exchange at 1509 Clifford Brown Walk. Come out and see our program Director Richard Raw and his band. The show starts at 7:00 p.m. Free and open to all ages.

The renovation for Culture Restoration Project, Inc.’s Culture Center has begun as of June 3, 2026! We are doing a full ...
06/13/2026

The renovation for Culture Restoration Project, Inc.’s Culture Center has begun as of June 3, 2026! We are doing a full interior gut and complete renovation.

We are excited for the future! More info and updates to come! If you want to support the culture center, please donate here - www.crpde.org/movecultureforward

06/01/2026

Check out the music video for the song FAMILY featuring students from with support from !! The full music video is on our YouTube page Beyond Those Bars.

05/29/2026

Beyond Those Bars is where we turn the classroom into a recording studio. They were laser focused and delivered!!

We are in the process of opening registration for our Men’s Sankofa Rites of Passage Initiative! Visit our website for ...
05/26/2026

We are in the process of opening registration for our Men’s Sankofa Rites of Passage Initiative! Visit our website for more Info, inbox us if your interested.

05/25/2026

Our watoto singing their hearts out to Michael Jackson!!

Culture Restoration Project, Inc. sends our condolences to the family and loved ones of former Wilmington Mayor Mike Pur...
05/22/2026

Culture Restoration Project, Inc. sends our condolences to the family and loved ones of former Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki, who passed away on May 19, 2026, at the age of 80.

Our relationship with Mayor Purzycki was real and at times, complicated. We sat with him more than once, pushed back on policies, and advocated for our communities. We didn't always agree. But he made space for those conversations and he never stopped us from coming to the table.

And in those interactions, real impact was made. He funded our programs which ultimately helped to more than double the amount of Wilmington youth we were able to serve. He understood and actually believed that Black and Brown children needed a Knowledge of Self, and that our communities needed more control over how our children are educated, even while acknowledging that as mayor, that power was not directly in his hands. We organized the permanent raising of the Pan-African flag in Peter Spencer Plaza under his administration. These things mean something and should be recognized.

We acknowledge Mayor Purzycki for the great impact he made on the City of Wilmington.

Congratulations to everyone who completed their first year of the Sankofa Rites of Passage Initiative (SROPI)! We are so...
05/21/2026

Congratulations to everyone who completed their first year of the Sankofa Rites of Passage Initiative (SROPI)! We are so proud of the men and women who walked through initiation, went through their Rites of Reincorporation and are now ready to serve community and guide the brothers and sisters who come next.

To the young men who matriculated through rites, some shown here and some not, your commitment is commendable. You showed up for yourselves and for each other, and we are all very proud of you.

Asante sana to our elders who supported this process and show up in their honorable positions with so much love and wisdom. We do not take that lightly.

Interested in joining, inbox us!!

Give thanks!

Enjoy the pics! (Emir Lake on 📸)

05/20/2026

Out BTB students at are shooting their music video!! Thanks to for supporting this project. Stay tuned!!

Culture Restoration Project is saddened by the news of the recent devastating fire at Mother African Union Church (The M...
05/20/2026

Culture Restoration Project is saddened by the news of the recent devastating fire at Mother African Union Church (The Motherland).

On the morning of May 17, 2026, fire consumed the building of Mother African Union Church, one of the most sacred and historically significant sites in Wilmington, Delaware. What burned was a monument to one of the most revolutionary acts in American history.

In 1813, a formerly enslaved man named Peter Spencer, born in bo***ge in Maryland, freed, and determined to be free in every sense of the word, refused to accept a church that would not allow Black people to govern themselves, choose their own preachers, or lead their own spiritual lives. So he walked out. And with approximately 40 others, he incorporated the Union Church of Africans, the *FIRST* independently incorporated African American church denomination in the United States.

That was a revolutionary act.

A year later, in 1814, Spencer organized the August Quarterly, a festival of faith, freedom, and African American solidarity that has run continuously for over 200 years. It was a defiant gathering born from community, culture, and the right to assemble freely, while slavery was still the law of the land.

That was also a revolutionary act.

For generations, Mother African Union Church has been a living archive of our people's courage, tied to the Underground Railroad, to the Civil Rights era, and to the everyday work of keeping culture alive.

From Kwanzaa celebrations and camps to The Spencer Freedom School, to The Peter Spencer Heritage Hallway, to being a community hub, and all the cultural education, history preservation and self-affirming programming of the Peter Spencer Family Life Foundation, Mother Church has been an indispensable cultural institution in our community. They are part of the foundation from which CRP, Inc. has grown.

Culture Restoration Project stands with the Motherland Nation and the entire Wilmington community in mourning this loss and in affirming that the spirit Peter Spencer ignited in 1813 cannot be extinguished by any fire.

We love you, Mother African Union. The work continues.

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Wilmington, DE
19899

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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(302) 440-3277

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