Here are a few updates from the Maryland Pan Afrikan Cooperative Coalition (MPACC) as we prepare to gather with our families and friends for the holiday season and gear up for Kwanzaa Week: On Saturday, December 14, the Senior Advocacy … Continue reading Pre-Kwanzaa and Kwanzaa Week Events in the Baltimore, Maryland Area from MPACC
“We broke into our regular programming” for a special tribute to Maze founder and leader Frankie Beverly, said Sis. Tomiko (Baltimore, Maryland), host of The R-evolution Is Black Love (Wednesdays at 3:00 PM Eastern Time, HandRadio, https://handradio.org). New Ancestor Frankie … Continue reading “The Revolution Is Black Love” Pays Tribute to Frankie Beverly
It is not often that the Cultural Community must endure the loss of three icons in the span of six days. That happened this week, when first Brazilian bossa nova and jazz-funk legend Sergio Mendes passed on to the Ancestors … Continue reading The Ancestors’ Call: Three Mighty Cultural Icons, James Earl Jones, Frankie Beverly, Sergio Mendes
The Wednesday, September 11 edition of “The R-evolution Is Black Love” features an interview with Baba Nati, proprietor of Everyone’s Place, located on North Avenue in the Penn-North neighborhood of West Baltimore. Everyone’s Place has been a staple of the … Continue reading “The R-evolution Is Black Love” Interviews Baba Nati of Everyone’s Place, Wednesday, September 11, 2024 on Hand Radio
The Wednesday, August 28 edition of “The R-Evolution Is Black Love” features Baba Coy Dunston, proprietor of Secrets of Nature in Washington, DC. Sis. Tomiko, host of “The R-Evolution Is Black Love”, interviewed him at his location about his introduction … Continue reading “The R-Evolution Is Black Love” features Health Food Proprietor Coy Dunston of Secrets of Nature (Washington, DC)
This Saturday marks the birthday of The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940), the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). All around the world, Afrikan People celebrate his birth … Continue reading Garvey Day 2024 in Various Parts of the Diaspora
UPDATE: A list of confirmed presenters has been added. See the updated flyer in this post for details. Black August is here. This is an important time of year for the Black Struggle and for Pan Afrikan Organizing, and … Continue reading “Black August” Black Women’s Defense Cooperative Town Hall Set for Saturday, August 24 at TNAT in East Baltimore (Updated)
The Maryland Pan Afrikan Cooperative Coalition (MPACC), in cooperation with Aging People in Prison Human Rights Campaign (APP-HRC), the George Jackson University (GJU) and the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC), will hold our first post-COVID Pan Afrikan Community Town Hall … Continue reading UPDATE: Maryland Pan Afrikan Town Hall Meeting Set for Saturday, July 13 in East Baltimore
One of the principal goals of the Maryland Pan Afrikan Cooperative Coalition (MPACC) is to facilitate our organizations supporting each other by supporting their events, or at least helping us all avoid conflicts between our events when possible. Beyond that, … Continue reading Several Pan Afrikan Community Events for Baltimore, Frederick and Washington, DC in June
The Maryland Council of Elders (MCOE) has sponsored African Liberation Day at Lafayette Square Park in West Baltimore for the last 6 years, having worked with Baba Charlie Dugger since 2018. Every year, African Liberation Day has grown in scope … Continue reading Maryland Council of Elders Announces African Liberation Day in Baltimore, May 25, 2024