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Workshop: E-zine Digital Marketing – August 12, 2023

Artists, creatives and entrepreneurs looking to improve their marketing skills will learn E-zineContinue readingWorkshop: E-zine Digital Marketing – August 12, 2023

Pasadena City Hall Front Facade On Garfield Avenue

AXUM CREATIVE PHOTO WALK 10.30.21

OCT 30, 2021 3:00-5:00PM Meets @ Pasadena City Hall Sign up required AboutContinue readingAXUM CREATIVE PHOTO WALK 10.30.21

Diane Robertson Executive Producer of Leimert Park Jazz Festival 1

Diane Robertson, Executive Producer, Leimert Park Jazz Festival

I am really excited about this festival. I do think it’s going to be one of several music events bringing people together that’s going to be a part of our community collective healing. … Continue readingDiane Robertson, Executive Producer, Leimert Park Jazz Festival

Pop Diouf gewel Master Drummer Teacher in Los Angeles

Pop Diouf Gewel, Master Teacher, Drummer of Balle Fette Bu Senegal

So when I came here, I started the class with Queen Aminah. At that time, the class was with two or three people, and I kept doing it and kept doing it and kept doing it until we could not fit inside and went outside. … Continue readingPop Diouf Gewel, Master Teacher, Drummer of Balle Fette Bu Senegal

Marcus Bedford Author and Illustrator of Niggerable Offense

Marcus Bedford Niggerable Offense Author Invites Us to Self Reflect

The book is about how we, as Black people in America, how we disrespect our own culture, and it really makes us look bad in front of other people. … Continue readingMarcus Bedford Niggerable Offense Author Invites Us to Self Reflect

Subira James Kiuruwi owner of Jamani Clothing Co

Subira James Kiuruwi Fashion Designer, Owner of Jamani Clothing Co

I think when you’re on the mainstream like a Louis Vuitton, it’s only so much you can do to speak to the African heritage. … Continue readingSubira James Kiuruwi Fashion Designer, Owner of Jamani Clothing Co

Propfit Levi wearing hat sits in sun on mat in Leimert Park

Propfit Levi A Reminder Of Our Old Selves

But I am not just an artist, more like you and I bredren, I am a regular old brotha, surviving, and living and enjoying I being in this realm … Continue readingPropfit Levi A Reminder Of Our Old Selves

Brittany Alas and Raisa Simon Owners of The Daily Herb Co in Leimert Park Village Los Angeles CA

Brittany Alas and Raisa Simon Owners of The Daily Herb Co Offer The Greatest Gift To The Community; Healing.

We are appreciated for what we have here, what we sell. People come and support. Even if they don’t purchase, they come and support. They talk, they gain knowledge. … Continue readingBrittany Alas and Raisa Simon Owners of The Daily Herb Co Offer The Greatest Gift To The Community; Healing.

Myson Way Graphic Novelist Creator of Heroes of the New School

Myson Way Graphic Novelist, Creator of Heroes of the New School

I saw a need to promote certain images that weren’t promoted as much. Now I grew up in a time as a kid during the ’90s when the original Black age of comics had occurred. … Continue readingMyson Way Graphic Novelist, Creator of Heroes of the New School