PRESS RELEASE
Media Contact: For immediate release
Sonya White Hope, Executive Director February 6, 2024
617.721.0866
Sankofa Songs Presents
SANKOFA STORIES:
Lessons from Boston’s Iconic Africentric Music Educators
What: Sankofa Songs winter panel discussion, free & open to the public
Where: Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library, 149 Dudley St., Boston, MA
When: Tuesday February 20, 2024, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Who: Music and arts teachers & administrators, teaching artists, after school & out-of-school music teachers, college music education students & faculty, parents, and other interested persons
Boston, Massachusetts: Join esteemed guests and community members for Sankofa Songs winter panel Sankofa Stories: Lessons from Boston’s Iconic Africentric Music Educators. Learn about the Africentric music education paradigm, a uniquely American approach to teaching and learning in the arts. Expert practitioners will introduce participants to the mindsets, intentions, relationship building strategies, and methods of notable Africentric music educators from Boston and beyond. Panelists will unpack the four pillars of the Africentric Music Education Framework in historical and contemporary contexts. Participants will have the opportunity to join the discussion.
Africentric arts education is for everyone; teachers and students of all races, ethnicities, and cultures can learn and benefit from these unique Africa-descended peoples’ practices. Engaging the Africentric arts education paradigm expands contemporary notions of multiculturalism, diversity-equity-inclusion (DEI), and socio-emotional learning (SEL). It motivates students and inspires teachers. Participants attending Sankofa Stories will gain insight into tried-and-true approaches that lead to ‘pedagogy in the key of humanity.’
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About Sankofa Songs
Sankofa Songs! Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization. Our mission is to cultivate exceptional Africentric arts education practice. We accomplish our mandate by nurturing community among aspiring and experienced Africentric arts educators, providing professional development, producing events, spearheading research, and developing pedagogical tools that support K-12 arts educators and their instruction. To learn more about us and our work, visit https://www.sankofasongs.org.
Media Contact
Sonya White Hope, Executive Director
617.721.0866
For press inquiries, please email swhitehope@sankofasongs.org