Black Arts and Culture Festival

Organized by Elena Mosley

Sankofa presents The State of Black Museums

Elena Mosley is the founding member and current Director of Operation Unite Education and Cultural Arts Center, a not-for-profit that provides programs for youth and community members in her community of Hudson. She also founded the Kuumba Dance and Drum Academy. The Kuumba Dance and Drum program offers a variety of African music and dance classes, as well as performance opportunities for all ages.

Black Museums Panel Participants:
Elijah Heyward III
COO of International African American Museum

Jill Jones
James Weldon Johnson Foundation

Moderator: James Powell
The Tent

Sankofa Community Service Awards Recipients:
Honorable Kamal Johnson
Ida Pearl Cross
Brenda Blanks
Emma Gregory
Annette Perry

The Hot Topics Series of The Hudson Eye 2020 was made possible via a Relief Grant from Humanities New York.