How can we use digital collaging to innovatively share our legacies? This event included a performance by researcher Erika Lively based on her pilgrimage to the site where her great-grandmother was a Black homesteader in the southeastern plains of Colorado during the late nineteenth century. SATURDAY - 1 - 5pm on Instagram Live. Twenty-four hours after their one-night stand, we'll follow a twosome who find themselves at the intersection of casual hookups, race, and gentrification. With hatred bubbling back to the surface, how are we teaching our children about justice and equity? Weeksville Wednesdays. The result is a psychopolitical meditation on Black America as a (de)territorialized subject. Since its emergence in 1838, when James Weeks — a free man — purchased land that would become one of the largest known independent Black communities in pre-Civil War America, Weeksville has represented a space of self-reliance, resourcefulness, transformation, collaboration, celebration, and liberation of Black persons in America. In this event highlighting our Public Training Workshop Series, participants discovered how to create authentic and vulnerable connections between listening and storytelling. In this workshop, learn tips for preserving precious photographs stored on your social media accounts. For September, we centered Black lifegivers and affirmed that Black mamas indeed matter. Inspired by the autonomy of the Black 19th century historic Weeksville community and the resilience of the 1960s activists and local historians who rediscovered it, we keep this legacy alive and vibrant for future generations. Tours are now offered at 2pm and 4pm! WEEKSVILLE HERITAGE CENTER As part of “Meals As Collective Memory” — a month of events celebrating Brooklyn’s Black-owned restaurants and diasporic food culture — we partnered with the Weeksville Heritage Center for a community workshop on … Panelists included Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens, artist Doreen Garner, and activist Jewel Cadet. Jessica Lynne, editor of ARTS.BLACK,  was in conversation with DeForrest Brown, music theorist and writer behind Absent Personae, an ambient multi-media project giving sound to the Black experience. Participants in this very special Weeksville Wednesday got to participate in a Visibility Pack Learning Lab, fostering a discussion about inclusivity and empowerment. From July 12 through September 28, we presented “From Africa To Weeksville: The Eric Edwards Collection,” an exhibition of rare artifacts on loan from The Cultural Museum of African Art, The Eric Edwards Collection, one of the largest collections of African art in the United States amassed by an African American. Weeksville Heritage Center’s The Legacy Project stands for the freedom and right to know, document, and defend one’s own history. In what ways are we honoring our children's queerness or our own? Intertwining the struggles of the Diaspora and Africa, "Footprints of Pan-Africanism" remembers these powerful bonds that were so crucial for this era to the center of its work. Moderated by Monica Montgomery Nyathi, Strategic Director of Museum Hue, the evening celebrated our wins, calling upon our ancestral mothers, healing, and good ol' fashioned girl talk. Today, its all about Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat. The evening was moderated by scholar Nicole Ivy. Archival interns gain experience managing and processing archival materials in various formats. Posted @withregram • @leagueofwomenvoters Voter registration is more important than ever, as COVID-19 has changed the landscape of our elections this year. What does Black motherhood look like in 2018? A community conversation about love, relationships, and sex led by Life With JRDN of Dating in NYC podcast to followed immediately the screening. Juneteenth Celebration at Weeksville. In this workshop, led by Weeksville's Oral History Manager Obden Mondesir, participants learned how to move into the future of archiving. The Legacy Project internships are offered to four students per year and follow an academic semester cycle. What tools are needed to support and mold a radical Black child? Panelists included noted journalist Richardine Bartree, editor in chief of okayplayer.com and OkayAfrica.com Rachel Hislop, accomplished media professional Tiara Hargave, DJ/Producer Twelve45, Columbia Records' Digital Marketing Director Danielle McDowell, and Sony Music's International Marketing Manager Chanel Auguste. Join our mailing list to learn about upcoming events, exhibitions and programs. 5,402 were here. Join our mailing list to learn about upcoming events, exhibitions and programs. In alignment with our commitment to providing a convening place and sanctuary for residents of Central Brooklyn, our doors remain open each Wednesday with extended hours as we host local organizations and Black creatives who are leading community organizing efforts, providing much-needed services, or outlets for artistic expression in our community. Passed from covid complications), 1:30 - 2:15pm - Mental + Spiritual Wellness w: Herbs workshop by Amber The Alchemist, 3:00 - 3:45pm - Food Security in the time of Covid-19, 2 - 3:00pm: Food Demo w: chef Klancy Miller, 3 - 4:30pm: Afternoon Kids Screening of "Hair Love" + "Kirikou + The Sorceress".

Presented as part of SafeWordSociety's CREATE COLLAB VYBE Workshop Series. 74 Likes, 6 Comments - Weeksville Heritage Center (@weeksvilleheritagecenter) on Instagram: “Join us next week for an online genealogy training, the third of the Research Refracted series that…” 9,228 Followers, 1,019 Following, 806 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Weeksville Heritage Center (@weeksvilleheritagecenter) In this workshop led by visual artist Elise Peterson we learned how to make thoughtful, practical, and artistic collages that reconstruct personal and family memories while taking into consideration concepts such as balance, composition and art direction.

The evening pictured above was moderated by Janelle Naomi. The evening opened with two shorts from Black Film Space. They work to spotlight members and allies of our community to ensure that authentic narratives reach even the most vulnerable among us. This intergenerational community conversation honored the women that have come before us, who we are today, and the ones yet to be born. 5,884 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos taken at ‘Weeksville Heritage Center’ Gone are the days of photo albums. 61 Likes, 1 Comments - Weeksville Heritage Center (@weeksvilleheritagecenter) on Instagram: “#tbt Here’s a flyer for the #Weeksville Kwanzaa Festival that took place at #weeksvillegardens…” This intergenerational community gathering was anchored by an incredible short film, “Black Men Dream,” by Shikeith Cathey. Weeksville Heritage Center's programming lives at the intersection of history, art, and culture. In honor of our exhibition, "From Africa to Weeksville: The Eric Edwards Collection", we presented this film in collaboration with the New York African Film Festival as part of their 25th Anniversary season. Learn more about the community of Weeksville, Brooklyn and its themes of emancipation, entrepreneurship, and empowerment resonate today. Brooklyn-based writer Ashley Simpo's story on Huffington Post about co-mothering with her best friend inspired this event and we were elated to have her moderate the evening's community conversation. On Wednesday evenings, the Take Action Center invited community leaders to host a teach in geared around three themes: emancipation, entrepreneurship, & empowerment with the goal of transforming bystanders to upstanders. Through our public programming, public training, and internship program for students of color, we offer intentional and inviting spaces to explore the personal, familial, and communal layers of this legacy as well as of your own. Work with our Oral History Manager Obden Mondesir to draft a plan to implement these te The exhibition highlighted the history and background on artifacts from 17 countries on the African continent and, through its narrative and programmatic extensions, drew explicit connections between the cultural practices of those countries and the people, both free and formerly enslaved, who built the community of historic Weeksville.