Gert McMullin and Jada Harris of The NAMES Project Foundation share stories of serendipity that surround The AIDS Memorial Quilt.
The Taratibu Youth Association Steppers from the D.C. show off powerful footwork that sound out traditional African rhythms.
The Taratibu Youth Association creates a space for young performers interested in African and African American culture and history.
Through tours and demonstrations, faculty and students showed visitors that solar energy is a viable resource, not just for the future but also for today.
The interplay between the group’s vibrant rhythms and women’s chorus quickly proved irresistible to dancers
Willard and a team from MSU offered visitors the chance to milk a model cow and learn how thermal imaging can be used to pinpoint disease in livestock.
The Texas A&M University Water Project addresses potable water shortages by bringing students into the field to teach communities how to make ceramic point-of-use water filters.
In founding the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band, Othar Turner revitalized a style of country blues music integral to African American community life in the Mississippi Delta.
The Sweet Heaven Kings, an exhilarating brass ensemble, is made up of members of the United House of Prayer for All People in Anacostia
Gert McMullin is a living legend in AIDS Memorial Quilt lore for likely having touched nearly every single panel in it.
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