Throughout the centuries, Blacks have endured the struggles of work, labor, stage performances, employment, and labor legalities in their lives. From enslaved Africans who worked for free and used music to endure to the main stages of today’s major opera houses, we still see labor practices that are unfair, unjust, and discriminatory toward Black people. Based on the 2025 Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s (ASALH) annual theme, the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts’ (CAAPA) experts explore Music and Black Labor, featuring moderator Patrick D. McCoy and panelists Michele Cober, Grayland Snead, and Keenan McCarter.

This panel explores the role of nature in urban life and the intersection of architecture and community engagement. Panelists will discuss the impact of green infrastructure design on the wellbeing and health of communities and share insights learned from people-centric approaches, highlighting the crucial role that the arts have played in shaping their work. Panelists include Craig Dykers, Brenda Richardson, Benita Hussain, and Irfana Jetha Noorani.

Join Culture Caucus member Miss Chief Rocka for an evening of presentations, panel discussions, and conversations with local artists, scientists and institutes to learn more about the shared creative essence and the intersections between art and science. 

Honouring Indigenous Peoples Day and The 50th Anniversary of HipHop Culture, This evening will feature movement workshops and exhibitions in Traditional First Nations Powwow Dance & Hip-Hop Dance by local DMV Indigenous and HipHop Dance Artists. Join us in celebration as we explore our connections to The Circle and celebrate our respective cultures through dance, songs and story telling.

Schedule for classes:

• 5:00 pm - Powwow Dance Workshop with Angela Gladue & Louis Campbell

• 6:30 pm - Cross Cultural Exchange and Exhibition Showcase with Dancers from the DMV Street dance community and DMV Powwow Dance community.

• 7:30 pm - HipHop Workshop with DMV Street Dance community

An esteemed panel of arts practitioners, scholars and thought leaders reckons with risk and necessity being essential components in activating the transformation of failing systems. During such unprecedented times, what will we risk in order to create again?

Refreshments and light fare will be available at this event.

Panelists:

Nehprii Amenii
Dael Orlandersmith
KenYatta Rogers
E. Gaynell Sherrod
La Marr Jurelle Bruce, Moderator

Music has been woven into the African American violent and non-violent experience through the generations as a way of coping,  adjusting, and embracing hope. Shannon King once wrote,  “Emmett Till was my George Floyd. He was my Rayshard Brooks, Sandra Bland and Breonna Taylor.” This panel will explore the musical influences and their social impact yesterday and today during the most explosive times of violence and non-violence in America. Produced by the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA), in partnership with ASALH Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the panel  features a music historian, social scientist, and musician, along with a noted moderator to help highlight ASALH’s national 2023 theme of Blacks and Non-Violence.

FREE

Presented by the Hurston/Wright Foundation

Moderated by Dr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman, this panel features local authors who share tips and strategies for publishing your work.

The Hurston/Wright Foundation provides services, support, and opportunities that mentor, recognize and provide a community for professional and aspiring Black writers. 

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Presented by the Prince George's County Human Trafficking Task Force

Join us for a virtual two-panel program to gain insights from experienced government officials on recent developments in US anti-trafficking policies and programs, and important international issues in the anti-trafficking field.

Speakers include officials from the Departments of Justice, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Labor, Survivor Leaders, and other agencies and organizations. Dr. Kari Johnstone, Acting Director of the State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, will deliver a Keynote.

A virtual program on the history of African Americans in Prince George’s County who were victims of racial terrorism.

In partnership with the Prince George’s Lynching Memorial Project’s Community Remembrance Committee, this program supports the outreach efforts to honor Thomas Juricks, a victim of a lynching in Piscataway, Maryland. Omar Eaton Martinez of Parks & Planning and Shemika Berry of the Accokeek Foundation will be part of the panel for this webinar event. 

The event will highlight the following:

1) Importance of oral history and remembering the trauma of racial terror despite efforts (historical and current)to erase that history.

2) Intersectionality of the African American and Native American experiences in Prince George's County.

3) Contemporary ways that people are remembering and honoring the victims of racial terror today (such as through Community Remembrance Projects)

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Join Emmy-winning director Sam Pollard and Dan Quart for a free movie screening of MLK/FBI! We'll be hosting a free movie screening and a panel featuring the director himself.

Our panel will be held Friday, 2/26 @ 6pm. RSVP required; all RSVPs will receive a link to stream MLK/FBI for free.

In early March, artists, community leaders, and law enforcement officials gathered in Washington to discuss Blue, a contemporary opera by Tazewell Thompson and Jeanine Tesori that explores race, policing, and reconciliation.

The opera's premiere at the Kennedy Center was later postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Washington National Opera is committed to staging Blue at a future date and we look forward to fostering more conversations that enable understanding and action.

Host: Timothy O'Leary, General Director of Washington National Opera | Moderator: Ronald E. Hampton, Former Executive Director of the National Black Police Association | Panelists: Tazewell Thompson, Director and Librettist of Blue Kenneth Kellogg, The Father in Blue Briana Hunter, The Mother in Blue Chief Peter Newsham, Metropolitan Police Department Frank Riley III, Retired Police Officer Monica Hopkins, Executive Director of the ACLU of the District of Columbia

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Panel discussion: The History of Stepping with Step Afrika.

CLICK HERE for event on M-NCPPC Facebook.

Hear directly from five physicians as they share their expertise on numerous aspects and implications of COVID-19.

About this Event

The College of Physicians is proud to bring together five of its distinguished physician Fellows for a timely and important discussion covering COVID-19.

Our panelists possess a wealth of experience, expertise, and first-hand knowledge on topics that range from the regional response to the crisis; the availability of PPE and testing; infectious diseases and nature of pandemics; the quest for a vaccine; and the future of physician practice.

Please submit your questions for our panelists at muttr.org/dispatchquestions by May 17.

*This event will be pre-recorded, a link to view the video will be sent to registered attendees on 5/21/2020. REGISTER HERE.

Featured Moderator:

George Wohlreich, MD, MA, DSc (Hon), FCPP, President & CEO, The Thomas W. Langfitt Chair, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Featured Panelists:

Hon. Valerie Arkoosh, MD, MPH, Chair, Montgomery County Board of Commissioners; Fellow, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Jack Ende, MD, MACP, Schaeffer Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Executive Medical Director of Penn Signature Services; Fellow, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Thomas Fekete, MD, MACP, Thomas Durant Chair, Department of Medicine, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University; Board Chair, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Priya E. Mammen, MD, MPH Emergency Physician; Public Health Consultant; Trustee, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia; Chair, College’s Section on Public Health and Preventive Medicine

Erin Narewski, DO, FCCP, Pulmonary and Critical Care physician, Assistant Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University; Fellow, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Whether you are a new graduate starting out in your career, recently unemployed because of pandemic-related shutdowns or someone who has been on the job hunt for a while, the post-pandemic job market will be unfamiliar terrain. New economic realities and the highest unemployment rate in generations have changed the landscape of getting hired. So, what will it take to master the new job hunt and land your next position?

Join Kojo Nnamdi and a panel of guests for a discussion of navigating the post-pandemic job market, including a look at the state of the local economy. Kojo and the panel will also answer your job search questions live — whether you’re wondering how to effectively revamp your resume, how to be competitive in a crowded candidate pool or what kind of positions will be available across the Washington region in the weeks and months ahead.

To participate, we ask that you pre-register by 3 p.m. on May 19 (yes, it is free, but donations are welcomed!). All registered participants will receive an email with instructions on how to connect to our virtual event on Zoom. Register at this link.

This event will be recorded and an edited version will be aired on The Kojo Nnamdi Show on Friday, May 22, 2020.

If you have questions, please contact us at events@wamu.org or connect with us on social media @kojoshow.

Human beings have long called on science to define concepts of sex and gender and used them to characterize, classify, and divide. On Friday, March 13, the Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine will host a Women's History Month event on Science, Sex, and Gender. Moderated by Harper Jean Tobin (National Center for Transgender Equality), a panel of experts will explore the role of science in evolving and expanding notions of sex and gender in a discussion that centers the lived experiences of transgender and intersex women.

Panelists include

• Harper Jean Tobin, National Center for Transgender Equality (Moderator)

• Moya Bailey, Northeastern University

• Katie Dalke, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute

• Tori Cooper, Human Rights Campaign

• Katrina Karkazis, Brooklyn College/Yale University

Three panelists discuss the impact music had on African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance. The panelists utilize the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s 2019 Black History Month theme, “Black Migrations.” FREE.

For more than 150 years, the President of the United States has either been a Democrat or a Republican. How did we as a nation arrive at a firmly entrenched two-party system, and might our current turbulent political times be fertile grounds for a third party to emerge? A bipartisan panel of former members of Congress, along with other issue experts, will discuss the history of our two-party system, past attempts at a viable third party—such as Ross Perot’s Reform Party—and some of the procedural factors that have created a monopoly for Democrats and Republicans across the country.

Presented in Partnership with the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress

Come out and let us help you get fit for your summer look. Speak with dieticians, nutrionist, physicians, health coaches, wellness therapist and DeCalo Weight Loss Team. Open panel discussion to get information and answer any questions. Come and bring a friend. Free registration. For more information, call 301-249-9400.

Celebrate Black History Month with this panel discussion featuring music experts. They will help clarify and highlight the strong role Blacks have had in the world of classical music. FREE