About The African Diaspora Education

The African Diaspora Education & Cultural Marketplace supports Arts & Science education for intergenerational, BIPOC, non-binary, female & male identified community members & their Families. Through a network of core business partnerships, we specialize as culture & heritage practitioners . We historically  provide services to underserved public/private schools, and education centered entities with: mentorship programs, cultural workers, justice, access diversity training, school and community engagement events that render Arts & Science experiences as authentic cultural celebrations.

We use a Mind/Body/Spirit model that integrates fun with fitness as dance, martial arts and sports, math as marketing, rhythm & music, while embracing our connection to the global majority. The African Diaspora Education & Cultural Marketplace serves as a medium for realizing the intimacy of our similarities with the world.

Our Practitioners come from the communities we serve. We have first-hand knowledge of our own needs . Our visionary education and program partners are an array of cultural teaching Artists who bring back inclusive diversity, into the education entities and communities with the greatest need of revival. Some of the BIPOC reconciliation services we provided include : Capoeira- Afro-Brazilian Martial Arts, Bamba-Afro-Puerto Rican dancing, Congolese Drumming, traditional Caribbean Visual Arts, Spoken Word & Storytelling practitioners. Resources access including: public libraries, mental & physical health-care providers, community centers, cultural centers, public transit funding, SFD and SPD safety awareness training, local food banks,  resource partner appointments, our partnerships directory and more.

The African Diaspora Education supports students, families and communities by providing educational entities with mentorship programs, cultural worker training, school and community engagement events, intergenerational African Diaspora cultural classes and a cultural marketplace registry. A key part of our work is providing families with access to resources. Intergenerational events are a way we give them access and introduce families to resources like parks and recreation scholarships, programs at our libraries, access to food pantries, farm programs and other resources.

Our mentorship serves at-risk students of African Diaspora decent aiming to connect youth to personal growth, social and emotional wellbeing support, educational tutoring and community and econom ic opportunities.

Our educational and community program partners with an array of cultural teaching artist by bringing cultural diversity into schools and communities. Examples include Capoeira- Afro-Brazilian Martial Arts, Bamba-Afro-Puerto Rican dancing, Congolese Drumming, traditional Caribbean Visual Arts and more.

The Cultural Marketplace is Alliance of cultural workers who are apart of an accessible registry where community members can find access to cultural workers, supporters and events in Washington State and beyond. We are a charitable organization that donates backpacks and school supplies twice a year to countries of the African Diaspora.