ALL THE WAY LIVE, AGAIN!
The wait is over! For all of you who have been riding with Soul Sanctuary since our humble beginnings and asking for more wholesome opportunities to get together for live performance and fellowship, we’re answering the call. INFUSION is our latest edutainment venture, a collaboration with The Black Cultural Center at Swarthmore College, aiming to provide some historical and cultural context to the creativity we crave and produce. If you understand the power of collective learning/sharing and performance, this is the venue for you.
We’ll have a brief intro session on Wednesday, February 4 (see flyer below) and then schedule our in-person and virtual sessions through the end of the spring semester, as we prepare for a performance to celebrate National Poetry and Jazz Appreciation Months in April. Please fill out this brief info sheet to express your interest and we’ll keep you plugged in electronically to the study material and help you partner with other group members to work on original pieces. Humans of all ages, ethnicities, and orientations are welcome, but the focus is unapologetically Black.
More details coming soon!
A BLACK HISTORY REFRESH
OUR SUMMER PROGRAM HAS BIRTHED A RECORDING!
Our latest labor of love, RAISE [Resurrect, Amplify, Inspire, Share, Educate] has concluded, and has yielded an incredible EP of 6 tracks. The project merges samples from sermons delivered by the late Rev. Dr. Leon H. Sullivan with contemporary hip-hop production from celebrated beat maker Hezekiah Davis III and original verses from our participants.
What we hope you will gain from listening to and supporting this project is deeper insight into the wisdom and activism of Rev. Sullivan himself, and how hip-hop is a multigenerational bridge to teach history and any other subject our youth need to learn. Adults can also better understand the energy that inspires hip-hop expression and culture, and how it can be used as a tool for advocacy and activism. We are now ready to bring this show on the road to educational and cultural institutions, offering a one-day or multi-session module for teen and adult students. Reach out on the CONTACT US page to schedule a meeting to discuss details.
Here is a 2-minute video highlighting our RAISE interns, ambassadors, and a description of the project.
Soul Sanctuary is also proud to offer PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY to interested schools and other public and private institutions.
Comprised of images from the late Maurice Sorrell, PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY can be offered as a physical installation or as a digital presentation. Sorrell served as the first credentialed Black person in the White House Photographers Corps, at the urging of President Kennedy, and as a 32-year photojournalist with Johnson Publications. These images represent some that never made it to the pages of newspapers or magazines, but offer an insider’s look at American society and politics and Black American lives in their candid moments.
Included below are images from our 2024 collaboration with William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, in conjunction with their Black Student Union, Photography and American Studies departments.
