Upcoming Events.
From intimate story circles to fun celebrations, our events create sacred space where culture is not only preserved but felt in real time. Each gathering honors the beauty of the Black diaspora through connection, conversation, and shared experience.
For the Love of Our People-Honoring Assata Shakur and Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
This event honors and uplifts the spirits of both Assata and Miss Major as both a celebration and commemoration of their immense love for us––for their immense love for our people.
Roots & Remembrance: A Storytelling Gathering
What wisdom about plants has been passed down to you?
Join We The Diaspora and Grounded for an intimate evening of storytelling and ancestral reflection centered on plants and memory. Roots & Remembrance is a community gathering that invites us to slow down, listen, and share the knowledge passed down through our families, whether through herbs, gardens, healing practices, or lessons in tending the earth.
Through guided reflections, we’ll explore how plant wisdom connects us to elders and future generations. Come as you are, ready to share!
RSVP HERE
SHOW & TELL w/ We The Diaspora
We're kicking off Black History Month with "Holding Our Stories," a special edition of SHOW & TELL in collaboration with We The Diaspora, an organization dedicated to preserving and celebrating Black cultural memory across the diaspora through storytelling.
Attendees are invited to bring a photograph or an object connected to an ancestor, a chosen family member, or a loved one whose story they want to honor.
REGISTER HERE
Stories in the Wind: A Chicago Diaspora Storytelling Open Mic
A free evening of live storytelling and memory-sharing on Black identity, ancestry, migration, and belonging in Chicago.
The Harder They Come with Alfreda’s Cinema
Join us for a showing of Perry Henzell’s THE HARDER THEY COME (1972) starring Jimmy Cliff with Alfreda’s Cinema!
7:30pm, FRIDAY, Sept. 19th
🎟 FREE w/ RSVP 🔗 in BIO
at The Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church
📍890 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11226
Enter on Church & E. 21st
w/ Pre-show shorts:
Aliyah Blackmore’s A Protection, a Calling (2023)
& Orbit (2019) by Ashleigh Alexandria & Carleen Shankle.
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Alfreda’s Cinema 2025 Open Air Film Sessions
This summer, we’re gathering under the stars to celebrate Black stories with Alfreda’s Cinema Open Air Film Series, happening June through October in Brooklyn’s parks and sacred green spaces.
We The Diaspora is proud to be a community sponsor for this series, uplifting Black- and POC-centered stories in public parks across Brooklyn. Alfreda’s Cinema offers free, accessible screenings of films about Black and POC experiences, a mission deeply aligned with our own commitment to preserving and amplifying Black stories.
If you’re in NYC, make sure to join us for a season of film and community!
Want to host an event with us?
Whether you're looking for an intimate family gathering or a larger community celebration, we'd love to help bring your vision to life.