The opening session on Friday, July 12, 2024 will be held at Robert J Mohart Center and welcomes Malik Yakini, a “Change-maker” in the Food Sovereignty space in Detroit, Michigan. Malik is leading by example with the creation of the Detroit People’s Food Co-op, a Black-led and community-owned grocery cooperative focused on improving access to healthy food and food education residents of Detroit, Michigan. Malik will share the Philosophy of Food Sovereignty during the FREE opening rally from 7:00-9:00 PM.
Convention sessions on Saturday, July 13, 2024 will be held at Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage Center. Session topics include food sovereignty, economics and health care. There will also be youth focused programming throughout the day. The convention will also feature an African Market organized by the Buy Black Empowerment Initiative that will feature several African-American owned businesses. Saturday events will culminate with the African Heritage Ball from 7:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. at the Industrial Event Space located at 1670 East 63rd Street. The ball will feature live entertainment, cultural cuisine, and dancing within a mature audience atmosphere. Come network while strutting your stylish African attire or evening wear.
The convention wraps on Sunday, July 14, 2024 with a Spiritual Circle at the Laya Center 1814 Oak. This session offers an opportunity for shared meditation through ritual.
Upcoming Events
Advocate for the Peoples’ Budget – May 16 – 27
Let’s pack every hearing and advocate for the Peoples’ Budget: demand that the city reduce the SLMPD budget and use that $25 Million to fille these gaps. Reallocate funds to Code Blue, OVP, and RTC
The American Way: Life, Liberty, and Being Pursued by the Mob (Film Screening) – 5/2/26
Tracing a legacy of racial violence used to deny Black citizens full belonging, The American Way examines how citizenship in America has historically been defined through exclusion, revealing how whiteness as a qualification for citizenship was used to deny Black citizens equal rights and protections under the law.
Reject The Takeover Mass Emergency Meeting – 4/1/2026
The Board of Police Commissioners is demanding $250-350 million of OUR tax dollars to fund police. St. Louisans are coming together to stop this attack and demand that St. Louis City’s budget go towards services and resources that actually help our communities–things like mental health service expansion, Right to Counsel, and funding for a just recovery in North City.
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