HEART volunteering and attends KuumbaFest

HEART was honored to have the opportunity to volunteer, support and attend KuumbaFest San Diego, San Diego’s longest running and premier celebration of African-American expression, culture, and heritage.

Kuumba (Swahili for “creativity”) Fest brings together community leaders, local performers and celebrities for an annual audience that averages 5,000. From gospel to hip-hop and theater to dance, San Diego’s Kuumba Fest present a wide showcase of arts that celebrate Black American culture in all its variety. Kuumba Fest will offer a three-day festival that includes educational workshops, hip-hop dance and speech competitions, performances of plays, Late Night Live (San Diego’s version of Late Night at the Apollo), and as always, a gospel concert finale.

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HEART volunteered and attended Friday Evening’s event “A Night of Positive Images” which included:

• Drum call and welcome

• B.A.M. presentation
• Original man and woman
• Parade of history procession
• Royal court awards ceremony
• Best dressed contests & raffle
• Legacies: the play

KuumbaFest is San Diego’s longest running and premier celebration of African-American expression, culture, and heritage.
We believe that the three day festival provides youth a means of social development, cultural enrichment and self-empowerment.

We believe culturally enriching field trips matter. They produce significant benefits for students on a variety of educational outcomes that schools and communities care about. The effects of field trips to see live theater demonstrates that seeing plays is an effective way to teach academic content; increases our youth’s tolerance by providing exposure to a broader, more diverse world; and improves the ability of students to recognize what other people are thinking or feeling. These are significant benefits for students on specific educational outcomes that schools pursue and communities respect. Especially when considered alongside our community service efforts.