Cumbe: Center for African & Diaspora Dance
Cumbe is working intensively in 2023 with two senior centers in Brooklyn that are part of the SAGE network, an organization that provides advocacy and services to LGBTQ+ elders.
Cumbe and SAGE Stonewall House, a senior center who service LGBTQ+ elders of color, have complementary missions; both are strongly invested in the well-being of elders and serve communities that are majority people of color. Both took time at the beginning of the program to discuss Stonewall House’s current priorities and figure out which dance and music offerings would be of
most interest to members of the Stonewall House were responsible for scheduling classes and sharing information to their members. Cumbe was responsible for hiring a teaching artist that would successfully engage this population of elders, scheduling them, ensuring service delivery, providing program oversight, and providing the online Creative Caribbean Movement classes. In the fall of 2023, funding from the Ponce de Leon Foundation will support Combe’s work with both Stonewall House and the Griot Center, another senior center in the SAGE network. The biggest program achievement was serving 240 participants through in-person and online classes.
Daniel’s Music Foundation
The DMF VirtualCommunity is an online platform that provides a variety of virtual music programs, live events, and on-demand videos developed with the disability community in mind. Most of the music programming o ff ered through the Virtual Community is available without cost to participants. This includes weekly virtual live events such as dance parties, Open-MicNights, and Dance Along, along with over 100 videos that are available on our On-Demand Channel. Fee-based virtual programs include private lessons, small group classes, and virtual field trips.
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