Rhythym of a People: History of Caribbean Music in D.C.

Camila Bryce LePorte (presenter); Von Martin; Hollis Flash Lashley; Serge Bellegarde; and Sydney March ;Media personalities, artists, and educators engage in a conversation through poetry, storytelling, and drumming on the history of Afro-Caribbean music and dance in the Washington metro area and its historic role in creating a diaspora vision that would impact the social, cultural, economic, and political landscape for decades. Participants include Von Martin, Hollis Flash  Lashley, Serge Bellegarde, and Sydney March. This session is co-presented with the DC Caribbean Collective.