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Music, and black music in particular, have beenimportant to Goff since he was very young. Beforejoining Kuumba, Goff was a member of the Din andTonics, a mostly white world-touring a cappellaensemble. During his time in the Dins, and throughfriends' experiences with Harvard-RadcliffeDramatic Club, Goff says he realized that thepredominantly white groups had a higher level ofinstitutional knowledge about tapping into Harvardresources...
Goff founded the Black Arts Counsel last May,an effort to set up a variety of black groups withfunding and programming offered by the University,particularly the Office for the Arts...
Myra Mayman, director of the OFA, says newconnections have been forged in the past year,particularly following a December meeting in whichabout a dozen OFA staff members met with a groupof black student leaders and outlined theresources available from the office...
...Goff more likely will be remembered not forhis logistical savvy but rather for bringingtogether black voices for all to hear...
Goff's legacy to Harvard and Boston is theBoston Black Arts Festival, the only suchcelebration in the area...