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...Kuumba is very much a family, and sometimes after you graduate it’s hard to feel a part of that family,” says President Andrea M. Tyler ’10, “but one of the main goals that we really want to see happening is that everyone understands that family doesn’t end after we go home.” With the establishment of an alumni board, this preservation of history and culture will be possible for the Kuumba Singers. Created in the year of Kuumba’s 40th anniversary...
...Kuumba Singers was founded in 1970 by Dennis W. Wiley ’72 and Fred A. Lucas ’72 at a time when racial hostility in Boston was rampant. Originally created as a safe space for black students on the Harvard campus and in the greater Boston area, the choir’s focus more recently has shifted towards celebrating black culture. Vice President Kaydene K. Grinnell ’10 says, “Our goal is to celebrate black creativity and spirituality, and that is done through music, dance, song, and spoken word...
...Kuumba intends to expand this focus by developing annual town hall meetings, the first of which took place last weekend as part of Kuumba’s 40th anniversary celebrations. After the current undergraduate executive board discussed their accomplishments for the year as well as problems they had encountered, the forum gave alumni an opportunity to communicate their visions and goals for the organization...
...town hall meeting was amazing in the sense that it displayed the organization of the executive board, the passion of the students of Kuumba, the connectedness which is inter-generational now,” says returning alumni Dennis J. Henderson ’79. “They’re very concerned about connecting the past to the present and to the future so they have a vision for keeping Kuumba going and expanding it. I believe that it is also the foundation for greater stability in the future...
...Kuumba Singers' 40th Annual Archie C. Epps Spring Concert