Mama C announces Heal the Community 2013 Itinerary!

Most of the dates are full on this year’s
UAACC HEAL THE COMMUNITY Tour!

We hope that you will be able to come see Mama C at the public events that are scheduled from Feb to April, to view the new documentary MAMA C: URBAN SPIRIT IN THE AFRICAN BUSH by Prof Joanne Hershfield and the classic A PANTHER IN AFRICA by Aaron Matthews; hear Mama C speak on the life that she and Mzee Pete O’Neal have built in Tanzania during his more than four decades of exile; learn more about the various outreach programs based at UAACC including the Leaders of Tomorrow Children’s Home program and the daily classes for youth in the AruMeru community which are all taught by volunteers, the majority of whom are Tanzanian; hear some of Mama C’s poetry and music…in other words, there is a lot going on during the UAACC HEAL THE COMMUNITY TOUR!
Check out the calendar below and go to the events in/nearest your city. Plus find out about how you can contribute to the continuing success of UAACC community outreach programs.  Hope to see you there!

UAACC HEAL THE COMMUNITY TOUR 2013
Calendar of Events

Feb 2………..……..Leave Tanzania to begin the
UAACC HEAL THE COMMUNITY TOUR 2013
Feb 3………………15 hour stop over in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for Heal the Community happenings; poetry; music; networking
Feb 3……….………Arrival Kansas City
Feb 6…………….…..Arrival Columbia, South Carolina
Feb 7, 8, 9, 10……various activities and events in Columbia, SC including
Music jam with the South Carolina ‘Jazz Ambassador’  Skip Peerson and other musicians Reel Black Pix Film and Arts Festival
North American debut screening of Joanne Hershfield’s documentary MAMA C: URBAN SPIRIT IN THE AFRICAN BUSH at the 5^th Reel  Black Pix Film Festival
Hip Hop Summit panel which includes Prof Griff of Public Enemy original hip hop crew
Reel Black Pix Poetry Slam
Feb 11…………..Leave for Sacramento, California
Feb 12…………..presentation at San Francisco State University
Feb 13…………..presentation at Merritt College
Feb 14…………presentation at Cal State University, east Bay
Feb 15…………presentation at Monterey College
Feb 16 ………..Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles for screening of Joanne Hershfield documentary MAMA C:  URBAN SPIRIT IN THE AFRICAN BUSH followed by Q&A with Mama C and the Director, Prof Hershfield
Feb 17…………community event in Sacramento organized by It’s About Time BPP
Feb 18…………return to Kansas City
Feb 20, 21, 22…various activities and events in Houston, Texas including
presentations at Lone Star College
Feb 23………return to Kansas City
Feb 24, 25, 26, 27…………presentations at Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Feb 28………………..presentations at Rutgers State University    Newark, New Jersey
March 1……………Return to Kansas City
March 2 to March 11…………performances and activities for International Women’s Month hosted by French Cultural Center
Accra, Ghana     west Africa
March 12 to 13……………return to Kansas City
March 14, 15, 16, 17…………presentations performances in
San Diego, CA and Tijuana, Mexico hosted by World Beat Center
March 18……………………return to Kansas City
March 19, 20………………..presentations  and performances at North Carolina University   Chapel Hill
March 21……………………North Carolina State University to receive the Benjamin O. Mays Award
March 22, 23, 24, 25…………………events in Kansas City
March 26……………………Bridgewater State University outside of Boston, MA
March 27……………………Ohio Weslyn University
March 28, 29……………University of Wisconsin at Osh Kosh
March 30 ………………return to Kansas City
March 31 to April 9^th………Seattle, WA for various performances, activities, events including Jua Lekunda Fundraiser
April 9^th – 10^th………………scenic train ride to Seattle to Los Angeles
April 11^th…………………..performance at Vibrations Poetry Space in Los Angeles
April 12^th to April 14^th……………………presentations continue in LA
April 15^th…………..return to Kansas City
April 16^th – 24^th………………various presentations, performances and events in Kansas City
April 25………stopover in DC events to be announced soon
April 26……..stopover in Addis Ababa for presentations/performance
April 27………..return to UAACC in Tanzania

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