The Sankofa Arts an Education Festival
The Sankofa Arts an Education Festival and Education Series seeks to empower and transform
marginalized neighborhoods into more livable spaces with innovative education, cultural arts,
along with health and sports programs. In order to reduce the violence in some of Richmond’s
impoverished neighborhoods, the
Sankofa Festival will enlist the unique power of entertainment artists, sports figures and other
professionals to bring attention, resources and opportunities to help change what has become
the unacceptable norm. Community concerts are a means of bringing large numbers of people
together and these events will feature workshops, booths, and educational seminars from the
stage with information on health care, work readiness, healthy eating, sports and the arts,
including dance, drama, literature, poetry, visual arts. The communities have identified these
programs as being of value as resources for economic empowerment.