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The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) is an arts, culture, education, and media organization that advances cultural equity and justice for African descendant communities.

06/19/2026

✊🏾They scattered us across an ocean. They could not scatter what we carried.
🗺️This archival map, “African Cultures in the New World,” traces the points of arrival and dispersion of African peoples across the hemisphere. The same nations landed on different shores. Yoruba. Congo. Fon. Dahomey. Harlem is on it too.

Juneteenth is one chapter of this story. A US chapter. And it belongs on the same map as every act of liberation across the African Diaspora.

For 50 years, CCCADI has held this map together. This Juneteenth, we invite you to walk it with us.
Our Road to Freedom · June 20 · Harlem

50 Years of Legacy, Justice, Joy. 🎟️Tickets in bio.

06/18/2026

We are two days away from our second annual Our Road to Freedom event, a full day of movement, memory, and liberation, anchored in Jab, J’ouvert, Revelry & Resistance, our Carnival-themed exhibition curated by Know Your Caribbean.

Inspired by the sacred convergence of Juneteenth, the summer solstice, and Eleguá’s Feast Day, this year’s program holds Carnival as a ritual of liberation: fuel for our journey to freedom, and an opening of the path toward healing.

This is how the day unfolds:

1PM- Exhibition Walkthrough w/ Know Your Caribbean

3PM- Procession to CCCADI Ilé Oyin led by Kaila Bulé & Atabeira Libète

4PM- Kalinda Workshop by Kalinda Kollective International

5PM- Curators in Conversation w/ Know Your Caribbean & Exhibition Artists

6PM- Carnival Fête w/ DJ Jen Jen

📅 Saturday, June 20, 2026
📍 starting at CCCADI Firehouse (120 E 125th St.)
📍 ending at CCCADI Ilé Oyin (208 E 126th St.)
⏰ 1PM - 8PM
🎟️ Tickets via Link on Bio
🥮 Light Refreshments by Bon Pâtés

06/08/2026

Join us on June 20th as we welcome Kalinda Kollective 🇹🇹 to CCCADI’s second annual ‘Our Road To Freedom’ Juneteenth event.

Following our procession through Harlem, Kalinda Kollective will welcome us into the sacred space of CCCADI Ilé Oyin with a movement-filled workshop on the ancestral tradition of Kalinda.
Founded by Keegan Taylor (a featured artist in our 50th Anniversary exhibition ‘Jab, J’ouvert, Revelry & Resistance”, curated by Know Your Caribbean), Kalinda Kollective carries forward what Taylor describes as an “Afro-Caribbean knowledge system…with three main elements: the physical, the intellectual, and the ritual.”

Wondering what the connection could be between Kalinda and Juneteenth? Scroll through to learn more!

🗓️ Saturday, June 20th
🕐 1 PM - 8 PM
📍 CCCADI Firehouse (120 E 125th St.)
🎟️ $25 Donation
🔗 https://www.cccadi.org/events/ourroadtofreedom2026

05/25/2026

Last weekend we had the honor of being a stop on this year’s Harlem Cultural Crawl! Thank you Michael Manswell for leading community through a unique, personalized tour of “Jab, J’ouvert, Revelry & Resistance”. There is still plenty of time for you come see our 50th Anniversary Year exhibition.

Gallery hours this week:

Tuesday 5/19, 3PM - 9PM
Wednesday 5/20, 3PM - 9PM
Thursday 5/21, 3PM - 9PM

05/21/2026

We are honored to present “Our Road To Freedom: Jab, J’ouvert, Revelry & Resistance”, our second annual Juneteenth celebration, grounded in our 50th Anniversary Year exhibition curated by Know Your Caribbean.

Inspired by the alignment of the sacred energies of Juneteenth, summer solstice and Eleguá’s Feast Day, this year’s program focuses on Carnival as a ritual of liberation fueling our journey to freedom and opening the path for healing.

Here’s what you can expect:

🖼️Special exhibition tour led by Know Your Caribbean
🥁Processional from the CCCADI Firehouse, to the Harlem African Burial Grounds, and to CCCADI Ilé Oyin
🇹🇹Kalinda Workshop by Kalinda Kollective
🎤Curators in Conversation with Know Your Caribbean & Exhibition Artists
🎧Carnival Fête with Live DJ Set & Steel Pan Drum Band

Join us as we continue to celebrate our 50th anniversary year by looking at Carnival’s rich legacy of joy and resistance!

🗓️ Saturday, June 20th
⏰ 1 PM - 8 PM
📌 CCCADI Firehouse (120 E 125th St.)
🎟️ $25 Donation- Tickets Available Now
🔗 https://www.cccadi.org/events/ourroadtofreedom2026

05/20/2026

Today we enter the Archival Time Machine and travel to CCCADI’s 1999 Celebración Colombiana 🇨🇴 in order to honor the iconic Totó la Momposina, who became an ancestor this week, after a life spent building an outstanding Afro-Caribbean musical legacy.

Totó hailed- as did her ancestors- from the Colombian village of Talaigua, at the heart of an island in the great Magdalena river, called Mompos (hence “la Momposina”).

“The music I play”, explained Totó, “has its roots in a mixed race; being African and Native Indian, the heart of the music is completely percussive”. 🪘

Totó presented rhythms like cumbia, bullerengue, chalupa, garabato and mapale from Colombia’s Caribbean coast alongside the Cuban son, guaracha, rumba and bolero that arrived in Colombia via the village of San Basilio de Palenque.

A magnificent singer and dancer born into a family of musicians spanning five generations, Totó earned respect and admiration in many parts of the world for the power and spontaneity of her performance.

Ibayé, Totó la Momposina!

Our Celebración Colombiana program took place at Aaron Davis Hall on October 9th, 1999. Along with Totó, the program featured performances from the Lucho Bermudez Orchestra and Foncho Castellar y su Conjunto Típico Vallenato. 🇨🇴

05/18/2026

From Brooklyn to Notting Hill, we called on you, the Caribbean Diaspora, to show us how Carnival lives in you.

Your photos. Your joy. Your Carnival.

You answered the call, and now “Carnival Community Constellation” is a part of CCCADI’s 50th Anniversary Exhibition, “Jab, J’ouvert, Revelry & Resistance”, curated by

Come see yourself reflected in the culture you carry!

GALLERY HOURS for this week:

⏰ Tuesday 5/19, 3PM - 9PM
⏰ Wednesday 5/20, 3PM - 9PM
⏰ Thursday 5/21, 3PM - 9PM

📍 CCCADI Firehouse (120 E 125th St.)

05/16/2026

CCCADI is honored to be highlighted as a stop during tomorrow’s Harlem Culture Crawl, part of a weekend celebrating the art, history, and creative spirit that defines Harlem.

It will feel like summer outside tomorrow. Come through, bring a friend, and explore our 50th anniversary exhibition “Jab, J’ouvert, Revelry & Resistance” with us, on a tour led by our beloved Michael Manswell 🇹🇹 , of Something Positive, Inc. !!

We’re proud to be part of this collective experience highlighting the institutions and artists who carry forward the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance while shaping what’s next.

🗓️ Sunday, May 17
⏰ 12PM-5PM
📍 CCCADI Firehouse (120 E 125th St.)

05/12/2026

“Jab, J’ouvert, Revelry & Resistance” Gallery Hours for this week:

Tuesday 5/12, 3PM- 9PM
Wednesday 5/13, 3PM- 9PM
Thursday 5/14, 3PM - 9PM

📍CCCADI Firehouse (120 E 125th St.)
🎟️ $10 Suggested Donation

05/02/2026

***UPDATE on 5/11/26***

Community,

CCCADI has made the intentional decision to postpone ÀJỌṢE: A Diaspora Symposium on Collective Healing & Freedom as we continue to navigate an active 50th anniversary season.

In honoring the collectivity & sustainability at the heart of ÀJỌṢE itself, we believe this gathering deserves more time to fully come into form.

We remain committed to bringing ÀJỌṢE to life, and we thank our facilitators, vendors, partners, and community for their continued belief in this offering. We look forward to sharing new details with our community soon.

Address

120 East 125th Street
New York, NY
10035

Telephone

+12123077420

Website

http://www.cccadi.org/

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