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PURPOSE & PROGRAMMING
Our Purpose is to inform people about each other's culture and to promote unity and
diversity.
WorldBeat Center provides a needed opportunity for expanded awareness and appreciation of
the African Diaspora by all San Diego's residents and many visitors. we feel that there must
be a visible multicultural presence in San Diego and that this presence should take the form
of a facility providing ongoing programs and services for children, the elderly and everyone
in-between.
WorldBeat Productions works to achieve this goal through the
establishment of WorldBeat Center, which will celebrate the indigenous world cultures of
African descent, from the South Pacific to Brazil and Africa, as well as African-American
folk art from the Missippi Delta to the Sea Islands off the Carolinas.
The center is dedicated to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in honor of his vision to
expand the awareness and appreciation of American racial diversity as a means for promoting
peace.
Through collaborative programming, the WorldBeat Center and the Centro Cultural de la Raza
share an outdoor amphitheater situated between the two cultural centers and used for ceremonial
dances and other rituals. The WorldBeat Center is a combination performance and workshop space
that presents art exhibits, film festivals and other performing arts events, as well as
workshops on Black history and culture, sound engineering, lighting design, broadcasting and
video production. It also serves as a clearing house for small, engineering organizations,
such as the African-American Writers and Artists and Teye Sa Thiosanne. Outreach programs
afford the community at large continuous and frequent access to the many forms of artistic
expression generated by the center.
We instituted the Global Exchange Program for Native Americans, African-Americans and Chicanos,
which affords them the opportunity to travel and experience other cultures worldwide.
The center is operated and maintained by WorldBeat Productions and
offered to other nonprofit organizations such as Black Writers and Artists, the Rights of
Passage Foundation, Harlem 21 and the San Diego Civic Chorale Academy of Musical Arts.
As such, the facility provides a centralized forum for various African-American organizations
citywide to collaborate in a highly visible presention and celebration of Black folk art and
culture.
"We need to come together and choose a new direction. We need to transform our society
into one in which people live in true harmony among nations, harmony among the races of
humankind, and harmony with nature..."
- Rev. Jesse Jackson
Featured Event
calendar - other events at the WorldBeat Center, featuring
reggae and African music & culture or the notable work of our good friends
classes & regular meetings - at the WorldBeat Center
people - staff, friends & associates of the WorldBeat Center
place - location of the WorldBeat Center
for more information, contact
Makeda Dread
To accomplish our promotions and activities, WorldBeat Productions relies heavily on the work
of committed volunteers and supporters. We have also received funding from the California Arts
Council, COMBO, and the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.
We need volunteers to help distribute flyers, make telephone calls, and do the necessary
fundraising work for the WorldBeat Center.
All contributions are greatly appreciated. As a nonprofit organization,
donations to the WorldBeat Center and WorldBeat Productions are tax deductible.
Listen to Reggae Makosa
Sunday nights 8-10pm on 91X radio.
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catch WorldBeat Community Radio on KWBC 89.1 FM
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