Building the Bridge: Art, Activism, & the Black Diaspora

Building the Bridge: Art, Activism, & The Black Diaspora

Building the Bridge is an intimate community conversation exploring how art and activism can help build honest, grounded connections across the Black diaspora.

Taking place in Ghana during the height of Detty December, this gathering offers a pause from the rush of parties and programming to make space for reflection, dialogue, and relationship. As Black people from the U.S., the U.K., the Caribbean, and across the continent find themselves in close proximity during this season, questions of belonging, difference, responsibility, and collaboration naturally surface. This conversation invites us to sit with those questions together.

Hosted by Ms. J’s Classroom in partnership with Untamed Empire, and co-facilitated by Mr. Maxwell Amuzu, the evening will bring together artists, organizers, educators, parents, students, and creatives for a facilitated dialogue centered on lived experience rather than performance or debate. This is not a panel or lecture. It is a shared conversation designed to honor complexity, encourage listening, and explore what bridge-building looks like in practice.

What to Expect

• A thoughtfully facilitated conversation in an intimate setting
• Honest dialogue about diasporic relationships, art, culture, and activism
• A mix of Ghanaian voices and diasporans visiting or living in Ghana
• Space for reflection, listening, and meaningful exchange
• Photo & video documentation for archival purposes

Whether you are visiting Ghana for the season or rooted here year-round, this gathering is an invitation to move beyond surface connection and into deeper conversation about how we meet one another across history, geography, and culture.

Space is limited. Advance RSVP is required.