Save the Date! TMA's 2nd Annual Celebrating Our Roots

Students prepping for last year's Celebrating Our Roots

Thurgood Marshall Academy is proud to announce our second annual Black History Month Celebration: CELEBRATING OUR ROOTS! This year’s theme is A Hip Hop Retrospective.  

We will celebrate all things HIP HOP, acknowledging the influence of visual art, dance and sound that has made an incredible impact on American culture.  This year’s feature presentation is a documentary film the students and Art Teacher Ms. Nafeesah Shabazz have created, which discusses the state of HIP HOP.  

The day will also showcase professional workshops from Words, Beats & Life, Inc. (http://www.wblinc.org/), the TMA Dance Team and TMA spoken word artists!  

We hope you will join us!

WHAT: CELEBRATING OUR ROOTS: A Hip Hop Retrospective

WHERE: Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School

      Multi-Purpose Room

      2427 Martin Luther King Jr., Ave SE Washington, DC 20020

WHEN: Saturday, February 4, 2012

COST:  Free and open to the public

PROGRAM: 11am-12:30pm              

• Workshop 1: MC/Poetry Exhibition and Writers Workshop

• Workshop 2:  These Are The Breaks: The Original Dance of Hip-Hop Culture

12:35pm-1:35pm: Art Walk & Reception

1:35pm- 2:45pm: Performances & Film Screening

Tickets are limited, so email Nafeesah Shabazz at nshabazz@tmapchs.org to reserve yours today!

Dance lessons at the 2011 Celebrating Our Roots

Thurgood Marshall Academy Students: See Ms. Shabazz for a permission slip and a ticket!