BEMBE DRUM & DANCE
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Mission Statement
Bembé is a community-based, cultural performing arts program in the city of Milwaukee that inspires music and performance skills, intergenerational connection and cultural identity exploration through Afro-Latino culture.
About This Cause
Established in 2015 by a school parent seeking more positive, experience-based arts education that centered the African cultural lineage of Latinos, Bembé was created with local educators and musicians to bring traditional Afro-Latino percussion and dance traditions to youth, families and the greater community. While many remarkable programs existed for African-American youth to celebrate African heritage, there was a need for accessible opportunities for Latino children to connect to Black culture as a source of pride within their heritage, and for generations of the Latino community to learn and experience this a well. Since its inception, Bembé has developed multiple school-based programs, a public academy, culturally competent music-as-therapy, study abroad opportunities, artist residences for cultural masters, and public event series for an inclusive, multi-ethnic and intergenerational community.