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Haitian Refugee Humanitarian Crisis
Peter Tosh Day will be dedicated to our Haitian brothers and sisters. Currently there are about 6,000 Haitian refugees in Baja California and about 5,000 in the state of Chiapas, Mexico and it's known that there are more to come. Tijuana has about 14 shelters for...
Summer @ World Beat Center
Recent Events Summer Camp Starts Mon, July 11th Till Fri, August 12th Each year WorldBeat Center and Diva Works Dance offer a unique Summer Camp experience for the diverse families of San Diego. The Camp’s programming continues to grow and will include STEAM based...
Multi-Cultural Earth Day Celebration
Letter from our Director prior to the event LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR: This Sunday, April 17th join us for our annual Multi-Cultural Earth Day Celebration dedicated to food security and seed sovereignty. I know many of you wonder what food security and seed sovereignty...
Tribute to Ras Trevy featuring a Flashback to Peter Day
Watch Makeda Dread reasoning with Ras Trevy and Boom Shaka live for Peter Tosh Day in San Diego. Trevy Felix was a really important mentor from Boom Shaka. He was a Rasta man that gave back to his community here in America, at home in Dominica and in fact around the...
Come Celebrate World Water Day at WorldBeat Center!
World Water Day Sunday, March 22nd 2015 Letter from Executive Director, Makeda Dread Cheatom The Nigerian Yoruba goddess, Oshun rules the rivers that sustain life and dwells within the sweet or fresh waters (as opposed to the salt waters of her older sister...
Black History Month: Celebrating Science and Inventions
Greetings WorldBeat Family, It's been months of whirlwind events, from Kwanzaa in December to Alternative New Years and before we knew it Martin Luther King Jr Day in full effect. All events were very well attended. A week later the WorldBeat crew went to Ithaca, NY...
Memories of King Day in San Diego and upcoming events at WorldBeat Cultural Center
Greetings,Join us this weekend for King festivities and star gazing. Starting Friday, January 16th with the first Star Party of the year with the San Diego Astronomy Association. You can click here to Register for the event. Then on Saturday for the Sheila Hardin...
Join Team WorldBeat!
Start 2015 with a powerful new commitment to Healing the World!! Join Team WorldBeat and become a part of our family and help us present our two major spring events- Martin Luther King Day and Tribute to the eggae Legends. On January 19th we are proud to present our...
Last Day of The New You Juice Cleanse
Good Morning, Buen Dia, The hotter the battle, the sweeter the victory. Today is the last day of the Juice Cleanse Challenge. Even if you did it one or two days, you are a warrior and if you finished you've strengthened you're immune system to get through this flu and...
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