Diversity & Multiculticultural Involvement

We are a diverse group of individuals with over twenty years of service through organizational community involvement. We share a belief in cultural and ethnic diversity: the embodiment of our multicultural society. We believe that inclusion, full and fair participation develops instinctive learning to discover similarities in our differences. This process contributes to our growth and the continued responsibility to learn the value of mutual reliance.

During years of residence in the State of West Virginia, the social and informational landscape of the African American has constantly changed; therefore an emphasis will be placed on this fragmented community.

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Cultural dialogue

“During years in community organizations I had the opportunity to implement many service projects. They gave me a chance to interact with numerous individuals of a different race and background. Throughout these projects I felt personally challenged to initiate an avenue whereby people could come together to begin a dialogue on racial issues.

Therefore in December 1997, after learning of a nationally recognized touring exhibition called,“A Slave Ship Speaks:” The Wreck of the Henrietta Marie, on a 20 city tour of the United States, I was able to initiate and lay the foundation for its unprecedented stay from March to July 2000 at the WV State Museum. It depicts the Trans - Atlantic Slave Trade nearly three hundred years ago.

Some racial barriers were eliminated and an avenue for open dialogue was created. There was amazing participation from the WV public schools, corporations, and sourrounding communities. The WV Division of Culture & History reported groups came from in and out of state. To provide an avenue for communication, cultural education with empowerment programs and events, the West Virginia Center for African - American Art & Culture, Inc. was organized in May 2001. “

- Anthony Kinzer