Kalamazoo College Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership

SHARING! Auditions for Seedfolks will be today, Monday, July 27, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm at BACC. This will be a fun and impactful community event! 💛



Black Arts & Cultural Center
Allegan Food Alliance
Q***r Theatre Kalamazoo

You're invited! Join us on Thursday, August 6 for two workshops led by the brilliant author and activist VF Thompson!

Click the flyer images to view the event details. You can RSVP here: https://forms.gle/2yfYs4i9EpSPHYp78

Join us next Thursday for a screening of “Natchez,” the award-winning documentary that explores the complex relationship between history and memory in a small Mississippi town. Experience a powerful story of people navigating the enduring impact of the past. Following the film, stay for a Q&A and guest panel discussion.

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Doors open at 6 pm. The film screening will begin at 6:30 pm.

Location: Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership (ACSJL)
205 Monroe Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49006

RSVP Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/natchez-in-kalamazoo-screenings-and-conversations-tickets-1990434809095?aff=oddtdtcreator

Happy Juneteenth! Let us celebrate and reflect, and continue the march toward justice.

This Friday, join the Faceoff Theatre Company, Authentic Opera Company, and the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership for a Juneteenth performance of Tangled Root, a musical opera composed by Rufus Fergeson, Jordan Hamilton, and Carmen Bell.

Tangled Roots draws from Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers Project,
1936 to 1938, using firsthand accounts of former slaves to illuminate stories that shaped
generations. The opera incorporates musical themes across the African American experience,
from spirituals to contemporary hip hop, creating a sound world that moves fluidly through time.

The Production Features
Carmen Bell, Soprano
Travis Williams, Tenor
Bianca Washington
Altamiece Cooper
Sidney Ellis
Ed Genesis
James Smith II
Xavier Bolden
Bridget Banks
Aslan Smith

Event Details:
Tangled Roots: An Opera in One Act
Juneteenth — Friday, June 19, 2026
7:00 PM
Dalton Theatre Fine Arts Building.
1200 Academy St, Kalamazoo, MI 49006

Links is here to RSVP

https://forms.gle/cVqg8PVXq5AcPNRNA

Happy June!!! Check out our two events we are having this month.

Nothing To See Here
Thursday, June 11 at 5:00 pm
Experience the film making project that united resident, rival gangs, and artists came together to reclaim the narrative of LA’s Watts neighborhood.

RSVP using this link below for Nothing To See Here.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHfg1NPcpjaPPxc1bZJine6MKaEoBYVtU0l1-nYyHhIqeTgw/viewform

Tangled Roots
Juneteenth Friday, June 19 at 7:00 pm
Witness a play based on the Slave Narrative of Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938

RSVP here for Tangled Roots play.
forms.gle/W4JYcTBpiFCjBRUm6