Makuu: The Black Cultural Center

We got your coffee chats covered!™️☕️

If you’re one of the few who actually do sit down for coffee for your coffee chat, try checking out these places around the city! Also perfect for your next study session or solo date✨

We got your *dinner plans* covered!™️
Next time you’re in the mood to treat yourself, try out one of Philly’s Black-owned eateries. Don’t see your favorite spot listed? Drop it in the chat!

As we said… we got your plans right here! The HBCU Swingman Classic is coming to Philly this Saturday. Come experience the history and legacy of HBCU baseball programs!! Tickets in the MLB youth development bio. ⚾️🧢🏟️

We’ve got your summer plans right here! All month long, we’ll be highlighting the Black-owned spaces and places that make the Philadelphia community as vibrant as it is. Spot how many you’ve been to, and make sure to tap in to the ones you’re haven’t!

On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that the enslaved were finally free—a full two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth is a celebration of that delayed but hard-won liberation. It’s a day to ground ourselves in the truth of our history, honor the ancestors who carried us through, and celebrate the culture and community that keep us moving forward.



Scroll through to see how Philly is celebrating this Juneteenth weekend! Get out and get involved✊

Scroll through to see how Philly is celebrating this Juneteenth weekend! Get out and get involved✊

Scroll through to see how Philly is celebrating this Juneteenth weekend! Get out and get involved✊

Scroll through to see how Philly is celebrating this Juneteenth weekend! Get out and get involved✊

Scroll through to see how Philly is celebrating this Juneteenth weekend! Get out and get involved✊

Scroll through to see how Philly is celebrating this Juneteenth weekend! Get out and get involved✊

Scroll through to see how Philly is celebrating this Juneteenth weekend! Get out and get involved✊

Scroll through to see how Philly is celebrating this Juneteenth weekend! Get out and get involved✊

Get amped up for the Haiti against Brazil tonight with Penn Library! See you at Kislak for celebratory fun. Na wè pita!

Pull up for the Juneteenth/FIFA Worid Cup jawn. You know how we do!!! The multi collabo w/ & us~ Makuu! It’s going down on the rooftop for Juneteenth & FIFA. ❤️

Join Penn BAS NYC for our 3rd Annual Summer Social! This year will also be a special edition as we bring in the celebration of Juneteenth weekend. It will be a festive evening of connection and networking with our New York alumni community. Our mixers have brought together our community of over 300+ alumni across a legacy of five decades at Penn. All graduates and current students/staff are welcome to attend. This is not one to miss! Link in BAS bio✨

Kara is a double major in Communication and Anthropology, with respective concentrations in Culture & Society and Cultural & Linguistic Anthropology. She is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Her on-campus involvements include receiving the Wolf Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellowship and serving as a Makuu Intern. She has also done illustration for the Daily Pennsylvanian and served as a Director for SPEC Spring Fling Daytime. She has also served as a mentor for PennArts, Africana Summer Institute, and DuBois College House.

Congratulations, Kara! We are immensely proud of you and cannot wait to witness all that you accomplish.

Florence is in the Huntsman Program, where she is pursuing a dual degree in International Studies and Business with concentrations in International Relations and Business. She is from Altamonte Springs, Florida.

On campus, she has held leadership roles as Executive Director of Black Wharton Consulting, a three-year Perry World House Student Fellow, and a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board. During a semester abroad in Barcelona, she conducted field research on West African migrants for her senior thesis, Survival Is Not a Crime: West African Migrants and the Struggle for Economic Mobility in Barcelona, which received the Rose Award, Penn’s highest undergraduate research award. Florence is a 2026 Rhodes Scholar, Ron Brown Scholar, and recipient of both the Presidential Service and Educational Excellence Awards

Congratulations, Florence! We are immensely proud of you and cannot wait to witness all that you accomplish.