W E B Du Bois Center at UMass Amherst

06/10/2026

ReBelle - Juneteenth Celebration

𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦. 𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘈𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘻𝘻, 𝘈𝘣𝘥𝘰𝘶 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘋𝘦𝘭 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯.

🗓️Friday, June 19th
📍 84 Cottage St. Easthampton, MA
🍷 Doors 7pm
🎶 Show 8pm
🎟️ $10-20 (PWYC) Sliding Scale

ReBelle: A musical revolution rooted in love, forged in fire, ReBelle is guided by devotion. Co-founded by Manou Africa and Kalpana Devi, ReBelle weaves African liberation, Rasta consciousness, and visionary feminine power into a soul-stirring sonic force that transcends borders, languages, and Genres.
Singing in Wolof, Creole, French and English, ReBelle’s music is ceremony, protest, and celebration in one breath. Their lyrics are prayers for justice. Their harmonies are weapons of beauty. Their rhythms are rooted in the ancestral drum, and their message is unwavering: Love for Humanity and Gaia.
From village festivals in West Africa to sold-out U.S. venues and global cultural convenings, ReBelle has shared stages with reggae legends and spiritual giants such as the Skatalites, The Wailers, and T***s & the Maytals. But their true power lives in frequency.
This is sound as medicine. Music as activism. Art as liberation technology.

06/02/2026

From Tulsa to Boston, our legacies move through us.

As we mark the 105th commemoration of the Tulsa Race Massacre, we honor the Black lives stolen in Tulsa and carry the mantle left by Mother Viola Ford Fletcher, Hughes Van Ellis, and others who led calls for essential reparative justice.

That’s why in Congress I am fighting to ensure true progress is met with policy—working to advance HR40, legislation to confront the lasting legacy of slavery and advance reparations.

Because reparations are not charity. They are a debt long overdue. We need reparations NOW.

05/08/2026

IMPORTANT UPDATE about our LEFT-WING BBQ!

Due to the rain and cold forecasted for Saturday,
we are having our event on Sunday,
forecasted to be a beautiful and sunny day!

It is also Mother’s Day and we know many of you may have plans.
Please consider joining us with your family on Mother’s Day!

Come and fellowship, eat, drink & be merry

AND at 3:30pm see spectacular short performances
By Performance Project artists!
An introduction to the community of young cultural activists
you’re being invited to support.

PARKING BECAME EASIER!
Now right around the corner from Bob & Jan’s house

Park in the JCA PARKING LOT
(https://maps.app.goo.gl/CgQ2sxkr5SFyKgkdA)
742 Main St, Amherst
entrance between Salem St and Northeast St
(building looks like a church)

05/02/2026

TO ALL WHO ARE COMING TO OUR LEFT WING BBQ FUNDRAISER! 

Bob and Jan live on a beautiful small dead end street with no on-street parking! 

PLEASE PARK AT: 
FORT RIVER ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL
70 S East St, Amherst, MA 01002   
(a few minutes walk to the event)
if you need to park closer for any reason at all,
please message us!

ALSO…. PLEASE RSVP! 
PLEASE LET US KNOW if you know you are coming or plan to join us! I
t will help Bob determine how much chicken to cook! 

AND LASTLY: remember to bring your YUMMY SIDE DISH! 

CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU!

04/08/2026

04/06/2026

Please join us for a Book Party to celebrate the publication of books by Professors Amilcar Shabazz & James Smethurst. The celebration with be on Tuesday, April 14th from 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm in the Augusta Savage Gallery and NAH lobby. Hope to see you there! Light refreshments will be provided!

02/09/2026