2026 Sankofa Event

The 2026 Sankofa Event & Series: Inspiring change through engaging discussion and reflection

Theme: Identity and Internationalism: Challenges and Solutions

Our 2026 theme explores how does our community's identity impact our functional unity on local, national and international levels. The key crisis of Black people's or African American's life is one of a cultural crisis and a scattered and fractured collective identity, therefore stagnating much of our community's organizing efforts. Black people’s issues are not simply local, but national and international, therefore, is it possible for our community to “Think globally, and act locally” regarding our interests?

Young people will facilitate tabletop discussions with community participants after the keynote.

Date

Saturday November 14th, 2025

4:00 pm-7:00 pm

Location

St Paul College
235 Marshall Ave St. Paul, MN 55104

Featuring

Brother Ghana, Opening Drumming

Dr. Rosemari Mealy, Keynote Speaker

Thomasina as Master of Ceremonies

St. Paul College, Caterer

The Evening

• Social & Community Time

• Entertainment & Food

• Keynote

• Tabletop Discussions facilitated by our young people.

• Call to Action

• Free Publication

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Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Rosemari Meali, City College of NY (CUNY)
Author, Professor, Activist, Mentor

Dr. Rosemari Mealy is Adjunct Assistant Professor at City College of NY (CUNY). She is a human rights activist, lawyer, facilitator, trainer, and author. Author of Fidel and Malcolm X: Memories of A Meeting. Mealy has traveled to and engaged with Cuba for over 50 years, starting her travels to the island in the spring of 1972 with the Venceremos Brigade.

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Organized by In Black Ink (IBI)

IBI is a state-wide, grassroots, non-profit organization that creates spaces where the intergenerational stories about Minnesotans of African heritage can be shared, documented, and archived. IBI provides publishing arts initiatives and opportunities to communities that have been disenfranchised historically and continue to be presently.

This event is free & open to the public.

Questions? Contact us at info@inblackink.org or (651)231-6604