The International Garvey Symposium Collection, based in Jamaica, has introduced the Inaugural Philadelphia Marcus Garvey Symposium, set for Monday, September 22, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. at The Ebenezer SDA Church.
The occasion will commemorate the 106th anniversary of Marcus Garvey’s first mass conferences in Philadelphia, held on September 22, 1919, at The Folks’s Church, situated at fifteenth and Christian Avenue in what’s now town’s historic Black Medical doctors Row.
Founder and organizer of the International Garvey Symposium Collection, Professor Steven Golding, prolonged an invite to the Philadelphia neighborhood, the Caribbean diaspora, and all those that honor the legacy of Garvey, Jamaica’s first Nationwide Hero and a key Pan-African chief of the twentieth century. Garvey’s motion in Philadelphia grew into one of many largest in the USA, second solely to his headquarters in Harlem, New York.
The night program will embody a screening of MOSIAH, the primary narrative movie about Garvey, together with cultural shows and reflections on his enduring world affect. Philadelphia’s personal Kenneth Gamble — singer, songwriter, music producer, and iconic Garveyite — will likely be honored with the UNIA Black Star Lifetime Achievement Award for his many years of neighborhood service.
Friends will even expertise a night of edutainment, delicacies, and tradition in step with Garvey’s imaginative and prescient for individuals of African descent worldwide.
Launched in 2024, the International Garvey Symposium Collection has already been inaugurated in cities akin to Atlanta, Baltimore, and New York, in addition to throughout the Caribbean in Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and Trinidad & Tobago. The Philadelphia symposium is being offered in partnership with the Consulate of Jamaica.
Organizers are additionally searching for the help of sponsors, companions, and neighborhood leaders. Sponsorship packages can be found to organizations and companies wishing to align with a legacy of empowerment, cultural pleasure, and neighborhood development.
“Philadelphia is a metropolis of historical past, resilience, and revolution. It’s only becoming that we mark the 106th anniversary of Marcus Garvey’s lectures right here with a symposium that uplifts his imaginative and prescient of world unity. This occasion is not going to solely honor Garvey’s legacy but additionally encourage new generations to proceed to hold the message ahead,” mentioned Golding.
Occasion Particulars:
📅 Date: Monday, September 22, 2025
🕖 Time: 7:00 p.m.
📍 Venue: The Ebenezer SDA Church, 1437 Christian Avenue, Philadelphia
