The Embrace Girls Foundation presents Africa Umoja from February 25 – March 8, 2020


The Embrace Girls Foundation presents Africa Umoja from February 25 – March 8, 2020

As the Lion King and yes, Black Panther continue to break box office records, another story that celebrates the African continent and its unbreakable spirit is set to arrive in South Florida. AFRICA UMOJA, The Spirit of Togetherness, sponsored by Aetna and benefiting The Embrace Girls Foundation, Inc., will premiere for a two-week celebration during Black History Month. Opening Tuesday, February 25, 2020, the production will run at the Miramar Cultural Arts Center until March 8, 2020.

“We are so excited that this dynamic event is returning to South Florida. We invite the community to come out and experience this internationally acclaimed highly uplifting musical that families from all Diasporas will embrace,” says Velma Lawrence, CEO of The Embrace Girls Foundation, Inc.

The Embrace Girls Foundation’s Embrace Girl Power! After School Program & Camps is a non-profit 501©3 organization established in 2001, where little girls learn to be healthy, confident, ambitious and educated young ladies who strive for excellence in action and service before self.

They also improve the lives of elementary and middle school aged girls through data driven and measured academic enrichment programs, their signature Tea Parties and Author Experiences which showcase the girls social, communication and etiquette skills that have featured many dignitaries and celebrities including Whoopi Goldberg, Sherri Shepherd, Chelsea Clinton, Civil Rights Activist, Reverend Al Sharpton, Actresses, Keke Palmer, Kim Wayans and Celebrity TV Court Show Judges, Lynn Toler, Glenda Hatchett, Marilyn Milian and Karen Mills-Francis, to name a few.

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