This Saturday marks the birthday of The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940), the founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL).  All around the world, Afrikan People celebrate his birth on this day.  Below we share the announcements of just a few of the commemorations of The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey on this day.

Panama City, Panama

First, in Panama, where local activists and Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC) Facilitators Ras Bukie and Empress Yesury Nurse, longtime adherents of Garveyism, are holding a commemoration at then statue of Marcus Garvey that they had led the effort to have erected in a public park in the area of Panama City.  The event is scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM Eastern Time (US).  See the flyer below for details, including a Zoom link for those who would like to participate online.  The text of the flyer is in Spanish here, but the link should be easy to follow nonetheless, and English speakers will also be present at the commemoration.

Baltimore, Maryland’s Garvey Day Celebration

Baba Charlie Dugger has held cultural and educational events in the Baltimore, Maryland area for several decades through his organization Camp Harambee (The People), including the annual Marcus Garvey Day celebrations of the birthday of the Pan-Afrikan giant and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). Now Baba Charlie Dugger is sponsoring the 2024 Garvey Day celebration, in West Baltimore’s Harlem Park, as always.  The commemoration starts at 12:00 Noon and is scheduled to go until 7:00 PM.  See the flyer below doe details.

Harlem, New York

New York is where the historic UNIA Convention was held which had drawn upwards if 25,000 participants (Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association – Black History Month 2024), in an era ling before we had social media and Web sites to inform the populace.  A special commemoration is planned in Harlem.  This year, Harlem is again hosting its Garvey Day celebration.