BLK South Offerings

Our offerings are deeply rooted in a love for the South, particularly honoring its complex history and the dynamic cultures that define it. We're committed to celebrating this region's rich heritage, particularly acknowledging the contributions and resilience of African American communities, while also addressing the systemic challenges we face today in places like Durham. These initiatives are like bringing a dish to a family cookout—each one aims to strengthen and enrich the community fabric, showing our deep appreciation for being part of a city with such a profound historical and cultural significance. We see this as our way of giving back and fostering a more inclusive and equitable future.

  • Spiritual Formation

    A discipleship curriculum made for the Black soul in search of renewed spirituality by deconstructing their faith from the woes of White Supremacy, and reconstructing it from a lens of solidarity, inclusivity, justice, and liberation. Eventually, we would love to partner with an HBCU and help teach seminary studies in an unconventional way.

  • Martial Arts School

    With a black belt and over 20 years of experience in Martial Arts, Kendall desires to start a school for the Black community designed to teach self-confidence, self-defense, and mindfulness practices. Tang Soo Do is an art form that was historically born out of oppression and has great benefits for mental health, depression, and anxiety.

  • Creative Justice

    Imagine using all forms of art (storytelling, film, dance, writing, music, painting, drawing, etc.) to create a community that is collectively focused on truth-telling in art form. A seasonal, project-based initiative that platforms the voices of those most marginalized, to tell the truth and further the process of healing and liberation in a community. This is what we like to call Creative Justice!

  • Black Cultural Immersion Experience

    In collaboration with Durham Cares, "The Land Speaks" is a pilgrimage into the soul of Durham, NC, centering the powerful Black story of the Hayti District—a place rich with history, resilience, and cultural significance. This journey is designed to engage every part of the body and spirit, awakening what we see, hear, feel, taste, and create. Participants will walk the sacred grounds of Hayti, listen to its stories of triumph and struggle, touch the spaces where history was made, savor the flavors of its culinary traditions, and create art inspired by its legacy. This immersive experience is more than education—it’s a holistic journey of connection, healing, and renewal, where the land itself speaks to the stories we carry and invites us to reimagine how our own lands and lives might flourish in justice, dignity, and hope.