Partner
We want to partner with YOU!
Join Us in Weaving Stories.
We are DiasporaDNA Story Center — a space dedicated to the narratives, histories, and creative expressions of diasporic communities. We’re inviting collaborators who are ready to help build something rooted in memory, identity, connection, and innovation.
Who we’re looking for:
Storytellers & Writers: committed to sharing diasporic experiences through personal, communal, or experimental forms
Artists & Multimedia Creators: exploring visuals, sound, film, or interactive media to bring voices to life
Cultural Researchers & Historians: interested in preserving and elevating under-told stories
Community Organizers & Grassroots Groups: bridging generations, geographies, and cultures through collective practice
What we can build together:
Projects that honor identity, migration, resilience, and heritage
Story archives, exhibitions, workshops, performances, or digital platforms that amplify unheard voices
Spaces for intergenerational dialogue and mentorship, honoring both ancestral memory and future imaginings
Access to networks, resources, and collaborative platforms committed to equity, inclusivity, and cultural justice
We believe every story holds power, and together we can bring those stories into full view.
If you see yourself in this — let’s connect. Email us at info@diasporadna.org.
UrbnSEEK is a minority-owned company that creates "Fun on Purpose". Our team designs and hosts scavenger hunts, group play events (trivia, bingo, etc.) and team building activities focused on diversity and inclusiveness.
Our content resonates with people of all backgrounds, ensuring that EVERYONE is going to have fun!
UrbnSEEK was founded and is led by Serita Lewis.
Community Partners
Founded in 2010 by BIPOC women artists and art enthusiasts, The Women’s Coalition for Empowerment, Inc’s mission is to enhance financial support, creative workforce opportunities, and assistance for emerging artists, musicians, and performers facing financial challenges.
Since its inception, The WCE has cultivated numerous programs that promote self-sufficiency, artistic expression, and opportunities for personal and professional creative growth. The WCE is a multi-year recipient of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Preserving Diverse Cultures grant orchestrating a variety of multi-themed concerts, art project collaborations, and art-centered workshops, all aimed at enhancing creative engagement with the public.
The WCE was co-founded and is led by Shekhinah B.
Scout is a design and development practice reimagining how buildings can be transformed into meaningful and compelling spaces for people to experiment, grow, and succeed together. Currently overseeing the redevelopment of a historic vocational school in Philadelphia, PA and a historic manufacturing facility in Providence, RI into mixed use destinations for community and educational services, artists and makers, creative businesses, and more. Scout was founded in 2011 in London. Our first project was the creation of a pop-up cinema called Films on Fridges in Hackney Wick. In 2015, Scout moved to the US to start to work on the redevelopment of the Bok Building in South Philadelphia.
cinéSPEAK is a Philadelphia-based arthouse cinema and journal that cultivates experiences and opportunities for filmmakers and moviegoers, celebrating and strengthening local community and global movements for collective liberation.
Their multidisciplinary work directly supports emerging artists, filmmakers, and writers through screenings, salons, and cultural reporting—all of which center the stories from those historically excluded in the film and media industry. They bring independent films to new audiences, partnering with community organizations to create a more equitable and nourishing cinema ecosystem.
Home to over a million extraordinary artifacts and archaeological finds, the Penn Museum has been uncovering our shared humanity across continents and millennia since 1887. In bridging archaeology (the study of objects made by humans), with anthropology, (the science of humanity), we chart a course for finding one’s own place in the arc of human history.
We are dedicated to telling powerful stories that emerge from our own excavations and research across the world.
The Penn Museum sparks curiosity, wonder, and endless exploration. We invite everyone to join our incredible journey of discovery and to dig deeper.
The mission of the Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia (AVP) is to reduce the entire cycle of violence by providing a wide range of services from support and counseling for victims and their families to rebuild their lives in the aftermath of violence. We provide comprehensive and collaborative programs throughout Philadelphia in schools, social service agencies, the courts, and at community sites.
