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2008

  • Commencement, Class of 2008 -Yale Divinity School/Institute of Sacred Music.
  • MLK Jr. 2008 Holiday Celebration


Drums No Guns Commission, Inc. | Previous Events
A partial history of our national and local efforts (1996-2007)

2007

  • Martin Luther King Day Celebration: Wexler-Grant School, State Capitol (Hartford, CT), and Yale Peabody Museum (New Haven, CT).
  • Hartford Public School Summer Youth Program, M. D. Fox Elementary School (Harford, CT): Drumming for Life and Celebration.
  • Drumming in the Garden (in the Hill neighborhood of New Haven, CT), sponsored by Christopher Prokop, Executive Director for the Yale Lead and Asthma program in cooperation with two church denominations as a community outreach project.
  • Freedom Schooner Amistad Send-Off celebration (New Haven, CT). Performed at the reception for dignitaries and Amistad crew, the ceremony at New Haven City Hall, and at the Amistad launch for its 16 month historic Atlantic Freedom Tour. (After the reception, the requested and received a copy of our CD Rhythms from the Heart to accompany them on their tour)

2006

  • Kwanza Celebration: SCSU Ethnic Heritage Center (New Haven, CT) and Blessed Sacrement Chuch (Bridgeport, CT)
  • Yale Divinity School Of Sacred Music - Convocation.
  • Pro Football Hall Of Fame Induction celebration for Rayfield Wright (Dallas Cowboys) at Glenmoor Country Club, Canton, Ohio; featuring Drums No Guns and Cecelia Calloway (daughter of Cab Calloway) opening performance for Richard Street of the 'Temptations'. 
  • National Children's Month -'Proud Me Kids Day' (Hartford, CT)
  • Commencement, Class of 2006 -Yale Divinity School/Institute of Sacred Music.
  • Celebrating Black History and Youth Awareness, Longfellow Elementary (Bridgeport, CT)
  • Cultural Awareness: Celebrating Youth and African American History at Wilbur Cross Annex High School (New Haven, CT) creative freedom of self expression through drumming, word, song, dance.
  • MLK Jr. Holiday Celebration - Wexler/Grant School Youth Conference of New Haven. Also, State Capitol (Hartford, CT) with U.S. Senator Joseph I.Lieberman and States Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (who participate in bell ringing and drum circle celebration), and Yale Peabody Museum 'Drum Circle for Peace and Environmental Justice'.

2005

  • National Adoption Day with 'r Kids Family Center, at City Hall (New Haven, CT)
  • Yale School of Management 10TH Anniversary Alumni celebration (New Haven, CT)
  • Hill neighborhood,Yale Lead and Asthma program and New Haven Land Trust (promoting community building, survival and ecology). Drumming and Art in the Gardens.
  • International Festival of Arts & Ideas 10th Anniversary Citywide Press Conference at Cafe Botegga, (New Haven, CT), also 'Drum City' Drum Circle of 1,000 drummers and world music concert; featuring Drums Across America band on the 'World' Stage.
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Celebration at State Capital (Hartford, CT), also Yale Peabody Museum (Legacy of Environmental and Social Justice) and The Annual MLK Jr. Youth Conference at Wexler-Grant Community School (New Haven, CT)

2004

  • New Haven Festivals, Inc. July 4th Fireworks Celebration , 25 entertainers performing the launching of 'Drums Across America' 2004-2005.
  • International Festival for Arts & Ideas, opening ceremonial carnival parade and Artist residency, fathers program at 'r Kids Family Center (New Haven, CT)
  • Yale School of Divinity, drum and music ceremony for students missionary trip to Africa, also Yale University Child Daycare Center, 25th Anniversary celebration.
  • Martin Luther King , Jr. Holiday celebration at State Capital (Hartford, CT), also Yale Peabody Museum (New Haven, CT)

2003

  • Yale University, Department of Epidemiology and Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS, participated in AIDS Science Day.
  • New Haven Green Memorial Fountain Dedication Ceremony.
  • International Arts & Ideas kick off Luncheon, Sponsored by Fleet Bank, Fleet Financial Building (New Haven, CT) Arts & Ideas, Drums No Guns in partnership with 'r Kids Family Center for "Heart of the Matter " workshops and musical activities, New Haven Green.

2002

  • The Ethnic Heritage Center (Southern Connecticut State University) and Drums No Guns Commission, Inc. teamed up in a joint venture collaboration for its 3rd Annual Heart of the Matter Cultural Music and Ethnic Heritage demonstrations, workshops and presentations, as a part of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas of greater New Haven.
  • 'r Kids Family Resource Center (New Haven, CT), in collaboration, fostering a year around DNG afterschool - creative arts leadership program (2002-Present)
  • Yale University School of Medicine (Department of Pediatrics), Yale - New Haven Lead and Asthma Training and Resource Center, operating a year-round "Drumming For Life" program. Sponsored by City of New Haven Office of Cultural Affairs and United Illuminating Co. 

2001

  • Alliance For Justice (Washington, DC) - The Launching of a national documentary about the CoMotion Program filmed in Richmond, Virginia 
  • National Luncheon, April 18, 2001 (Capital Hilton, Washington, DC) "Reclaiming Democracy" (opening and closing performing group). Special guest appearance by 2001 Ally Award recipient Deloris Jordan, mother of sports legend Michael Jordan, and keynote speaker, Bruce Arnold Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University.
  • City of New Haven "Fighting Back" Citywide Community Awareness March and Rally, concluding with concert on the New Haven Green.
  • Greater New Haven community cultural arts after school programs (2001-Present)
  • Common Ground High School, The New Haven Ecology Project, Inc., Ecology and Cultural Music Programs. Cross Annex Transitional high school, DNG violence prevention edu-concert and workshop series.
  • Million Mom March (2000-2001, Washington, DC) with Michael Mills and Drums No Guns Commission, Inc. leading 800,000 marchers on the national Mall (May 14, 2000, broadcast live on CSPAN); and the 2001 Hartford Million Mom March (May 14, 2001) MMM event aired (DNG leading march) on CNN Headline news: Bush on Gun Violence/Guns in America.

2000

  • Strong Academy School Family Resource Center, Drums No Guns Commission, Inc., and Ethnic Heritage Center "Breaking Barriers and Bridging Cultures" Edu-Concert performance aired on CTV(New Haven, CT)
  • New Haven Public Schools (Board of Education) "Kids First" alternative music, art and education components for the Bridge Project/Comprehensive School Reform and Bilingual Education Program.
  • Amistad America and City of New Haven sponsors Fund Raising Gala and the Homeport Celebration of the replicated Scooner "La Amistad", in conjunction with Opsail 2000., historical tall ships display across the north eastern seaboard.

1999

  • National Education Association (NEA) Echo Star Safe Schools Network national satellite broadcast, with the U. S. Department of Education and the U. S. Department of Justice (Richmond, VA) performing for safe and nurturing schools.
  • Concert for Peace and Cultural Diversity, on the New Haven Green, 20,000 attending.

1998

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Celebration at State Capitol (Hartford, CT) performing with Governor John G. Roland on drum and cowbell.
  • Feed The Children/New Haven Board of Education and Lipton/Pilot Pen Corporation, launching Pilot Pen Tennis tournament at Yale/New Haven Tennis Center.
  • National Red Cross Conference/Grand opening (Richmond, VA) with former National Red Cross President Elizabeth Dole.
  • National Crime Prevention Council Press Conference (Saatchi & Saatchi, NY) "Taking Back Guns", with former Atty. General Janet Reno.
  • National Handgun Control and Handgun Violence Fund Raising Gala (Washington, DC) meeting with members of the U. S. Conference of Mayors, Boston's OPERATION CEASEFIRE and others, Featuring: Tony Bennett National Annual Handgun Control Conference for the handgun bill (Washington, DC) with Jim and Sarah Brady, Senators and Legislators. Performance by Michael Mills, representing DNG.
  • City of New Haven Parks Department, New Haven Police Dept. and community organizations, Back to School prevention concert and youth showcase, New Haven Green.

1997

  • Feed the Children World Ministries/Hunger Relief and Development (Hamden, CT) Teens help feed others and " Drop the Guns America Day " juice give away to local charities, church groups and the needy in Treadwell Business Park (Hamden, CT)
  • Centro San Jose Community Center (New Haven, CT) DNG cultural arts programs (1997-2000)
  • CT Department of Environmental Protection and Yale Peabody Museum, MLK day celebration.
  • Living Faith Outreach Ministries, (Hartford, CT) Community Youth programs.
  • Casa Otonal elderly residential and community center (New Haven, CT), Puerto Rican Festival celebrating twentieth anniversary.

1996

  • Stand For Children March and Rally (Washington, DC) accompanying the 2000-voice "America Sings" Choir with 400,000 attending.
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Commission Celebration (1996-Present: State Capitol, Hartford, CT)

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