Community College of Philadelphia to Celebrate Black Music Month with Enough Is Enough Teach-In Session

Originally released June 14, 2021 
Contact: 
Barry Johnson 
Email: btjohnson@ccp.edu 
 

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Special guest speakers include Black Music Month co-founder Kenneth Gamble, Jamar Jones, and Ruth Naomi Floyd 

PHILADELPHIA – Community College of Philadelphia announced that it will host an Enough Is Enough teach-in session to celebrate Black Music Month at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 16. Titled The Sound of Music, the virtual forum will explore the ways in which music has been used to advance social justice through both a local and national lens.   

The event will be co-moderated by Dr. David E. Thomas, vice president for Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement, and Paul J. Geissinger, associate professor, Music department head, and director of Spring Garden Records – the College’s official record label. Welcome remarks will be provided by College President Dr. Donald Guy Generals. 

Attendees will learn how they can amplify their voice through music from special guests including Kenneth Gamble, award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, Black Music Month co-founder, and the founder and CEO of Universal Companies; Jamar Jones, musical director, composer, and CEO of Jamar Jones Institute; and Ruth Naomi Floyd, a vocalist, composer, and photographer who serves as the director of Jazz Studies at Cairn University and an adjunct and artist in residence at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance. 

Attendees will also enjoy musical selections from Spring Garden Records, Jamar Jones, and Ruth Naomi Floyd.  

This Enough Is Enough teach-in session will also celebrate the one-year anniversary of the series which the College launched in June 2020 following the police-involved death of George Floyd. Following Floyd’s death, Dr. Generals asked the College community to commit to eradicating ideologies that perpetuate systemic racism through education, training and action. 

More information about the College’s Enough Is Enough teach-in series can be found online.  

WHAT: Enough Is Enough Teach-In Session, The Sound of Music 

WHO:    Dr. Donald Guy Generals, president, Community College of Philadelphia;  

Dr. David E. Thomas, vice president for Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement, Community College of Philadelphia;  

Paul J. Geissinger, associate professor, Music department head and director of Spring Garden Records, Community College of Philadelphia;  

Kenneth Gamble, award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, Black Music Month co-founder, and the founder and CEO of Universal Companies; 

Jamar Jones, musical director, composer, and CEO of Jamar Jones Institute; and 

Ruth Naomi Floyd, vocalist, composer, photographer, director of Jazz Studies at Cairn University, adjunct and artist in residence at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance 

WHERE: Via Zoom 

                Webinar ID: 941 5312 3549 

    Passcode: CCP 

WHEN: 11 a.m. 

              Wednesday, June 16, 2021 

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