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The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Hip-Hop Ambassadors Cultural Exchange program stopped at Raíces Cultural Center on their tour of the Northeast.

Dancing hip hop movements to the bomba drums, a conversation where each movement creates a response from the drum.

Bomba from Puerto Rico meets hop hop from India.

Participants in the cultural exchange workshop learned Cuban orisha movements and rhythms.

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Hip-Hop Ambassadors Cultural Exchange program stopped at Raíces Cultural Center on their tour of the Northeast.

Visitors came from Zimbabwe, Uganda, India, Burma and Pakistan

West African Dance workshop leader Liana Conyers, teaching as part of the 2013 Cultural Legacy Festival workshop series.

Workshop leader Liana Conyers teaching and leading West African dances.

Workshop leader Liana Conyers led participants through a variety of West African dances including Lamba and griot dances.

Dance teacher Liana Conyers leading workshop participants at the Raíces Cultural Center Cultural Legacy Festival 2013 Workshop Series.

Workshop participant Vanessa Jones researching maps in preparation for creating her artwork.

Workshop participant Lauren Nixon mapping out her own cultural legacy through collage.

Local community member Hagit Mano presenting stories from the Jewish tradition.

Local community member Hagit Mano presenting stories from the Jewish tradition.

Raíces co-founders and co-Directors Francisco G. Gómez and Nicole Wines with the youngest program participant at the first Common Ground workshop held April 23, 2016, who attended specifically to learn how to make homemade vegan salads and salad…

Common Ground program participants serving homemade salads made during the workshop and cooking demonstration for a post-workshop taste testing.

Raíces program participant and long-term supporter Linda Powell taste testing a homemade fruit salad at the Common Ground workshop on salads and homemade salad dressing.

Raíces Cultural Center display for a community seed saving workshop and seed swap.

Raíces core team member Nicole Wines presenting on seed saving at a community workshop in Rumson, New Jersey.

Seeds on display for exchange and sharing during a community seed swap.

Participants from the May 1, 2016 EcoCulture workshop on seed saving check out the display of seeds available to take home for growing and seed saving.

After attending seed saving workshops, participants are invited to swap seeds or select seeds to take home for planting and seed saving.

Seed saving workshop participants making mini seed envelopes for use when seed saving.

Seed saving workshop participants selecting seeds to grow out and save in their home gardens.

Seed saving workshop participants selecting from a variety of seeds after the workshop to take home for growing out and saving.

Participants of a Raíces EcoCulture Seed Saving workshop checking out and identifying different varieties of bean seeds to take home after the workshop.