This Emancipation we are pleased to introduce Roots & Rites, a season of performances, learning and community engagement that explores freedom as both inheritance and responsibility.

From July through August, we will be hosting a series of gatherings through theatre, music, storytelling, heritage education and rites of passage to honour those who came before us while investing in those who will carry the future.

Our roots ground us in memory, survival and collective responsibility.

Our rites prepare us to lead with purpose, dignity and community.

Together we can celebrate Emancipation as not just a holiday but as a living practice of community collective responsibility, a place to preserve heritage and invest in our future leaders.

Signature Community Impact
Rites of Passage For Boys Entering Secondary School

This is a life skills based mentorship programme preparing students of East Port of Spain who are making the transition to secondary school.
What Your Support will help us do:

• Secure a safe and neutral venue for sessions
• Provide essential school items for students in need
• Provide daily refreshments for participants during the two week programme.

Signature Cultural Impact
Sound of the Drum : The Lavways, Chant and Kaisos of Kambule

In April 2026 we began recording Songs of Kambule at the iconic Blackman Ranch. The result is a landmark album project capturing the traditional drums, lavways, chants, and songs that form the foundation of the play Kambule and the deeper roots of Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival.

What Your Support Will Help Us Do
- Pay the musicians, singers, and cultural practitioners who carry this knowledge
- Create artwork and storytelling materials that honour the history behind the music
- Share Trinidad and Tobago’s cultural heritage with audiences locally and internationally
- Protect Trinidad and Tobago's traditional knowledge and intellectual property