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Dr. Marta Moreno-Vega

Teaches at One Spirit Learning Alliance

Dr. Marta Moreno-Vega established the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) in 1976, inspired by a vision to create an international organization to promote and link communities of African descent. She guided the capital campaign for the renovation of the landmark firehouse at 120 East 125th Street, the Center’s new home. Dr. Moreno-Vega is an advocate for cultural equity, cultural studies, and education. She has served as the second director of El Museo del Barrio. As one of the founders of the Association of the Hispanic Arts, Network of Centers of Color, and on the Roundtable of Institutions of Colors, Dr. Moreno-Vega has committed to ensuring that the contributions of African and African descendants are integral to the lives of civil society in the Americas. She has conducted research in Yoruba belief systems in the African Diaspora and has organized international conferences uniting scholars and leading traditional experts focused on expanding the knowledge and importance of sacred Diaspora traditions. Dr. Moreno-Vega is cofounder of the Global Afro Latino and Caribbean Initiative (GALCI), a former program of Hunter College/Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program. She is chief editor of Women Warriors of the Afro-Latina Diaspora (Arte Publico Press) and author of The Altar of My Soul (One World/Ballantine, 2001). She is director and co-producer of the documentary When the Spirits Dance Mambo: Growing Up Nuyorican in El Barrio and has written a personal memoir by the same name. She is also co-editor of Voices from the Battlefront: Achieving Cultural Equity and Actualidad de Las Tradiciones Espirituales y Culturales.

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