WELCOME to In FACT, Inc.
About Us
Our History
In FACT, Inc. was founded by Karen "Queen Nur" Abdul-Malik. The organization was incorporated in 2011 in Willingboro, New Jersey with a mission to preserve and perpetuate folklife traditions and to use these traditions to sustain communities and affect social change. The Board is led by African American women and In FACT is primarily focused on serving communities of the African diaspora. We welcome volunteers and always seek to uplift community voice through folk art, culture and tradition.
Board Members: Claudia Cream, Patricia Burch, Sharon Shuber, Rashida Khalifa. Executive Director: Karen Abdul-Malik. Documentarian Consultant: Driven by Design, Inc.
Our Programs
As a cultural sustainability organization we document African diasporic culture through oral histories, photographs and videography and provide community centered programs. Workshops include such traditions as quilting, African Drumming and Dance, dollmaking, hip hop, the blues, storytelling, soul line dancing, foodways, hair wrapping, aromatherapy, Latin dance and traditional healing arts. We present panel discussions, curate Black Doll exhibitions and produce festivals including the Annual Willingboro Kwanzaa Festival with community partner organizations. Our newly initiated Youth Storytelling Group performed at the Willingboro Kwanzaa Festival in 2024.
PROJECTS
COMMUNITY ON THE LINE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS PROJECT
COMMUNITY ON THE LINE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS PROJECT
COMMUNITY ON THE LINE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS PROJECT
In FACT partnered with Queen Nur LLC to document the Soul Line Dance Community in the Philadelphia, New Jersey, Delaware Tri- State Area as part of the Widening the Path Project for the Library of Congress.
Over 900 files make up the collection. The Collection will be celebrated at the Library of Congress on
Feburary 27, 2025, 5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
with a
Soul Line Dance Party
in Jefferson Hall
10 First Street, SE
Washington DC 20540
Featuring
DJ's Chris Blues and AJ Rivers
Emcee
Kenny J
Queen Nur
Guest Instructors
Gloria Kingcade
Theresa Brown
Event is FREE but
REGISTRATION is REQUIRED
NO EXCEPTIONS
Registration opens at
12:00 a.m on January 28, 2025 -
IT WILL REACH CAPACITY QUICKLY REGISTER ON 1/28/2025!!!!!!
CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOURS TODAY!!!!
BUS INFORMATION FOR PHILLY, NEW JERSEY AND TRI-STATE AREA
Coming Soon
MADE POSSIBLE BY:
Grants to Karen "Queen Nur Abdul-Malik from The American Folklife Center at tthe LIbrary of Congress and to In FACT from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities.
TALE OF TWO TASTES
COMMUNITY ON THE LINE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS PROJECT
COMMUNITY ON THE LINE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS PROJECT
TALE OF TWO TASTE
Is a cultural food event that has your taste buds poppin', music hoppin', and culture non-stoppin' as we explore the food cultures of two African Diasporic foodways and cultures.
Art is expressed not only visually in culture, but also in what we eat. In addition to being an art, food is an expression of cultural identity, of a community's history, its values, and its relationship to place. When we share a meal with our community members, we reinforce community bonds. When we offer our foodways to others, we invite them to understand our culture and explore our commonalities
The next event will be held in April 2025
Our Past cultural featured food artisans included:
2022
Nole JN Baptiste of Sa Pi Bon LLC in Philadelphia and Sammed Okyne of Kings & Queens Liberian Cuisine, Philadelphia
2023
Nana Kittoe, Ghanian Foodways and Eefphee's Nigerian Cuisinefrom Eephee's Kitchen in Voorhees
2024
Sherma Joyce - Trinidad and Adanech Asghedom owner of Ada's Gojjo Ethiopian Restaurant in Ashbury ParK
Music is curated by Dwight James
Next Event Spring 2025
MADE POSSIBLE BY:
Burlington County Board of Commissioners
from a grant by the New Jersey Council of the Arts
WILLINGBORO ANNUAL KWANZAA FESTIVAL
COMMUNITY ON THE LINE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COMMUNITY COLLECTIONS PROJECT
WILLINGBORO ANNUAL KWANZAA FESTIVAL
The Annual Willingboro Festival was held at the John F. Kennedy Center, in Willingboro NJ on Saturday December 28, 2024, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. The Fest' was filled with performances, workshops, candle lighting ceremony, An African Marketplace and a Karamu (feast).
Featured Performances included:
Zawadi African Dance and Drum
International Soul Steps Dance Company
In FACT Youth Group
African American Inventors' Workshop
Line Dancing with Kenny J
Storytelling with Queen Nur and
Namibia El and more....
HOSTED BY THE WILLINGBORO KWANZAA COLLECTIVE:
African American Inventors' Museum, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (Pi Mu Omega Chapter), Alpha Phi Alpha Faternity (Kappa Iota Lamda Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (Rancocas Valley Alumnae Chapter), I am Kenny J Productions, In FACT, Inc., Jack and Jill of America, Burlington County, Lei Zodiac Cllub, The Underground Railroad of Burlington County, and the Willingboro and Vicinity NAACP.
2025 FESTIVAL will be held on Saturday, December 27, 2025
The day of Kujichagulia
FREE but REGISTRATION will be REQUIRED
MADE POSSIBLE BY:
Burlington County Board of Commissioners from a grant by the New Jersey Council of the Arts and the Willingboro Recreation & Parks Department.
After Party Information
with BOUT DAT DANCE
VFW Post 96
196527 Suitland Road
Morningside, MD 20745.
February 27, 2025
8:30 p.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Buses Back to New Jersey will depart
10:30 p.m.
Free Admission
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