Join Black community events in Tyler, TX celebrating your cultural heritage. Find cultural festivals, professional networking events, religious celebrations, educational workshops, fundraisers, and social gatherings that bring the Black community together. Stay connected with events that honor your traditions and create meaningful connections.
Join us for an unforgettable evening of glamour and purpose at the 2nd Annual Give Me The Night Scholarship Ball. This black-tie-inspired evening will highlight community excellence while raising scholarship funds to support the next generation of leaders.
Welcome Brothers & Sisters!
As you enter, The Historic Texas African - American Museum take a moment and observe our History.
You will be Greeted at the ticket booth as an Usher will assist you to a seat inside the, Verette and Jesse E. Rider Fine & Performing Arts Centre, at any of the Historic named tables for you and your party.
Six DIFFERENT black girls, strangers to each other, go to a group therapy session. They may be strangers going in but they'll never be the same coming out. The therapist has each girl to choose her number which will define who she is. Come join the session and find the answer to what is your number. Because every girl has a number and every woman has a breaking point.. what's yours? (You don't have to see part 1 to see part 2)
Celebrate 118 years of sisterhood, service, and excellence with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, Gamma Omicron Omega Chapter. Join us for our 2026 Founders’ Day Celebration, honoring the legacy of our founders and recognizing the outstanding commitment of our milestone members.
This year’s theme, “118 Years of Keeping it R.E.A.L.: Resilient. Empowering. Aspiring. Legacy,” reflects the rich heritage and forward movement of our illustrious sisterhood.
We are proud to honor our 2026 Founders’ Day Honorees:
Diamond Honorees
• Frances Anderson
• Ira Jean Henry
Silver Star Honorees
• Dr. Donna Franklin-Pitts
• Dr. Shirley McKellar
Enjoy an afternoon of inspiration and celebration featuring keynote speaker Dorothy Buchanan-Wilson, surrounded by sorors, fraters, family, and community supporters.
Come celebrate our legacy, uplift our honorees, and continue our mission of Service to All Mankind.
The Empowerment Community Development Corporation (Empowerment CDC), invite you to join us in celebrating arts and culture during Black History Month at our annual Black History Celebration 2026, to be held on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at 6:00 PM, at the Veretta and Jesse E. Rider Fine and Performing Arts Empowerment CDC Complex.
This year’s banquet will honor James and Florence Anderson with the Anderson Academic Excellence and Integrity Award 2026, in recognition of their 60 years of marriage, lifelong commitment, and outstanding contributions to our community since August 29, 1965.
In addition, we are proud to present the prestigious Veretta and Jesse E. Rider Stella Clarion Call Award to Debra Kay Hammons, acknowledging her remarkable leadership, dedication, and service in empowering others through faith, education, and community advancement.
