Kinkeeping Summit

Sunday, September 27, 2026 | 11 AM–3 PM
Cherry Street Pier | 121 N. Christopher Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19106
1st & 2nd Floors

Join DiasporaDNA Story Center for the first-ever Kinkeeping Summit—a free, family-friendly celebration of the people, stories, traditions, and relationships that keep our families and communities connected.

Kinkeeping is the intentional work of keeping family and ancestral connections alive—staying in touch, tracing our roots, preserving stories and traditions, and making sure our families, communities, and diaspora's place in history isn't forgotten.

❤️ Value heritage and history
🏡 Love homecomings and reunions
📖 Share family stories and memories
📸 Preserve photos and cherished mementos
🧬 Want to organize your family ancestry
🤝 Care for elders, children, and neighbors
🌍 Are culturally curious and ready to learn

If this sounds like you, you're a Kinkeeper—and this event is for you!

🎉 Vendors — Shop and enjoy cultural foods
🥁 Rhythm — Experience a community drum circle
🎭 Story — Explore family history and archiving
🧬 Ancestry — Join reunion and ancestry roundtables
🎨 Exhibit — Opening of In Diaspora…
📒 Collage — Create and preserve memories through photo scrapbooking
✊🏿 Discover — Explore Black history and world culture exhibits from the Montgomery Collection
🫶 Belong — Gather, remember, and connect across generations
🧘🏿 Mindful — Enjoy waterfront walks and curated conversations
🥑 Delicacy — Participate in a recipe swap and enjoy snacks

Bring your mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, aunties, uncles, cousins, children, friends, neighbors—or whoever helps keep your family connected.

Come share your stories. Discover your roots. Celebrate your culture. Make new connections.

Let's gather on the waterfront at Cherry Street Pier for a day of Heritage, Joy & Kinkeeping.

RSVP • TAG YOUR FAMILY • SHARE WITH YOUR CREW

Presented by DiasporaDNA Story Center