Community Drum Circle

Students and community members invite us into a shared circle of music, movement and learning.

Art + Story

Mr. Richard “ArathePoet” Presents:

A remarkable welcome and introduction to his community drum and dance studio—where rhythm, movement and story are shared across generations.

Young drummers carrying traditional drums during a procession in Ghana
Living tradition, carried together
Students and community members gathered in a drumming circle
Learning through participationRhythm becomes relationship
A Take Em Home traveler signing a museum guest book beneath Ghanaian art
Art holds memoryReflection in the gallery

History + Reflection

The coast remembers.

Cape Coast asks us to face history directly and carry its lessons forward as students and global citizens.

Athletes, coaches and Take Em Home partners gathered on a basketball court in Ghana
The court becomes communityBallers Club · Kumasi
Boxers, coaches and Take Em Home travelers gathered inside a boxing ring in Ghana
Discipline + possibilityJamestown boxing relationships

Care + Partnership

Service begins with listening.

Local health leaders and diaspora partners meet around real priorities, useful resources and relationships built to last.

Take Em Home Collective

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Every image is part of a larger relationship.

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The Take Em Home Manifest

What are you delivering?

Come home with what you carry—capital, time, network, expertise or access—and pass it forward in relationship with community.

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The Take Em Home Manifest asking what each person will deliver: capital, time, network, expertise, access, sponsorship, education or clinical support