As a non-profit multi-cultural arts organization we are dedicated to promoting, presenting & preserving the African Diaspora & Indigenous cultures of the world through Music, Art, Dance, Multi-Media Arts, Education, and STEAM Research. We are the home of 101.1FM KVIB, a low-power FM station operated by WorldBeat Center and Positive Hope. We are located in beautiful Balboa Park in the heart of San Diego, California. Through consciousness raising the WorldBeat Center promotes peace within our San Diego community by providing on-going programs and services that nurture the spirit of children, the elderly, and everyone in between. Our main goal is then to create unity within diversity.
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Recent Activity at WBC!
San Diego Major Taylor Cycling Club Freedom Ride
Day 1 of the Juneteenth Weekend began Saturday, June 17th with two bike rides led by San Diego’s Major Taylor Cycling Club. Dozens of cyclist and cycling groups such as the Black Girls Ride showed up to support the event and biked 2 courses around San Diego, Chula...
31st Multi-Cultural Earth Day
Greetings Beautiful Earth People, Multi-Cultural Earth Day was a great day for all cultures and all people. It was a great time to see our community together fighting hate, teaching tolerance and always seeking environmental justice. It is said a people united will...
Summer Level Up Enrichment Program
Dear San Diego Unified families, We are excited to share enrollment information for the summer Level Up Enrichment program. Various enrichment sessions will run from June 20 through August 18, and will be offered to all current district students for grades UTK...
A Taste of Africa 2022
Taste of Africa brought a wonderful celebration of African food, music and culture. It brought the community together. WorldBeat Center wanted to welcome the African Diaspora and build a community with the African Diaspora. We wanted to support local African...
WorldBeat Cultural Center Awarded a California Humanities Relief Grant
Prophet World Beat Productions dba WorldBeat Cultural Center was recently awarded a California Humanities Relief Grant. "In recognition that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a serious impact on the public humanities field across the state, California Humanities will...
WorldBeat Cultural Center’s Update on COVID-19
March 21, 2021 San Diego County is now in Tier 2, or Red Tier, of the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy. The Cafe will remain open for take-out and delivery and is now also open for outdoor dining. Some classes will return outdoors (please refer to our class...
A Winter Solstice Greeting from Makeda Cheatom
Habari Gani? What a blessing with all the trials and tribulations, to be the Executive Director of the WorldBeat Cultural Center through all these years, 30 to be exact. It took many years for this vision to manifest. A cultural center that one day would heal the...
Glenn’s Journey In The Noise and Plant Music Project
Click and watch Glenn Huang's experience with the plant music and noise pollution research at WorldBeat Center. Glenn is a senior student in the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Zhongshan Institute.His major is Software engineering and he is...
Reggae’s Modern Day Prophet, Vaughn Benjamin
Beloveds, this photo came up on my Facebook memory. He is so mystic. Here I and I were in New York receiving our award from the DARC Foundation for our contributions to the RastafarI Reggae community. He was so funny when he was hugging me, he said, "Don't worry...