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Kinkeeping Summit
Kinkeeping Summit: A Celebration of Heritage, Joy & Connection
Sunday, September 27, 2026 | 11 AM–3 PM
Cherry Street Pier | 121 N. Christopher Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19106
1st & 2nd Floors
FREE • FAMILY-FRIENDLY • ALL GENERATIONS WELCOME
Who Keeps Your Family Connected?
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.
You Are a Kinkeeper If You…
❤️ 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!
What to Expect
🎉 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 Kinkeepers!
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.
FREE ADMISSION
RSVP • TAG YOUR FAMILY • SHARE WITH YOUR CREW
Presented by DiasporaDNA Story Center
