Juneteenth Games with Bridges: A Pan-Afrikan ARTS Movement

Wéma Ragophala is a director, performing artist, and activist born and raised in BedStuy, Brooklyn. She has a
deep love for the intersection of art and community. Wéma directed The Homecoming Queen, Grown Adorable
Adult, a hilarious Haitian-American coming of age story, and In Her Memory, a play healing from trauma in four
generations of women in one family. Wéma also wrote, performed, and toured her solo performance work, Roots,
Rhythm, and Revolution, nationally and in aboard. Wéma is the founder of Bridges: A Pan-Afrikan Arts Movement,
where she collaborated with South African Artists on events like World Poetry Day, Women on the Word Festival,
and Amplify! Youth in Arts in Action, creating a bridge for international arts exchange and community advocacy.
She organizes and collaborates with various artists and organizations to support and transform communities
through the arts