The Rhythm and Blues Preservation Society completed a successful first RBPSOC Week 2024. Mr. Perry Thompson, Executive Director and Founder of the Rhythm and Blues Preservation Society, along with Rev. Dr. Sonja Elise Freeman “Queen Diva,” Artist-in-Residence and VP of Marketing and Communications, together coordinated a week of engaging fun-filled appearances in the greater Atlantic City area from February 18-24, 2024.
The week began on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at the City of Atlantic City Hall Lobby for a “Meet & Greet” with Mr. Perry Thompson, Wednesday, February 21, 2024, is our official RBPSOC Day and Dr. Nina Simone’s Birthday Celebration, we presented our “This Day in Music” Lecture Series: Love, Pain and Music: Dr. Nina Simone by Mr. Perry Thompson in the Paul Robeson Library at Rutgers University at Camden, then community service was presenting pizza and drinks to the Oceanside II Family Success Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey sponsored by Cedar Food Market Atlantic City, and we ended the week at the New Jersey Music Educators Association Conference 2024 as an invited vendor by William McDevitt for the New Jersey Music Educators Association.
We are so very thankful to the following sponsors during RBPSOC Week 2024: Divine Voices Media, Copiers Plus, Cedar Food Market Atlantic City, and Soul Publications.
Completing our 1st Rhythm and Blues Preservation Society Week 2024 is my greatest joy! We have discussed this for a while and are very excited by the response in the Greater Atlantic City area,” said Mr. Perry Thompson, Executive Director and Founder of the Rhythm and Blues Preservation Society.
The Rhythm and Blues Preservation Society is excited to embark on future international campaigns for Women’s History Month in March 2024, Jazz Appreciation Month in April 2024, Black Music Month in June 2024, Blues Month in August 2024, Hip Hop Appreciation Day in August 11, 2024, Gospel Heritage Month in September 2024, and Hip Hop History Month in November 2024. We plan to reach more people who will support our cause to preserve Black music culture and our mission to spearhead African American Music Studies in colleges and universities by 2030.
The Rhythm and Blues Preservation Week 2024 is one of many programs, events, and tours presented by the Rhythm and Blues Preservation Society that are a part of our overall commitment to preserving Black music culture one record at a time within the community, colleges, and universities to ultimately create a certification and degree program in African American Music Studies nationwide.
About The Rhythm and Blues Preservation Society
The Rhythm and Blues Preservation Society is a 501(c)3 nonprofit music society based in Atlantic City, New Jersey founded in 2018 by Mr. Perry Thompson, with a mission to preserve Black music culture one record at a time by spearheading a movement to create African American Music Studies degree program in colleges and universities in the United States and worldwide by 2030.
