Bootsy Collins

Today at noon at the Rock Hall, funk icon Bootsy Collins will announce plans for the inaugural Funk Not Fight hub in partnership with the Bootsy Collins Foundation and the Village (The Village Of Performing Arts and Culture and Center), a local community organization working with young people in the Cleveland area. The event will feature a round table discussion with a team of Funk Not Fight Ambassadors including Mayor Annette Blackwell, Mayor Matt Burke, Chris Ronayne of the Cuyahoga County Executive and youth mentor Yonna Shakam. Discussions will focus on calming violence with music and the Funk Not Fight mission, a growing initiative to create opportunities in communities that encourage peace, creativity and anti-violence.