To develop an Afrocentric practice of outreach both inside and outside our sacred spaces of the church, temple, mosque, synagogue, or Kingdom Hall, we must acknowledge the community’s sacred spaces.  Art of NOYZ refers to the areas where this occurs as the “urban quilombos.” These were spaces, whereas early as 15th century Brazil, enslaved Africans escaped to locate holistic healing and construct an alternative community of freedom. In the Quilombos community’s liminal space, our AFRICAN ancestors fled and planned a pathway of resistance against the sugar plantation owners that enslaved them. The vision of Art of NOYZ   does not include creating an armed resistance against people of a lighter hue but rather removing the residue of oppression that fuels a hindrance to constructive opposition. The resistance inherent to this vision begins when we enter intentionally into the process of nurturing the greatness that already exists in our communities. We suggest to our beloved community that to establish the urban quilombos, spiritual quilombos within the human spirit must be encouraged within the people we engage with every day. Our community engagement must remain consistent whether at the local grocery store, parks and playgrounds, schools, barber and beauty shops, and yes, even liquor store parking lots. This constant engagement is essential because in experiencing a spiritual quilombo, we must first accept that God inhabits both the people and the places residents frequent spiritually and physically within the beloved community.
The concept of urban quilombos involves moving the body and reorienting it to another physical and psychic space, a space of alternative possibility.
  This effective outreach requires going outside of our brick and mortar comfort zones and connecting with social service agencies, religious organizations, community activists, and concerned neighbors who are already working in the surrounding community. An urban quilombo is rooted in the fact that wherever you are in your journey, the help we often long for is just a brother or sister away. For a shift to take place in much of the violence taking place in the African community, our understanding of where the sacred occurs must move beyond the static spaces of isolated religious fellowship. We must contagiously arrive at both an individual and collective wisdom, that our African Ancestors understood that there was no separation between the sacred and the secular. Finally, at the core of this vision is the principle of Ubuntu, “I can, because we are.” Art of Noyz Ministries believes the humanity we desire for others must mirror the humanity we desire for our own lives.