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Yumy Odom, Founder of 1st World Komix, Inc. (AD 1986), has been a multidisciplinary educator, scientist, researcher and archivist for more than 25 years. Originally from Brooklyn, NY, he came to Philadelphia, PA in 1988. As an Independent Educational Strategist and a Temple University Administrator, he has facilitated / instructed 14 major courses, among them: CEP #160 Introduction to African Continental & African Diasporan Languages; CEP #180 Introduction to Global Mythology; CEP #268 Human Race Studies: A Certification Course; CEP #39-A Introduction to Etymology; CEP #300: PASCEP 101; CEP #355-A: Conversational Spanish 101; WS-57: The Black Age of Comics Legacy; BMDS WS-SP3: Rites-of-Passage / First Rites; and WS-SP3-A: Rites-of-Passage Intensive Training for Facilitators (Men).
He is also the Founder of 5 innovative community-based projects:
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Frator Heru Rites-of-Ascension (ROA): Models for Humanity;
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First World Komix, Inc: Creators of Human, Heroic & Mythic Images, which is responsible for establishing the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention [ECBACC] in Philadelphia, PA in May 2002;
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The State Correctional Institution (SCI) Educational Institute Curriculum Project: Seminars in Knowledge & Praxis;
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The Kiswahili Society of Philadelphia; &
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The Human Race Studies Research Institute Think Tank.
“What we can imagine, we can often create. What we can imagine ourselves as, we can often become.”
Yumy Odom, Educator, Archivist of the Africentric Comic Tradition and Founder of 1st World Komix, Inc. / ECBACC
