In celebration of Black History Month, the Los Angeles LGBT Center will host “The Future Is Black: Embracing Our Roots” on Saturday, Feb. 22, from 2 to 7 p.m. at The Village at Ed Gould Plaza in Hollywood.

The free event will include award presentations, an art exhibit, resource fair, dinner and musical performances.

Spoken-word poet, actress, content creator, educator and activist Yazmin Monet Watkins will be the keynote speaker. Watkins has authored “Love Without Limits: The Bi-Laws of Love,” a collection of poems exploring her journey through love, sexuality, religion, heartache and eventual discovery of self-love.

Television news anchor Melvin Robert will host the ceremony, at which Princess Arthur will be honored with the Marsha P. Johnson Award, which recognizes a burgeoning youth community activist. Actress and activist Jazzmun Crayton will receive the Bayard Rustin Award for advancing black and LGBT rights. The Village Health Foundation will receive the Freedom Riders Award, given to an organization or group that provides impactful work in the black community.

The Village at Ed Gould Plaza in Hollywood is located at 1125 N. McCadden Place. For information, visit lalgbtcenter.org/futureisblack.