Next month the most important item on my agenda is Maafa Commemoration Month to reflect on the legacy of slavery and how everyone benefited from this human rights travesty except those who did the work. We began Aug. 30 with a successful Maafa 2009: Hurricane Katrina Fundraiser and Reportback, thanks to all the poets and the visual artists who donated art for the silent auction and of course to Tess and Yeme, the proprietors of Shashamane Bar and Grill.
Tags:
actor Danny Glover,
Aguas da Bahia,
Al Green,
Alanis Morissette,
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet,
Alvon Johnson,
ancestor remembrance,
Anna’s Jazz Island,
Art Hazelwood,
ASA Academy,
Baba Ken and the West African Highlife Band,
Barbara Attie,
BART police oversight,
Beres Hammond,
Black August 2009,
Blind Boys of Alabama,
Bradley C. Walters,
Bro. Malique Amenhotep,
budget cuts,
Casper Banjo,
Chick Corea,
Chitresh Das Dance Company,
College of Alameda Small Ensemble,
Common Ground Health Clinic,
Cuban saxophonist Yosvany Terry,
Dawn Logsdon,
Dr. Al Green,
Dr. Ivan Van Sertima,
Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio,
East Oakland,
Eric Benet,
Erykah Badu,
Esperanza Spalding,
Evan Ziporyn,
Francisco Aguabella,
Friends of the Oakland Public Library,
Gary Graves,
George Clinton,
Hank Jones,
Hiroshima,
Hurricane Katrina,
Hurricane Katrina Memorials,
illiteracy rate,
India Irie,
Islamic jurisprudence,
James P. Anderson,
Jan Zvaifler,
Janet Goldwater,
Jason Moran,
Jay Electronica,
jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders,
John Legend,
Juan R. Fuentes,
Judy Juanita,
Julie Bridgham,
Kim Longinotto,
Leela James,
Lenny White,
Library Director Carmen Martinez,
LIFE of Mississippi,
Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir,
Litquick,
Liz Wright,
Lolis Eric Elie,
Lucie Faulknor,
Luis Arias Vera,
Maafa Commemoration Month,
Machiavelli’s “The Prince”,
Mark Morris Dance Group,
MC Hammer,
Michael Eugene Sullivan,
Michael Franti and Spearhead,
Michael Jackson,
Michael Navarra,
Mike Clark’s Blueprints of Jazz,
MMDG Music Ensemble,
Monaco’s Ballet Russe,
Monterey Jazz Festival,
Mos Def,
Ná Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu,
Nahid Persson,
Nubian oud master Hamza El Din,
Oakland Public Library Bookmobile,
Oscar Grant strategy organizing,
Pete Seeger,
police chases in Black neighborhoods,
police killings,
Power to the Peaceful,
Professor Herbert Mims Jr.,
Raja Rahim,
Regina Carter,
Richard Frederick,
San Francisco Fringe Festival,
San Francisco Mime Troupe,
San Francisco Presidio,
San Francisco Reads,
Sari Soldiers,
Sausalito Art Festival,
Sellasie,
Shakespeare in the Park,
Shashamane Bar and Grill,
Sixth Annual Dance-a-thon,
Sly and Robbie,
social genocide,
Sonoma Wine Country Weekend,
Soulive with Fred Wesle,
Stanley Jordan,
tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain,
Tambores Julio Remelexo Drum and Dance Ensemble,
TaSin Yasmin Sabir,
Ted Pontiflet’s James Baldwin,
the BaAka Pygmies of the Central African Republic,
The Neville Brothers and Dr. John,
the Shaolin Monks of China,
Truth Universal,
UNESCO’s International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition,
Vieux Farka Touré,
Vijay Iyer Trio,
Wanda Sabir,
West Oakland,
Winton Marsalis,
Winton Marsalis' Lincoln Center Orchestra,
Ziba Mir-Hosseini,
Zulu Spear,
“Pray the Devil Back to Hell”,
“The Bottoms”
On March 21, Lovelle Mixon, 26, was murdered by Oakland police after allegedly killing four of them on MacArthur Blvd off of 73rd Avenue in East Oakland. Listen to JR’s Block Report interview with his family – his mother, Athena, his wife, Amara, and her sister, Alicia – broadcast March 30 on KPFA’s Flashpoints at http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/49609.
Tags:
Aaron Harrison,
Adolph Grimes,
Amadou Diallo,
Anita Gaye,
Annette Garcia,
BART,
Black Panther Party,
Casper Banjo,
Donte Story,
East Oakland,
Gary King,
Gaza Strip,
Johannes Mehserle,
John Burris,
Kathryn Johnston,
Lovelle Mixon,
Minister of Defense Huey P. Newton,
Oscar Grant III,
POCC Minister of Information JR,
Sean Bell,
Sgt. Mark Dunakin,
suicide sniper,
Terrance Mearis,
Three Strikes
RIP Oscar Grant III. You, unarmed, pleading for your life as a young father, at the tender age of 22, while a rogue Bay Area Rapid Transit cop Tony Pirone punches you, then crushes your neck with his knee, shortly followed in his enthusiastic, racist, vicious rage by Officer Johannes Mehserle, who shoots you in the back, murdering you.
Tags:
Aaron Williams,
Amadou Diallo,
Anita Gray,
Asa Sullivan,
BART,
Bay Area Rapid Transit,
Big O Lefiti,
Brown Beret Annette Garcia,
Casper Banjo,
Cau Bich Tran,
Gary King Jr.,
Idriss Stelley Action and Resource Center,
Johannes Mehserle,
Jon Burge,
Jose Luis Buenrostro,
Julio Ayala,
Justice for Oscar Grant Campaign,
Kathryn Johnston,
Mack "Jody" Woodfox,
mesha Monge-Irizarry,
Oscar Grant III,
Sean Bell,
Sheila Amaya,
Tony Pirone
Wednesday, Oct. 15, at the Prescott Joseph Center we honored the legacy of the San Francisco Bay Area’s premiere artists: Berkeley resident Joy Holland and Oaklander by way of St. Louis Casper Banjo, with featured artist Keith Hopkins, another Oaklander. The exhibit is titled “Breath of Our Ancestors.”
Tags:
Allensworth,
Ankh Productions,
Avotcja,
Black Panther Party,
Black Poets with Attitudes,
Black Repertory Theater,
Breath of Our Ancestors,
Casper Banjo,
Chuck D,
Eddie Abrams,
Flavor Flav,
Joanna Haigood,
Jon Hendricks,
Joy Holland,
Keith Hopkins,
Lathan Hodge,
Living Word Project,
Mary Rudge,
Mos Def,
Museum of the African Diaspora,
Nation of Islam,
Oakland International Film Festival,
Oakland Tech,
Prescott Joseph Center,
Professor Griff,
Public Enemy,
San Francisco Trolley Dances,
Shanique S. Scott,
TheArthur Wright,
Tulare County,
Wanda Sabir,
Zaccho Dance Company
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