FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD & 17TH
Arab Resource & Organizing Center (AROC), Art Forces, Eastside Arts Alliance and Critical Resistance present an art exhibit and discussion, Re-Visions: Black and Brown Resisting State Violence, Commemorating Palestinian Prisoners Day.
ART EXHIBIT: Friday April 3rd, Oakland First Friday, 5:30-9pm
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: Friday April 17th, Palestinian Prisoners Day, 6-9pm
Re-Visions art exhibit and round table discussion draws connections between community struggles and cultures of resistance to challenge state violence, policing and prisons. Re-Visions will be used to inform curriculum that will be made accessible to the community as part of the Oakland Palestine Solidarity Mural Project’s “Off the Wall” programming.
SPEAKERS:
Rachel Herzing
Sagnicthe Salazar, Xicana Moratorium
Rabab Abdulhadi, AMED, Ethnic Studies, SFSU
Kiwi Illafonte, Mass Bass, San Quentin ROOTS program
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
Moderated by: Maisha Quint, Eastside Arts Alliance
The art exhibit will feature work from:
All of Us or None, AROC, Art Forces, Asian Prisoners Support Committee, BAYAN-USA, CAL Students for Justice in Palestine, California Coalition for Women Prisoners , Critical Resistance, Dignidad Rebelde , Eastside Arts Alliance, Eman Mohammed, Fred Alvarado, Haiti Action Committee , Juan Fuentes, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Middle East Children’s Alliance , Micah Bazant , Nidal Elkhairy, Oceania Coalition of Northern California, Omiiroo, Onyx Organizing Committee, Oscar Lopez Rivera, Xicana Moratorium and many more.
Venue: Uptown Body and Fender, Across from Oakland Palestine Solidarity Mural
Location: 401 26th St, between Telegraph and Broadway, Oakland