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| Poetry After the Storm II: An Event to Benefit the Schools and Libraries of New Orleans |
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Posted on 29 November 2006 by Antoinette. |
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Featuring Berkeley Poetry Review, Cal Slam, Onyx Express, Poetry for the People, and Vagabond. Special guest performances by: California Poet Laureate Al Young, Michael Palmer, Waldo Martin, Claudia Rankine, John Shoptaw, Geoffery O Brian, Eleanor Johnson, Nijla Mumin, Valyntina Easterling Grenier, D.J. Matt Werner, and excerpts from the upcoming PBS documentary, Faubourg Tremé, a film by Dawn Logsdon and Lolis Eric Elie and more! This event will be held on December 5th at 7pm inside Heller Lounge (King Student Union) at UC Berkeley. |
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| Home for the Holidays: Berkeley Information Session |
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Posted on 28 November 2006 by Antoinette. |
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Every house gutted by volunteers like you--in solidarity with home owners--is one more family that much closer to reclaiming its home. Free food and lodging in exchange for your labor and ability to travel to/from New Orleans!
WHEN: Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
WHERE: MLK Student Union, East Madrone
Connect with local Bay Area groups working together with grassroots organizations in New Orleans to gut and de-mold homes in the Lower Ninth Ward. The HFH Campaign strongly encourages you to prepare for your NOLA trip by connecting with the Bay Area Katrina Solidarity Network. For more information, contact Mike at bayarea-katrinasolidarity@mindspring.com or leave a message at (415) 820-1662. Visit the Home for the Holidays Campaign website at http://www.nolahomefortheholidays.org/ |
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Oakland Rising: A Katrina Fundraiser with Hip Hop
Artist Talib Kweli |
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Posted on 24 November 2006 by Antoinette. |
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Talib Kweli is set to participate in a community press event that groups hope will connect local groups’ campaigns around displacement to Gulf Coast Disaster; The groups will use this time to reflect and also demand the convening of an international tribunal. Kweli and local groups and activists have organized the event to stand in solidarity with the People’s Hurricane Relief Fund and Oversight Coalition (PHRF/OC), Survivors for Survivors Inc., and the International Tribunal on Katrina.
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3:00 – 3:15: |
Opening |
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3:15 – 3:30: |
Open Mic/Cultural Performance |
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3:30 – 3:45: |
Press Conference featuring local evacuees, community activists and Talib Kweli |
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3:45 – 4:00 |
CC Campbell-Rock representing Survivors for Survivors Inc. |
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4:00 – 4:15: |
Just Cause Oakland |
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4:15 – 4:30: |
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This event is endorsed and organized by: Bay Area Katrina Solidarity Committee People’s Hurricane Relief Fund, 1418 N. Claiborne Ave, Suite 2, New Orleans, LA 70116, (504) 301-0215; Common Ground, 1415 Franklin Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117, (504) 947-0270; Just Cause Oakland, (510) 763-5877 – University of Berkeley Black Graduate Students Association, (510) 544-9045; Berkeley City College Black Student Union, (510) 338-8521; Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, (510) 222-1100; The International Tribunal
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