An annual festival celebrating the history of student activism at UC Berkeley by spotlighting social, political, and cultural movements in the Bay Area and beyond through discussion, song, poetry, and dance.
This year's Activism Right There (ART) will be held Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 in Zellerbach Auditorium.
The event will consist of a panel discussion featuring participants in student movements at Cal from the third world strike of 1969 through today. Including Bob Wing: http://www.speakoutnow.org/userdata_display.php?modin=50&uid=180, Favianna Rodriguez: http://favianna.com/, and Jesus Barraza: http://dignidadrebelde.com/
Followed by performances from:
Zion I (Oakland): http://www.myspace.com/zioni
Invincible (Detroit) http://www.myspace.com/invincilana
Bambu (LA): http://www.myspace.com/bambumusic
Brwn Bflo (Oakland): http://myspace.com/brwnbflo
Los Rakas (Oakland/Panama): http://www.myspace.com/losrakas1
40love (San Francisco): http://www.myspace.com/40lovehiphop
+ spoken word and dance
Host: Jennifer Johns (Oakland): http://www.myspace.com/jenniferjohns
DJ: K-Salaam (Minneapolis): http://www.myspace.com/ksalaammusic
This year Activism Right There is being organized as a part of a week of events March 7-14th commemorating the 40th anniversary of the third world Liberation Front that created the department of Ethnic Studies at Cal and the College of Ethnic Studies at SF State
Other events include:
Saturday, March 7th: Pilipino American Alliance (PAA) 40th Anniversary
5pm International House Auditorium
Dinner and a program highlighting the evolution of PAA and the Pilipino community at Cal will be included
http://ucbpaa.wordpress.com/
Sponsored by PAA
Sunday, March 8th: Poetry After the Storm: 8pm in MCC*
Poetry, music, and speakers raising consciousness about the ongoing tragedy of Katrina and its effects on the Gulf Coast
http://magnoliaproject.berkeley.edu/
Sponsored by the Magnolia Project
Monday, March 9th: State of the Struggle:
Students of color keep it live from ’69 through today
Contexualizing what’s going down for students of color at Cal
Sponsored by bridges Multicultural Resource Center
Tuesday, March 10th: Activism Right There
7pm Zellerbach Auditorium
celebrating the history of activism at Cal through words, dance, and song
http://activismrightthere.com
Sponsored by the Activism Right There Coalition
Wednesday, March 11th: building OUR movement: pushing it forward, keeping it real
6-8pm in the MCC*
a space to be critical about our organizing, building on the hXstories of resistance movements & ethnic studies to explore our movement today
Sponsored by Xinaxtli
Thursday, March 12th: Personal Narratives from the Struggle for Ethnic Studies
3:30-6:00pm in the MCC*
feat. Carlos Munoz, Roberto Hernandez, Maria Brenes, Ethnic Studies alumni and students
Sponsored by the Ethnic Studies Undergraduate Student Collective
Friday, March 13th: Inter-Generational Dinner
7pm-10pm in the MCC*
Sponsored by twLF 40th Anniversary Coalition
celebrating our community, commemorating those we’ve lost
Saturday, March 14th: 19th Annual API Issues Conference (APIICON)
9:00am - 4:00pm, Lipman Room, Barrows Hall
“FOCALIZE. Realize. Vocalize. Mobilize.”
opening remarks: Yuri Kochiyama: http://www.learntoquestion.com/seevak/groups/2004/sites/kochiyama/main.html
keynote: Helen Zia: http://www.speakoutnow.org/userdata_display.php?modin=50&uid=177
http://apiicon09.blogspot.com
Sponsored by APIICON Coalition
*MCC: the MultiCultural Center (Heller Lounge), in the MLK Student Union
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