SATURDAY OCT.5th
Its time to for US to
RECLAIM OUR SPACE!
Featuring performances and testimony by:
Emanuel Xavier, Letta Neely, Leslie Feinberg, Imani Henry, Bob Kohler, Donald Yearwood, Jay Dee Melendez, Ian Sprattley, Lucia Gimeno, Justin Rosado, Erykah Ramdass, Zoraida Vazquez, Andre Lancaster, Kenyon Farrow, DJ Pran, DJ Ama, Corey, Leila, Jiggly, St. Thunder Kitten, St. Panama Prince, Elaine Matos, Jermain Green, Mariah Lopez, Marian Yalini Thambynayagam,Renita Martin, Robin, Ardis & Crew, performers from the House of Ninja, and other singers, rappers, poets, voguers and graffiti artists from the pier and the struggle!
Starting 1PM @ SHERIDAN SQUARE {7th ave. and Christopher St.}
Directions: Take the 1/9 to Christopher St. or the A/C/E/F/V to West 4th Street
Reclaim Our Space is a public celebration of the resistance of Queer youth and their allies to the gentrification, harassment, and race and
gender-based profiling and brutality that have become commonplace under the pretense of "cleaning up" the West Village. The overall goal of this event is to build momentum around these issues and to increase public awareness of the criminalization of marginalized people in a neighborhood that has long been a hub of their communities. Reclaim Our Space will serve as a spectacular catalyst for creating alliances with others committed to resisting these economic and political attacks. The Festival will begin in Sheridan Square Park at 1p.m with an intergenerational rally and open mic speak-out. A march will lead us the to the Christopher Street Pier, where the festival will culminate with a Block Party: you can expect food, music, dancing, spoken word, spades, dominoes, double dutch, and plenty more!
This action is endorsed by:
GALDE (Gay and Lesbian Domincan Empowerment), Arise Magazine, YOU (Youth Organizers United), Harm Reduction Coalition, Urban Justice Center, International Action Center, The Audre Lorde Project, Malcom X Grassroots Movement, Black Pride NYC, Sister Outsider, Picture the Homeless, SACRD, Queer Economic Justice Network, Sage Queens, Progressive Queers NYC, People Of Color in Crisis, CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities, Uprose,Housing Works, Greater Brownsville Youth Council Inc., Make the Road by Walking, GLOBE (Gays and Lesbians of Bushwick Empowered), Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, The Ya-Ya Network, GRIOT Circle, Welfare Rights Initiative, Prison Moratorium Project (PMP), Act Up, the National Youth Advocacy Coalition, The LGBT Center, NYAGRA, DRUM, African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change, Critical Resistance, Homo Visiones, Reclaim the Streets,SLAM
Its time to for US to
RECLAIM OUR SPACE!
Featuring performances and testimony by:
Emanuel Xavier, Letta Neely, Leslie Feinberg, Imani Henry, Bob Kohler, Donald Yearwood, Jay Dee Melendez, Ian Sprattley, Lucia Gimeno, Justin Rosado, Erykah Ramdass, Zoraida Vazquez, Andre Lancaster, Kenyon Farrow, DJ Pran, DJ Ama, Corey, Leila, Jiggly, St. Thunder Kitten, St. Panama Prince, Elaine Matos, Jermain Green, Mariah Lopez, Marian Yalini Thambynayagam,Renita Martin, Robin, Ardis & Crew, performers from the House of Ninja, and other singers, rappers, poets, voguers and graffiti artists from the pier and the struggle!
Starting 1PM @ SHERIDAN SQUARE {7th ave. and Christopher St.}
Directions: Take the 1/9 to Christopher St. or the A/C/E/F/V to West 4th Street
Reclaim Our Space is a public celebration of the resistance of Queer youth and their allies to the gentrification, harassment, and race and
gender-based profiling and brutality that have become commonplace under the pretense of "cleaning up" the West Village. The overall goal of this event is to build momentum around these issues and to increase public awareness of the criminalization of marginalized people in a neighborhood that has long been a hub of their communities. Reclaim Our Space will serve as a spectacular catalyst for creating alliances with others committed to resisting these economic and political attacks. The Festival will begin in Sheridan Square Park at 1p.m with an intergenerational rally and open mic speak-out. A march will lead us the to the Christopher Street Pier, where the festival will culminate with a Block Party: you can expect food, music, dancing, spoken word, spades, dominoes, double dutch, and plenty more!
This action is endorsed by:
GALDE (Gay and Lesbian Domincan Empowerment), Arise Magazine, YOU (Youth Organizers United), Harm Reduction Coalition, Urban Justice Center, International Action Center, The Audre Lorde Project, Malcom X Grassroots Movement, Black Pride NYC, Sister Outsider, Picture the Homeless, SACRD, Queer Economic Justice Network, Sage Queens, Progressive Queers NYC, People Of Color in Crisis, CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities, Uprose,Housing Works, Greater Brownsville Youth Council Inc., Make the Road by Walking, GLOBE (Gays and Lesbians of Bushwick Empowered), Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, The Ya-Ya Network, GRIOT Circle, Welfare Rights Initiative, Prison Moratorium Project (PMP), Act Up, the National Youth Advocacy Coalition, The LGBT Center, NYAGRA, DRUM, African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change, Critical Resistance, Homo Visiones, Reclaim the Streets,SLAM
posted by Sabrina Margarita at
10/05/2002 09:37:00 AM
