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Attention Bargain Shoppers
The National Black Lesbian Conference early bird registration results in an $80.00 discount. Now that’s a bargain!
Big Up Zuna Institute for keeping our communities connected.
Maximum respect.

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Zuna Institute’s National Black Lesbian Conference, the only event of its kind, is the preeminent assembly of Black Lesbian activists, educators, community organizers, and professionals. The National Black [...]

“Rage has lost its respectability. We need to make rage respectable again.”
[June Jordan, A Place of Rage documentary.]

I highly recommend Ruth King’s workshop. In 2003, I participated in the workshop conducted at the National Black Lesbian Conference and was quiet transformed by the experience. Good healing medicine for those who want it.
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Transforming Our Rage Inheritance
A [...]

Who: Cassandra Wilson
When: January 29 – February 3, 2008
Where: Yoshis Jazz Club – Oakland
Cost: $32-$42
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Cassandra Wilson
Jan 29, 2008 – Feb 3, 2008
Tues – Thurs all shows $32 & $36
Fri – Sun all shows $38 & $42
Reginald Veal, Bass
Marvin Sewell, Guitar
Herlin Riley, Drums
Lekan Babaloa, Percussion
Jonathan Batiste, Piano
Yoshis east bay jazz club and restaurant
Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Cassandra [...]

Stormy Weather
The fierce arctic storm that pounded California on Friday (1/4) could not deter me from driving to Southern California to help celebrate my youngest sister’s 48th birthday. Mary is also my lesbian sister so we hold a special bond in that regard.
With the aid of the California Transportation storm tracker and road conditions [...]

Jan Faulkner’s Ethnic Notions collection is phenomenal! I can hardly believe the collection is up for sale but I’m glad she is making it available to the public. I first viewed the collection in 2000 when it was exhibited at the Berkeley Art Center in Berkeley, California.
The Berkeley Art Center published a companion-teaching guide for [...]

[ February 10, 2008; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] HISTORIC AFRICAN-AMERICAN  ETHNIC NOTIONS COLLECTION TO BE SOLD IN FEBRUARY 2008

What:    A Sale Of Historic, African-American Artifacts
When:    Sunday, February 10, 2008   9:00am Until 5:00pm
Where:  Four Point Sheraton, 1603 Powell Street,  Emeryville, California  94608
Who:      Sociologist,  Historic Artifact Collector and Lecturer, Jan Faulkner
Admission is $5.00 and due to the fragile nature of the collectibles, the sale is [...]

I had the immense pleasure of attending a welcome dinner this week for Samoan poet and scholar Sinavaiana hailing from Oahu’s Manoa Valley, Haiwai’i. I found her poetry in Alchemies of Distance to be powerfully evocative and meditative as is the poetess herself. She is definitely a conjuring woman. I feel fortunate to have experienced [...]

[ June 14, 2008 to June 21, 2008. ] June 14-21, 2008

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Amsterdam Roots Festival

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[ September 13, 2008 to September 28, 2008. ] September 13-28, 2008

Los Angeles, CA

The fourth World Festival of Sacred Music will be hosted in Los Angeles from Sept 13-28, 2008. WFSM- LA is the largest and most diverse city wide Festival in LA with 40 events of music and movement in venues all across the city. The 16-day Festival will share music and movement [...]

[ June 3, 2008 to June 8, 2008. ] June 3-8, 2008
Beverly Hills, California
The Hollywood Black Film Festival aims to enhance the careers of emerging and established Black North American filmmakers through a public exhibition and competition program, and bring independent works by Black filmmakers to Southern California area audiences, thereby fostering a greater appreciation for Black filmmaking.
http://www.hbff.org/