DJ Cavem at Havana Jazz Plaza Festival
DJ Cavem touches down in Cuba as part of Jazz Plaza Festival, bringing eco-hip hop, rhythm, and deep diasporic exchange to Havana. Catch him featuring Ayana Amorim and Lauren Von Der Pool on Friday, January 30th at Amadeo Roldán Music Conservatory with the student music academy, and again Saturday, January 31 at Pabellón Cuba with The Producer Night Band.
DJ Cavem at Havana Jazz Plaza Festival
DJ Cavem touches down in Cuba as part of Jazz Plaza Festival, bringing eco-hip hop, rhythm, and deep diasporic exchange to Havana. Catch him featuring Ayana Amorim and Lauren Von Der Pool on Friday, January 30th at Amadeo Roldán Music Conservatory with the student music academy, and again Saturday, January 31 at Pabellón Cuba with The Producer Night Band.
Revolutionary Rest Vol. 8
Revolutionary Rest returns to the Black Panther Party Museum this month, offering an evening of collective care through yoga and sound healing.
Men's Wellness Fellowship Oakland
Calling all brothers, sons, fathers, and uncles of color. Men’s Wellness Fellowship kicks off again this year on January 27th with speacial guest BLEAF in Fatherhood, entrepreneur and author of “Father Yourself First.” Join us for what will be a powerful community exchange. Free and open to all ages!
Dr. King Day Cuba Relief Fundraiser
Join us at Kinfolx on MLK day in support of our urban agriculture comrades ReglaSOUL in Havana. We’re calling in donations of holistic health supplies, natural hair products, socks, hard drive, old cell phones, routers, and anything placed on your spirit to share.
Revolutionary Rest Vol. 7
Revolutionary Rest returns to the Black Panther Party Museum this month, offering an evening of collective care through yoga and sound healing.
Roots, Beats & Climate Treaties at the Global Artivism Convening
Get Ready to Move and Grow! Join Grammy-nominated music educator and eco-hip-hop artist Dr. Ietef “DJ Cavem” Vita for an immersive, interactive experience that fuses climate justice, ancestral food sovereignty, music, and youth empowerment.
La Napoule Residency Open Studios: Skywater Listening Party
On October 31, the Château de La Napoule hosted the Open Studio of the Mirabello Family Residency, featuring Dr. Ietef Vita.
Revolutionary Rest Vol. 6
Revolutionary Rest returns to the Black Panther Party Museum this month, offering an evening of collective care through yoga and sound healing.
Detroit Salon Talks Program: Detroit & African Art
Hear from curators and experts on Detroit’s role as a nexus for diaspora and African art, and how it can expand the conversation on the international stage.
Ayana V. Jackson Artist Talk at UC Berkeley
Join Ayana V. Jackson for a deep dive presentation into her interdisciplinary practice with an AAFR-backed artist talk moderated by Dr. Courtney Desiree Morris.
Constellations of Care: On Creative Kinship
From ritual and research to transnational collaboration, Ashara Ekundayo and Ayana V. Jackson will reflect on their longstanding relationship and the ways in which Black feminist thought has shaped their work across photography, performance, and curatorial practice.
Men's Wellness Fellowship Oakland
Men’s Wellness Fellowship is back at the Black Panther Party Museum this month, holding space for men of color to gather. Pull up for community, shared wisdom, food and drink, and heartfelt conversations related to wellness.
Frontline Prophet: James Baldwin Sidewalk Detroit Library Project
The sidewalk libraries will continue the celebration of the late American writer and civil rights activist that began last September with Nelson’s landmark exhibition Frontline Prophet: James Baldwin at the Wright Museum. The exhibit celebrated the author’s 100th birthday. In the last three years Nelson’s “Frontline Prophet: James Baldwin” has been exhibited in Detroit, Chicago, Harlem and Long Island New York, New Orleans, Oakland. CA, and Paris, France.
Revolutionary Rest Vol. 5
Revolutionary Rest returns to the Black Panther Party Museum this month, offering an evening of collective care through yoga and sound healing.
Skywater Listening Party, Rap Joint, Lagos, Nigeria
🌍✨ Skywater Flows Through Us All ✨🌍
Lagos, are you ready? 🚨
Join DJ Cavem aka Dr. Ietef Vita for an exclusive Skywater Listening Party where ancestral frequencies meet futuristic beats, and hip-hop flows straight from the garden.
STILL Vibes: Sound Medicine by DJ Cavem
Join us for STILL VIBES, a DJ set by DJ Cavem in celebration and support of STILL Artist Residency, presented in conjunction with #EXUVIAE by Emmanuel Koto, curated by Ashara Ekundayo with assistant curator Reshavan Naicker.
Revolutionary Rest: A Yoga and South Bath Experience
Revolutionary Rest is a monthly offering from Artist As First Responder & They Huey P. Newton Foundation inviting our communities into collective practices of rest, restoration, and healing. Through yoga and mindful gathering, we create space to recalibrate and honor rest as an essential part of resistance and liberation. Powered by Prana to the People.
Myriad Blues: Musings on a Blues People
Angels and Muse warmly invites you to the final presentation of our residents, Dr. Angela Wellman and Ashara Ekundayo. On Wednesday, the 27th of August, 2025, the pair will share highlights from the last four weeks of their collaborative Archive Research Residency with Angels and Muse in a presentation titled “Myriad Blues: Musings on a Blues People.”
Xiuhtezcatl Ohlone Land Pop-Out hosted by Ietef Vita
Join us for a sonic Pop-up on Ohlone Land/the East Bay to celebrate the release of TONATIUH by artist and activist Xiuhtezcatl cohosted by Ietef Vita and Kinfolx Oakland.
AfroPortals Summer Series ft. Diamela Cutiño and Awon Ohun Omnira
Join us Saturday, July 5 at Liberation Park for our next AfroPortals activation. Nedra Williams will present her pop-up exhibition “Truth Tellers” in the Cosmos Portal, bringing abstract collage and everyday sacred stories into conversation. In the Gold Portal, The Embodiment Project will host “Calling From Moment to Memory,” connecting live with Johannesburg and Mexico City to explore dance, healing, and liberation. All are welcome.
Recognizing Artist As First Responder on Black Herstories Podcast with Michaela Ayers
In this two-part episode, Michaela Ayers is in conversation with independent curator, social practice artist, caregiver, and founder, Ashara Ekundayo.
Revolutionary Rest: A Yoga and South Bath Experience
Revolutionary Rest is a monthly offering from Artist As First Responder & They Huey P. Newton Foundation inviting our communities into collective practices of rest, restoration, and healing. Through yoga and mindful gathering, we create space to recalibrate and honor rest as an essential part of resistance and liberation. Powered by Prana to the People.
AfroPortals Summer Series ft. Nedra T. Williams and Embodiment Project
AfroPortals returns August 2 at Liberation Park with photographer Diamela Cutiño in the Cosmos Portal and Omnira Institute’s Awon Ohun Omnira in the Gold Portal for a special Freedom Songs exchange with Johannesburg.
Revolutionary Rest: A Yoga and South Bath Experience
Revolutionary Rest is a monthly offering from Artist As First Responder & They Huey P. Newton Foundation inviting our communities into collective practices of rest, restoration, and healing. Through yoga and mindful gathering, we create space to recalibrate and honor rest as an essential part of resistance and liberation. Powered by Prana to the People.
AfroPortals Summer Series Pop-Up Activation with BUSHMAMA AFRICA
Happening select Saturdays from 12–5PM all summer, AfroPortals is a space to gather, imagine, and connect across time zones and timelines.
Art as Radical Practice: Black Women’s Creative Expression as Social Change
This powerful panel showcases three Black women artists, authors, and activists who use their creative practices to challenge oppressive systems and fight for social, cultural, and environmental justice.
Revolutionary Rest: A Yoga and South Bath Experience
Join us under the moonlight for a sacred evening of movement, breath, and sound.
Guided by yoga instructor Mana Siti with a sound bath by Leena DS & DJ Cavem, this offering is a call to ground, heal, and restore together Bring your own mat.
Presented by Artist as First Responder & The Huey P. Newton Foundation
Wednesday, May 28
Doors + Wellness Q&A: 6:30 PM
Yoga Flow: 7:30 PM | Sound Bath to follow
Black Panther Party Museum
1427 Broadway, Oakland, CA
This event is free for the community, but donations are welcome and encouraged.
Men's Wellness Fellowship: Oakland
Join Mens Wellness Fellowship for a special community wellness fellowship experience specifically for "Men Of Color" at the Black Panther Party Museum. Open invite for Fathers, Brothers, Uncles, & Sons to join us in talking about mental health curriculum, wellness practices, and more in community.
Free catered food and beverages will be provided. Doors open at 6pm.
Men's Wellness Fellowship: Sacramento
Join Mens Wellness Fellowship for a special community wellness fellowship experience specifically for "Men Of Color”. Open invite for Fathers, Brothers, Uncles, & Sons to join us in talking about mental health curriculum, wellness practices, and more in community.
Free catered food and beverages will be provided. Doors open at 6pm.