Film Screening and Dialogue with Gloria Rolando Casamayor
Ashara Ekundayo Ashara Ekundayo

Film Screening and Dialogue with Gloria Rolando Casamayor

Tuesday November 5th, 2024; 6-8pm
EastSide Cultural Center 2277 International Blvd, Oakland CA

Gloria Rolando recently received a visa to conduct research for her current film project on the Buffalo Soldiers and their time and relations in Cuba. We offer this opportunity to view one of her many films and dialogue with Gloria about her current project will be an important opportunity to share, learn, and expand our understanding of the Black experience.

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Revisiting Black Lesbian Legacies: A Panel Discussion
Ashara Ekundayo Ashara Ekundayo

Revisiting Black Lesbian Legacies: A Panel Discussion

Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking panel discussion, "Revisiting Black Lesbian Legacies in Conversation with Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs", as we explore the expansive vision of survival through the work of Audre Lorde.

October 18, 2024
6:30 PM PDT
EastSide Cultural Center
Oakland, CA

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DJ Lynnée Denise: (A)BlackQueerSound, Archiving Sonic Cultures from NYC to Joburg
Ashara Ekundayo Ashara Ekundayo

DJ Lynnée Denise: (A)BlackQueerSound, Archiving Sonic Cultures from NYC to Joburg

In this lecture, DJ Lynnée Denise will discuss what she refers to as (A)BlackQueerSound, a makeshift queer archive  compiled over her twenty-year deep listening practice as a DJ and public scholar. The archive comprises albums, liner notes, films, record label histories, and dance floor stories presented and performed through sound and text over the past decade.

October 16, 2024
4:00 - 5:30 PM PDT
Humanities Center Board Room
Stanford University

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Litanies: A Ritual Reading for Audre Lorde
Ashara Ekundayo Ashara Ekundayo

Litanies: A Ritual Reading for Audre Lorde

Litanies is a ritual reading performance for Audre Lorde, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lorde delivering her first poetry reading at the Women's Building in the fall of 1974.

October 17, 2024
6:00 - 9:00 PM PDT
Women’s Building, San Francisco, CA

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July Men’s Wellness Fellowship
Ashara Ekundayo Ashara Ekundayo

July Men’s Wellness Fellowship

July 30, 2024

6:30pm - 8:30pm

1427 Broadway Street, Oakland, CA 94612 (Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation + Black Panther Party Museum)

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May Men’s Wellness Fellowship
Ashara Ekundayo Ashara Ekundayo

May Men’s Wellness Fellowship

May 28, 2024

6:30pm - 8:30pm

1427 Broadway Street, Oakland, CA 94612 (Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation + Black Panther Party Museum)

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