Say Their Names: Black Women Wail for Black Women and Girls

Black Women Wail Collective and Ashara Ekundayo invite you to Say Their Names: Black Women Wail For Black Women and Girls

Saturday, June 5-6 - The Black Women Wail Collective will come together for the second time to mourn our loss, engage in our healing and plan our resistance. The collective will conjure and manifest an end to Black death and on June 5th and specifically demands an end to violence against Black women and girls in the city of Oakland.

Join Black women activists, organizers, advocates and culture workers as they activate healing spaces in East & West Oakland. The event begins at Sunrise in Defermery Park (Little Bobby Hutton Park). For 24 hours, the collective will wail, read poetry, perform, scream, plan, plot, plant activate, conjure and ignite peace, wellness and healing.

All are welcome to attend but ONLY Black women will be welcome inside of the circle or to speak. If you would like to talk or submit a recorded piece to be played over the 24 hour ritual, send a 3 minute recording to (510) 239-7056‬.

The co-founders of Black Women Wail are Ayodele Nzinga, Cat Brooks, Carroll Fife, Ashara Ekundayo, Carolyn Johnson, Chaney Turner, Dr. Crystallee Crain, Venus Morris, Tonya Marie Amos, Mizan Alkebulan, Tonya Marie Amos, Pastor Cherri Murphy, Clarissa Douthard, Margo Hall, Regina Evans, Falilah Bilal, and Amara Tabor-Smith. #allviolenceisstateviolence #wetakecareofus

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