NEVER SILENT CAFÉ: Commemorating 61 years of Palestinian Resistance!
A blend of Hip-Hop, Spoken Word, Film, Art, and Dance... for the Liberation of Palestine, Iraq, African Americans, and All Oppressed Nations of the World!
Saturday, May 2, 2009. Arab American Action Network. 3148 W. 63rd ST (2nd floor), Chicago, IL 60629. Doors open @ 6 PM. Show starts @ 7 PM.
Featuring amazing young artists from the south side of Chi: Indigo, King Keith, Amina Demir, Gabe Rodriguez, Sierra Clark, Shadow, Tbyath Live Rock Band & DJ Adonis on the 1s and 2s. With spoken word performances and mini film screenings by AAAN's own SILENT ECHOES!
MCs for the night: Aaisha Durr (of Indigo), Nuer Alshaikh & Mahmoud Alshashky!
$3-5 suggested donation @ the door to help raise funds for Silent Echoes to attend the Allied Media Conference this summer in Detroit. No one turned away for lack of funds.
In commemoration of the 42nd anniversary of Israel's brutal occupation of Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and the Golan Heights, and the 61st anniversary of al-Nakba ("the Catastrophe") of 1948 that led to the exile of 750,000 Palestinians (along with their descendants, they now make up the largest refugee population in the world, close to 4.7 million) and the colonization of all of historic Palestine, join us as we present hip hop and spoken word poetry for Return and Liberation--from Palestine and southwest Chicago to Iraq, Haiti, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Colombia, New Orleans and Guantanamo!
Sponsored by the Arab American Action Network & After School Matters. More info about this event.
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