Hurricane Katrina -A Poetic Protest Fundraiser

Tue, Sep 20
7:00 -10:00 p.m
suggested donation is $5-$25

A Poetic Protest Fundraiser

Join poets, artists and activists in a show of support for the sick,
disabled and elderly victims of Hurricane Katrina survivors, Tuesday,
September 20, 2005, 7-10 p.m. at La Pena Cultural Center, 3105
Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, (510) 849-2568. The suggested donation
is $5-$25, although no amount is too small.

There will be a fine art silent auction beginning at 7 p.m., along
with a screening of ANSWER Coalition filmmaker, Gloria La Riva's
recently shot short video of Katrina's aftermath in Louisiana (http://
answerla.org/.) This will be followed by performances of some of the
San Francisco Bay Area's most exciting poets and performance artists,
interspersed with updates by service providers and survivors now
living here.

Confirmed artists: Charles Hawkins Jr., (a Katrina survivor), Lee
Williams, devorah major, Karla Brundage, Charles Blackwell, Paradise,
Hassaun Ali Jones Bey, Leroy F. Moore, Jr., Wanda Sabir, Kaylah
Marin, Kim Shuck, Robert Henry Johnson, Reggie James, Shaka Jamal,
Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd.

Proceeds will go to the Center for Independent Living, Inc.
(Berkeley) for use with survivors here and for their affiliate
organizations in Houston, Texas and Jackson, Mississippi. There will
also be information about other grassroots organizations assisting
survivors here and elsewhere.

Venue:

La Pena Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley
(510) 849-2568

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