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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Artivist Entertainment & #CultureFix Host a Community Forum
All Things Connected: Building Solidarity Between Communities of Color
Special Guest Speakers Include Gina Belafonte, Dr. Melina Abdullah, Nobuko Miyamoto and Meymuna Hussein-Cattan
Moderated by Nora Rahimian with a special performance by Omar Offendum
Artivist Entertainment’s Third CharLA Community Forum Series Event Takes Place at Community Coalition in South Los Angeles on Sunday May 21st
Los Angeles, CA (May 18, 2017): For the past three years, Los Angeles-based organization Artivist Entertainment has hosted community forums called CharLAs as a form of bringing people together to discuss social issues, art as a tool for positive social change and community organizing.
Charla is the Spanish word for chat, and while there is generally a performance aspect to the events, the focus is to discuss the topic at hand with local leaders. On May 21st, Artivist Entertainment together with #CultureFix, will present its third CharLA event titled All Things Connected: Building Solidarity Between Communities of Color at the Community Coalition in South Los Angeles. Special guest speakers include Gina Belafonte, co-founder of Sankofa; Dr. Melina Abdullah, Professor & Chair of Pan African Studies at CalState LA and Black Lives Matter LA Organizer; Nobuko Miyamoto, Artistic Director of Great Leap, Inc.; Meymuna Hussein-Cattan, Co-Founder of Tiyya Foundation; and moderated by Nora Rahimian, Cultural Curator and Co-Founder of #CultureFix. Syrian-American hip-hop artist Omar Offendum will perform.
All Things Connected will be a dialogue about the interconnectedness of the struggles of people of Color. The discussion will go into the topics of solidarity, healing, resistance, fighting against divide-and-conquer tactics and the power of diversity.
EVENT DETAILS:
All Things Connected: Building Solidarity Between Communities of Color
Sunday, May 21st at 2pm
Community Coalition
8101 S. Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90044
$5.00 suggested donation – a community, alcohol free, family friendly event
About Artivist Entertainment
Artivist Entertainment is a Los Angeles based organization founded by Aloe Blacc, Maya Jupiter, Quetzal Flores, Veronica Gonzalez and Alberto Lopez; dedicated to supporting and creating music and art that inspires positive social change. For more information on Artivist Entertainment, please visit www.artivistentertainment.com.
About #CultureFix
#CultureFix is a global collaborative network of artivists, cultural producers and change makers who use the arts and culture to effect social change in their communities.
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