Thursday, June 7, 2007

Happy Birthday Assata!

Join the Black August Planning Organization
to celebrate the 60th birthday of our dear mother and sister,
Assata Shakur.

Saturday, June 9

Emergence Community Arts Collective Center
733 Euclid Street NW
Washington DC 20011
(1/2 block off Georgia Ave)

Activities:

5PM -7PM
Panel discussion on the history and current condition of Assata Shakur, Imam Jamil and the San Francisco 8

7:30PM - ??? (Reconvene at Sankofa)
View documentary "Eyes on the Rainbow" (47min)
View documentary "Legacy of Torture: The War Against the Black Liberation Movement" (28min)
Discussion to follow after both films

Speakers:
Soffiya Elija, attorney and professor
Masai Ehehosi, Imam Jamil community member
Rosemari Mealy, former Black Panther

We are also adding our signatures to the worldwide birthday card courtesy of the Hands Off Assata campaign. Join us!

For more information, visit www.myspace.com/blackaugust_dc, email black.august07@gmail.com or call (202) 271-7763

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