03 Nov Alumni Celebration Weekend: New York City
New York City 50th Anniversary Legacy Committee
The National Alumni Association of the Black Panther Party
The Legacy Weekend in New York,
November 11 – 13, 2016
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Queens Museum Community Gallery
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens NY 11368
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
“What happens to revolutionaries in America?” This was the question photojournalist Bryan Shih sought to answer through his lens and the first-person narratives gathered in this powerful new book, Portraits from an Unfinished Revolution, released on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party’s founding and featuring 25 captivating, large-scale portraits. These intimate and rarely heard stories of rank and file party members whose on-the-ground activism—from voter registrars, medical clinicians, and community teachers—contribute missing pieces to a skewed historical record and offer lessons for the future.
Kennedy Center
34 West 134th Street, New York, New York 10037
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Opening: Healing Drum Collective
Libations
Nana Njinga Nyamekye Libations will be poured in memory of Fallen Comrades of the Black Panther Party.
Film Presentation on Fallen Comrades History of the Black Panther Party
Dhoruba Bin-Wad and Thomas McCreary
Brief Update on the Weekend of Activities
Claudia Williams
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Social Engagement
Light Refreshment Served
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Saturday, November 12, 2016
The Relevance of the Black Panther Party
in the Movement of the 21st Century
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ARC XVI Central Harlem Center
120 West 140th Street
Village of Harlem, NY 10037
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover described the Black Panther Party as “the greatest threat to internal security of the country” in an official memo in 1969. He further stated that it was not the guns that were the greatest threat to the internal security of the United States of America; it was the Free Children’s Breakfast Program. The feeding of hungry children a hot breakfast throughout the hood.
Workshops
*workshops will occur concurrently throughout the day*
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Workshop I
Impact of the Media on the Movement for Social Justice
Workshop Moderator: Nayaba Arinde
Panelists: Sally O’Brien, Herb Boyd, Bashir Mchawi
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Workshop II
Paper Plane: Prisoners Flight to Freedom
Workshop: Ksisay Torres and Sophia Dawson
Intergenerational activities with children of the movement
whose lives have been changed because of the path their parents chose.
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Workshop III
Political Prisoners: Cointelpro, Then & Now
Workshop Moderator: Dequi Kioni-Sadiki
Panelists: Sekou Odinga, Florence Morgan, Ashanti Alston, Bob Boyd
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Workshop IV
Mass Incarceration and Re-Entry
Moderator: King Dowling
Panelists: Mujahid Farid, Lumumba Bandele
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Workshop V
Cultural Relevance in the Movement
Feauturing Live Entertainment!
Music by: Mike Flythe “The Atomic Drummer” EPK
Workshop Moderator: Jamal Joseph IMPACT Repertory and many others…
Panelists: Sophia Dawson, Nejma Shea
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Workshop VI
Sisters of the Black Panther Party
Workshop Moderator: Soffiyah Bandele
Panelists: Elise Brown, Nana Njinga, Pam Hanna, Lauryn Williams
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Workshop VII
We Have the Right to Resist
Moderator: Cisco Torres
Panelists:
Dhoruba Bin-Wad, Michael Tarif Warren,
Pedro” Chango” Monges, and Malikia Johnson
Workshop VIII
Effects of the Movement on Families: Panther Cubs
Workshop Moderator: Monifa Bandele
Panelists:
Theresa Shoatz, Sulay Adams, Sala Cyril, Yesha Simone, Alprentice Davis
Workshop IX
Brothers of the Black Panther Party
Workshop Moderator: Cyril “Bullwhip” Innis
Panelists: Charles Barron, Thomas McCreary, Atno Smith, Kim Holder, Charles Pinderhughes
Healing & Meditation Room
Sunday, November 13, 2016
Jazz Brunch in Celebration of the Legacy BPP
New York Harlem State Building
163 West 125th Street
New York, NY 10027
1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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Lodging & Hotel Information:
Hilton Garden Inn Secaucus/Meadowlands
875 Route 3 East Service Road, Secaucus, New Jersey, 07094
Telephone: +1-201-864-1400 Fax +1-201-864-9845
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