[News] Richard Aoki Bay Area Memorial Events, May 2-3
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Wed Apr 29 16:48:36 EDT 2009
Memorial Events for Richard Aoki (1938-2009)
May 2, 2009, Saturday 1:00-4:00 pm
Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley Campus
Program to Celebrate the Life & Times of Richard Aoki
Featuring:
Bobby Seale and Tarika Lewis of the Black Panther
Party; Yuri Kochiyama; TWLF activists Harvey
Dong, Victoria Wong, LaNada War Jack, Carl Mack,
Jr.; Jim Aoki, Shoshana Arai, Douglas Daniels,
Diane Fujino, Bill Sato, Roberto Hernandez,
Wesley Ueunten, Bryant Fong & William Dere, and more.
Video: "Tribute to Richard Aoki" by Ben Wang and Mike Cheng, TWLF Films
Co-sponsored by Asian American Studies/Ethnic
Studies Dept., UCB. Free & public invited.
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May 3, 2009 Sunday 11am-1pm
Outdoor Community Remembrance & Celebration
at Lil' Bobby Hutton (DeFermery) Park
1651 Adeline St, (near 18th Street) Oakland
Community readings of short writings and poems
dedicated to life of Richard Aoki. Free & public invited.
Featuring former Panthers Bobby Seale, Ericka
Huggins, Elbert âBig Manâ Howard, Billy X
Jennings & Shaka At-Thinnin; Asian American
activists Greg Morozumi, Mike Tran, Nkauj Iab
Yang, Kei Fisher, Mo Nishida, Wayie Ly; Jamaesori
/Sister Sound Korean Pungmul Drummers; Kizakura
Taiko Drummers; Shiisaa Okinawan Lion Dance; and more.
Co-sponsored by EastSide Arts Alliance, Serve the
People, Black August Organizing Committee
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May 3, 2009 Sunday 2pm
Chapel of the Chimes, Memorial Service
4499 Piedmont Ave, Oakland.
Featuring: Rev. Dr. Naomi Southard, Jim Aoki,
Patti Hashimoto, Harvey Dong, Shoshana Arai, Earl
Napper, Steve Wong, Connie Chan, Liz Del Sol,
Lillian Bando, Henry Dong, and more.
Freedom Archives
522 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415 863-9977
www.Freedomarchives.org
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