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SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Russell City Remembered
DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n		            \n				                    \n\n				                Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n    \n\n    \n        \n            \nSpotlight Sundays: I Was There Too: A Performance by Meres-Sia Gabriel\, Child of the Black Panther Party Revolution\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Russell City Remembered — Film Screening & Panel Discussion\, Moderated by Alexis Madrigal\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us as October’s Spotlight Sunday wades into the powerful story of Russell City. We will start with a screening of The Apology\, a feature-length documentary that highlights Russell City’s deep history while outlining the 1963 forced relocation of the community’s residents and makes clear the harmful impacts of eminent domain.  \n\n\n\nRussell City\, home to 13 businesses\, several churches\, and 205 families\, was lost to claim the 200 acres for an industrial park. Alameda County’s calculated and utter dismantling of this beloved village pushed upwards of 1\,400 residents from their homes and from the land. \n\n\n\nFollowing the film\, Aisha Knowles—a descendant of Russell City families and the film’s producer—will be joined by fellow descendants Marian Johnson and Vena Sword-Ratliff for a panel discussion. The conversation will be moderated by journalist Alexis Madrigal\, author of The Pacific Circuit: A Globalized Account of the Battle for the Soul of an American City\, which maps racialized capitalism in Oakland and the powerful resistance movements that confront it. \n\n\n\nIn light of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors’ recent approval of ‘redress funds’ (distinct from reparations) to the former residents of Russell City\, this is a critical moment to explore what it means to make amends for a past that remains present and to acknowledge the dangers of eminent domain for Black and Brown communities.  \n\n\n\nThis program is a part of our exhibition programming for Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain on view through March 1\, 2026 \n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\nmember tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events
URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-russell-city-remembered/
LOCATION:James Moore Theater\, 1000 Oak St\,\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members
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SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Cultural Fire Storytelling and Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n		            \n				                    \n\n				                Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n    \n\n    \n        \n            \nSpotlight Sundays: I Was There Too: A Performance by Meres-Sia Gabriel\, Child of the Black Panther Party Revolution\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Cultural Fire Storytelling and Film Screening with Margo Robbins\, Elizabeth Azzuz\, Roni Jo Draper\, and hosted by Tiśina Ta-till-ium Parker\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease join us for an afternoon of storytelling centering Native fire practices from four visionary Native Californian memory keepers. The program will begin with a film screening of Fire Tender\, co-directed by Roni Jo Draper\, PhD (Yurok) and Marissa Lila Kongao\, which shares context on settler colonial fire suppression\, highlights the work of Yurok firelighters to reclaim and pass on traditional eco-cultural knowledge\, and meditates on the power of fire to heal land and communities.  \n\n\n\nThe film will be followed by heart-to-heart storytelling\, as the spirit of fire inspires. Margo Robbins and Elizabeth Azzuz\, two Yurok fire practitioners who lead the Cultural Fire Management Council\, will each share about the medicine of fire\, as guided by prayer\, before being joined by Tiśina Ta-till-ium Parker (Southern Sierra Miwuk/Kutzadika’a Mono Lake Paiute and Kashia Pomo/Coast Miwuk) and Draper for a group conversation. Drawing from their varied experiences as fire-women\, grandmothers\, filmmakers\, basketweavers\, and artists\, they will explore the possibilities of fire as the center of the home\, as well as the intergenerational abundance fire offers across time and space.  \n\n\n\nThis Spotlight Sundays is a part of our exhibition programming for Good Fire: Tending Native Lands on view through May 31\, 2026. \n\n\n\n\nGET TICKETS\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelist Bios\n\n\n\n\n\nElizabeth Azzuz is a Yurok Tribal member from the village of Weitchpus in Northern CA\, and a Karuk descendant from Katamiin. She is the Director of Traditional fire\, family burns\, and Treasurer to the board of Cultural Fire Management Council. She is also Treasurer to the Indigenous Stewardship Network\, and is a member of the Indigenous Peoples Burning Network with the Nature Conservancy. \n\n\n\nElizabeth is a cultural practitioner\, who burns for basket materials\, traditional foods and medicines. She has been burning since the age of four\, when her grandfather caught her playing with matches and decided to teach her about her responsibility to Mother Earth. She was taught that fire is a tool\, not a toy. \n\n\n\nCFMC provides training and jobs on the Yurok reservation\, they have training exchanges to train future fire lighters in prescribed and cultural burns\, giving them the needed skills to work with fire safely. \n\n\n\n\n\nMargo Robbins comes from the traditional Yurok village of Morek\, and is an enrolled member of the Yurok Tribe.  She is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Cultural Fire Management Council and co-lead of the Indigenous People’s Burn Network. She graduated from Humboldt State University and resides on the Yurok reservation in far northern California. She gathers and prepares traditional food and medicine\, is a cultural fire practitioner\, a basket weaver\, and regalia maker. She previously served as the Indian Education Director for the Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School district. She is a mom\, and a grandma.  \n\n\n\nRoni Jo Draper Ph.D. (Yurok | she.her)\, is an enrolled member of the Yurok tribe\, from the village of Weispus (Weitchpec) at the fork of the Klamath and Trinity Rivers in what is now considered Northern California. Her experience as a queer\, Yurok woman\, and the realities and acute pain of discriminatory practices and policies enacted in school settings\, has influenced her writing and work as an educator\, scholar\, and artist. As a former high school mathematics/science teacher and university professor\, Roni has now turned her attention to storytelling practices outside of traditional academia—including poetry making\, traditional basket weaving\, and other art forms—as a way to explore the human experience and share stories of healing and thrivance. Roni produced SCENES FROM THE GLITTERING WORLD\, stories of three Diné adolescents living on the fringes of the Navajo Nation. She also produced\, directed\, and wrote FIRE TENDER\, a short film highlighting the work of Margo Robbins and Yurok cultural fire practices. Roni is currently in production on the feature-length documentary WE ARRIVE WITH FIRE | NE-KAH NUUE’M MEHL MECH. Roni’s work has been supported by the National Geographic Society\, Vision Maker Media\, Women Make Movies\, Sundance\, the Redford Center\, Firelight Media\, and other organizations interested in highlighting the stories of Indigenous women working to protect the environment and cultural lifeways. \n\n\n\nTiśina Ta-till-ium Parker is a California Indigenous textile designer\, regalia maker and community cultural art activist. Tiśina is the granddaughter of Ralph and Julia F. Parker\, daughter of Louis and Patricia Parker. Her people are Yosemite Southern Sierra Miwuk/Kutzadika’a Mono Lake Paiute from her Grandfather’s lineage and Kashia Pomo/Coast Miwuk from her Grandmother’s lineage. Tiśina was born and raised in her sacred tribal homeland of Mariposa/Yosemite. Born into a strong Indigenous lineage\, Tiśina has practiced ceremony with her Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation (SSMN) & Yosemite Paiute tribal communities since birth. She descends from a powerful matriarchy of notable California basketmakers including her Grandfather’s Grandmother\, Lucy Telles and her Grandmother Julia Parker. \n\n\n\nTiśina holds a BA in Community Studies from UC Santa Cruz with an emphasis in Art Education and a BFA in Sustainable Fashion/Textile Design from California College of the Arts in San Francisco where she graduated with honors as “Emerging Talent.” She is an active member of Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation. In 2018 Tiśina represented SSMN\, alongside tribal leaders\, in Washington D.C. to petition for Federal Recognition\, an ongoing 30+ year battle with the U.S. government for tribal sovereignty. In her lifeway\, Tiśina designs\, creates and collaborates within Native community and works deeply within regenerative design practices to create cultural art and textile work that is in balance with Indigenous ways of being. Tiśina’s life work is dedicated to community building and Indigenous cultural regeneration through the mediums of traditional regalia making\, textiles\, and community cultural arts activism. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events
URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-cultural-fire-storytelling-and-film-screening/
LOCATION:James Moore Theater\, 1000 Oak St\,\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members
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SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: A Yalda Night of Song and Poetry
DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n		            \n				                    \n\n				                Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n    \n\n    \n        \n            \nSpotlight Sundays: I Was There Too: A Performance by Meres-Sia Gabriel\, Child of the Black Panther Party Revolution\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: A Yalda Night of Song and Poetry with Mahsa Vahdat\, Marjan Vahdat\, and Atabak Elyasi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCoinciding with the Winter Solstice\, this month’s Spotlight Sunday celebrates Yalda Night\, an ancient Persian holiday marking the longest night of the year. With performances by internationally acclaimed Iranian Bay Area-based singers Mahsa Vahdat and Marjan Vahdat\, accompanied by musician and writer Atabak Elyasi\, we will weave together stories of renewal and awakening.  \n\n\n\nFollowing a beautiful musical offering\, sisters Mahsa and Marjan—whose practices carry the universal message of humanism and freedom—will share their thoughts on the power of ritual and song in resilience. Then\, to mark the longest night of the year\, visitors will be invited to share wishes and intentions for the new year\, and Mahsa will read from the poet Hafez as a reflection of the year to come. Please join us for this harmonious celebration of hope and light over darkness. \n\n\n\n\nGeneral TICKETS\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat:\n\n\n\nMahsa and Marjan Vahdat are internationally acclaimed Iranian vocalists\, composers\, and educators whose artistry is rooted in the profound tradition of Persian classical music while opening new paths of innovation and intercultural dialogue. In their homeland\, where women have been banned from solo singing since 1979\, they have carried their voices beyond borders with unwavering resolve. Their music\, born of resilience and longing\, has touched audiences across the world as a testament to cultural memory and the enduring power of artistic freedom. \n\n\n\nThrough long-standing collaborations with the Norwegian label Kirkelig Kulturverksted and producer-poet Erik Hillestad\, as well as composer-arranger Atabak Elyasi\, they have released numerous acclaimed and award-winning recordings. Their artistic journey has led to encounters with musicians and ensembles such as Kronos Quartet\, Tord Gustavsen\, Mighty Sam McClain\, Bridget Kibbey\, Amsterdam Sinfonietta\, the Skruk Choir\, Zar Theatre\, and the Grotowski Institute—creating a rich tapestry where Persian music converses with the sounds of the world. \n\n\n\nAbout Atabak Elyasi:\n\n\n\nAtabak Elyasi is an Iranian-American musician and composer based in Berkeley and a master of the Persian setar—the instrument most commonly used to accompany the voice in traditional Persian music. Atabak has played and performed setar for the majority of his life and has been teaching this sacred instrument for at least 30 years\, passing on this lineage to innumerable students. Atabak has worked on several renowned musical projects with 2018 ACTA mentor artist Mahsa Vahdat and her sister Marjan as a setar player\, composer\, and musical arranger\, as well as arranging pieces for the Skruk Choir in Norway and the Kronos Quartet. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events
URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-a-yalda-night-of-song-and-poetry/
LOCATION:James Moore Theater\, 1000 Oak St\,\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members
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SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining
DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n		            \n				                    \n\n				                Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n    \n\n    \n        \n            \nSpotlight Sundays: I Was There Too: A Performance by Meres-Sia Gabriel\, Child of the Black Panther Party Revolution\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Community Conversations in Radical Public Imagining\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOMCA’s Spotlight Sundays is excited to continue our Community Conversations series. This annual series\, in partnership with The Othering & Belonging Institute (OBI) and The Belonging Resident Company\, creates a space to foster public dialogue\, deepen understanding\, and cultivate connection around emerging community topics.  \n\n\n\nThe year’s installment will explore radical public imagining. In alignment with OMCA’s special exhibition\, Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain\, project partners will include Dominique Walker and Alia Phelps of Moms4Housing\, Brandi T. Summers of Archive of Urban Futures\, and June Grant of blink!LAB architecture. Through performance\, interactive engagement\, movement\, and conversation\, this immersive experience will examine what it means to build our muscles for audacious dreaming during difficult times. Please join us for this inspiring event! \n\n\n\nThis program will be held in four acts\, each including a TED-style talk followed by audience engagement. The schedule will follow a narrative arc\, so arrive on time so you don’t miss out! \n\n\n\nACT 1 | Personal Engagement – Dreaming   \n\n\n\nACT 2 | Civic Engagement – Agitating \n\n\n\nBREAK  \n\n\n\nACT 3 | Imagining Spaces – Transforming  \n\n\n\nACT 4 | Archiving Futures – Remaining  \n\n\n\nThis program is a part of our exhibition programming for Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain\, on view through March 1\, 2026. \n\n\n\n\nGeneral TICKETS\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Richard Aviles\n\n\n\nTransportation Analyst and Arts and Culture Strategy Lead for the Othering and Belonging Institute. As part of the Community Power and Policy Partnerships team\, they support government agencies and partner with community organizations by providing trainings\, technical assistance\, and evaluation support. These services center the lived experience\, vision\, and self-determination of the communities most impacted by transit inequities. Richard has also created and facilitated healing circles in South Central as part of LADOT Vision Zero’s community engagement efforts. Richard holds a Masters of Social Work and a Masters of Urban Planning from the University of Southern California. Their current research interests lie in the relationship between behavior and the built-environment\, city consciousness\, and community engagement. \n\n\n\nAbout Sangita Kumar\n\n\n\nSangita is a result-based organizational development consultant and somatic coach. She is the founder of Be The Change Consulting\, a human-centered consulting firm that supports organizations and movements to bring liberatory practices into their work. She is the mama of an incredible 13-year-old and four chickens. \n\n\n\nAbout Sarah Crowell\n\n\n\nSarah is OBI’s Belonging and Community Builder. She is a dancer and choreographer who has taught dance\, theater\, mindfulness\, and violence prevention for over 35 years. She has founded and co-directed the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company and has served as the Executive Director for 30 years. Since 2000\, Sarah has facilitated arts integration\, violence prevention\, cultural humility\, and team building professional development sessions with artists and educators\, both locally and nationally. She is the recipient of many awards including the KPFA Peace award\, the KQED Women’s History Local Hero award\, and the National Guild for Community Arts Education Milestone award. She is a four-time finalist for a Tony Award for Excellence in Theater Education. \n\n\n\nAbout June Grant\n\n\n\nJune received her Masters degree in Architecture from the Yale School of Architecture.  \n\n\n\nIn addition to Architecture\, her background includes Sculpture\, Investment Analysis and Economics.  Upon leaving Steinberg Architects and AECOM\, where she was a Principal and Associate Principal\, respectively\, she launched blink!LAB in 2014. Her architecture follows a trajectory from retail to culture and technology markets. She is an architect with a long interest in the innovation of spaces for newly emerging social patterns.  \n\n\n\nAbout Dominique Walker \n\n\n\nDominique is a mother\, as well as a fighter and organizer for social change. She co-founded her high school\, the School of Social Justice and Community Development and went on to earn her B.A. in Sociology from Tougaloo College. Dominique has worked and supervised the lactation program at Jackson Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson\, MS. She co-founded and currently serves on the Board of Directors for  Moms for Housing (M4H)–a group of mothers fighting for housing and against speculation in communities. She is an active member of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE)’s Black housing union. She is the educator of community organizing for the Deep Medicine Circle (DMC)—a WOC-led\, worker-directed nonprofit organization that is committed to heal the wounds of colonialism through food\, medicine\, restoration\, story and learning. Dominique is committed to fighting for justice at the intersection of housing and Black maternal health. She is currently a student at Berkeley City College.  \n\n\n\nAbout Brandi T. Summers\n\n\n\nBrandi T. Summers\, PhD is an Associate Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Columbia University. Dr. Summers is author of Black in Place: The Spatial Aesthetics of Race in a Post-Chocolate City (UNC Press\, 2019) and has published articles and essays that analyze blackness\, culture\, aesthetics\, and urbanization\, in both scholarly and popular publications. Her current book\, Oakland Echoes: Reimagining and Reclaiming the Black City (under contract with the University of California Press)\, highlights routes of resistance and reclamation in her hometown\, Oakland\, CA\, as a quest to think about the past\, present\, and future of a Black city. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events
URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-community-conversations-in-radical-public-imagining/
LOCATION:James Moore Theater\, 1000 Oak St\,\, Oakland\, California\, 94607\, United States
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SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Total Praise—The Making of the Black Joy Parade
DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n		            \n				                    \n\n				                Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n    \n\n    \n        \n            \nSpotlight Sundays: I Was There Too: A Performance by Meres-Sia Gabriel\, Child of the Black Panther Party Revolution\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Total Praise—The Making of the Black Joy Parade\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Black Church has long been a cornerstone of Black culture\, shaping movements\, inspiring iconic music and art\, and carrying forward enduring traditions. OMCA is honored to welcome guests to join the creators of the Black Joy Parade for a thoughtful exploration of how the Black Church has served as both a space of resistance and celebration\, and why the presence of the Black Joy Choir remains central to the parade’s spirit. The afternoon opens with a soul-stirring performance by the acclaimed Black Joy Choir\, followed by a premiere screening of the documentary short Total Praise: The Blueprint Behind the Black Joy Parade. \n\n\n\nFollowing the screening\, attendees are invited to settle into a conversation with Black Joy Parade producers reflecting on legacy\, community\, and joy\, featuring Head of Content Jacqwi Campbell\, Activation Lead Demjuan Julian\, Co-Founder and COO Amber Lester\, and Gold Beams founder Tayleur Crenshaw as moderator. \n\n\n\nThis program is a part of our exhibition programming for Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain\, on view through March 1\, 2026. \n\n\n\n\nGeneral TICKETS\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Black Joy Parade\n\n\n\nBlack Joy Parade is a hyper-positive non-profit based in Oakland that celebrates the Black experience and the Black community’s contributions to history and culture with its signature parade and celebration\, partnerships\, and events. Black Joy Parade exists to provide the Black community and its allies a live experience that celebrates the Black community’s influence on cultures past\, present\, and future. Black Joy Parade unites a diverse community by creating space to express each of our unique contributions to the Black experience. We invite you to be creative\, be open\, be present\, be free. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events
URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-total-praise-the-making-of-the-black-joy-parade/
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SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Trans Ancestors in History and Creative Practice
DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n		            \n				                    \n\n				                Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n    \n\n    \n        \n            \nSpotlight Sundays: I Was There Too: A Performance by Meres-Sia Gabriel\, Child of the Black Panther Party Revolution\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Trans Ancestors in History and Creative Practice\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTalk 1–2 pm \n\n\n\nWorkshops 2–4 pm \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDuring the month of Trans Day of Visibility\, join us for a creative exploration of trans ancestors and their indelible legacies of resistance. Community historian Andrea Horne will give a talk about her life’s work unearthing histories of Black trans luminaries. Learn about her groundbreaking research that confronts a limited written record and unveils stories—from the fantastic to the everyday—of how Black trans women changed the world. This talk is open to all\, and tickets are required.  \n\n\n\n\nTALK ONLY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\nFollowing the talk\, two intimate creative workshops will draw inspiration from the lives and legacies of trans ancestors. Queer Ancestors Project teaching artists Mason J. and Ajuan Mance will facilitate the simultaneous workshops—writing and comix\, respectively—guiding participants in exploring stories of trans ancestors central to their personal\, collective\, and political lineages. Come create with community and deepen connection to shared histories as we cultivate liberatory visions of trans futures. Materials provided. The workshops prioritize trans and genderqueer people\, and capacity is limited. Tickets are required and also include admission to the talk.  \n\n\n\n\nWriting Workshop + talk Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\nCOMIX Workshop + talk  Tickets\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAndrea Horne’s work is funded in part by the San Francisco Arts Commission. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Facilitators\n\n\n\nAndrea Horne is an SF Arts Commission award-winning artist\, cultural worker\, and community historian whose work bridges the Black arts movement\, LGBTQ+ storytelling\, and public health advocacy. A beloved Bay Area performer and advocate\, Andrea is the creator of The Knowing—a multidisciplinary collective and archival project honoring the lives\, legacies\, and cultural memory of Black transgender women through performance\, oral history\, and sacred storytelling. Her praxis weaves movement work and ancestral testimony into a powerful meditation on survival\, transformation\, and spiritual lineage. For over four decades\, Andrea has been a vital presence in San Francisco Bay Area queer and cultural communities\, using her voice and art to protect\, remember\, and liberate. \n\n\n\nMason J. is a Lambda Literary Awarded San Francisco-born Afro-Indigenous Two-Spirit artist\, historian\, educator\, and community archivist exploring memory\, ritual\, and cultural recovery. Their work weaves public record with holistic care\, nightlife\, harm reduction\, and ritual craft\, helping communities trace lineage beyond academia and erasure. Mason serves on the GLBT Historical Society board and has been a Still Here SF co-editor\, Show Us Your Spines co-founder\, 2016 VONA alum\, and 2017–2019 James C. Hormel Center Fellow. Spotlight Sundays with him is part workshop\, part time machine: storytelling meets formal and renegade research – creative mapping through art\, global ancestry\, witnessing\, with collaboration and take-home tools. \n\n\n\nAjuan Mance is an Oakland-based artist and writer and a Professor of Illustration at the California College of the Arts. Ajuan is the author and illustrator of 1001 Black Men: Portraits of Masculinity at the Intersections; Living While Black: Portraits of Everyday Resistance; and the children’s picture book What Do Brothas Do All Day? Her comics and illustrations have appeared in a number of publications\, including the Women’s Review of Books and Transition Magazine\, as well as several anthologies. Gender Studies\, Ajuan’s first book of comics\, was nominated for the 2024 Ignatz Award for Best Comics Collection.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events
URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-trans-ancestors-in-history-and-creative-practice/
LOCATION:OMCA Lecture Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607
CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members
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SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Cultural Burn Practices and the Future of Fire
DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n		            \n				                    \n\n				                Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n    \n\n    \n        \n            \nSpotlight Sundays: I Was There Too: A Performance by Meres-Sia Gabriel\, Child of the Black Panther Party Revolution\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Cultural Burn Practices and the Future of Fire\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays invites guests to an in-depth conversation about the future of fire through the lens of Indigenous fire practices. Corrina Gould of Sogorea Te’ Land Trust will lead a conversation with Jordan Reyes and Corine Pearce of Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance. The discussion will illuminate how fire is an essential component of Native lifeways\, affirms tribal sovereignty\, and is a critical element for healthy California ecosystems. Learn what it means to be a steward of the land and how Native fire practitioners are increasing their efforts to build a more sustainable future with fire in California. \n\n\n\nThis program is a part of our exhibition programming for Good Fire: Tending Native Lands\, on view through May 31. \n\n\n\n\nGeneral TICKETS\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Corrina Gould\n\n\n\nCorrina Gould (Tribal Chair for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation) was born and raised in the village of Huichin\, now known as Oakland\, CA. She is the Co-Founder and Lead Organizer for Indian People Organizing for Change\, a small Native-run organization\, and the Sogorea Te’ Land Trust\, an urban Indigenous women-led organization within her ancestral territory. Through the practices of rematriation\, cultural revitalization\, and land restoration\, the Land Trust calls on Native and non-Native peoples to heal and transform legacies of colonization\, genocide\, and to do the work our ancestors and future generations are calling us to do. \n\n\n\nAbout Jordan Reyes\n\n\n\nJordan Reyes (Pomo/Lake Miwok/Yuki/Little Lake/Wailak) is a land steward with a background in Tribal government serving in Tribal Historic Preservation\, Tribal Gaming Regulatory Commission\, Tribal Gaming Operations\, and Tribal Council. Jordan currently serves as the Field Coordinator with the Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance and is a leader in his Tribal community with land stewardship and reintroducing cultural fire practices. He sees fire as medicine\, a way to heal intergenerational separation\, and a way to ensure the safe passage of knowledge. Serving the people and Tribal sovereignty is the main focus of his passion\, to heal the lands and human beings\, and maintaining a relationship of reciprocity between the two.  \n\n\n\nAbout Corine Pearce\n\n\n\nCorine Pearce (Redwood Valley Little River Band of Pomo)‘s weaving heals and restores both the land and the people. She weaves to connect the future generations to a living cultural identity and to remind them they will also face struggles and triumphs\, and they will also carry the spirit of our ancestors. Corine creates all types of basketry: cradle baskets—from miniatures that would fit on a dime\, to doll size\, to full-size serviceable cradles; twine baskets using six different twining techniques—from simple rough work baskets to fine closed twine baskets; and feather/beaded/plain coil baskets using two separate techniques that are specific to Mendocino\, Sonoma\, and Lake County Pomo peoples.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events
URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-cultural-burn-practices-and-the-future-of-fire/
LOCATION:OMCA Lecture Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607
CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Members
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SUMMARY:Spotlight Sundays: Earthseed Screening with People’s Kitchen Collective and Emory Douglas
DESCRIPTION:Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n		            \n				                    \n\n				                Your browser does not support the video tag.\n            \n		\n    \n\n    \n        \n            \nSpotlight Sundays: I Was There Too: A Performance by Meres-Sia Gabriel\, Child of the Black Panther Party Revolution\n\n        \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpotlight Sundays: Earthseed Screening with People’s Kitchen Collective and Emory Douglas\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1–3 pm | Documentary Screening | James Moore Theater \n\n\n\n3–4:30 pm | Collective Presentation and Gathering | OMCA Garden \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a special gathering showcasing stories of survival and resilience through food culture and ancestral wisdom with People’s Kitchen Collective (PKC) and Understory. This event will begin with a screening of the documentary Earth Seed: A People’s Journey of Radical Hospitality by filmmaker Fox Nakai and PKC. Rooted in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable series and the legacy of the Black Panther Party’s community engagement strategies\, this film maps the Earth Seed pilgrimage through five regions of California. \n\n\n\nAfter the screening\, we will gather in OMCA’s Garden where Jocelyn Jackson\, co-founder of PKC\, will lead us in a series of Earth Seed testimonies and spoken word musings by fellow PKC co-founders Võ Hải and Sarai Bordeaux. Then we will welcome special guest speaker\,revolutionary artist\, and former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party\, Emory Douglas\, to share on the power of community collectives.  \n\n\n\nImmerse yourself in their inspiring stories while enjoying nourishing food by worker-owned Understory\, and play to win a curated “go-bag” containing unique pieces inspired by the Parable series. Radical Hospitality is a powerful strategy toward strengthening our interconnectedness. We welcome you to share in this unifying community experience. \n\n\n\n\nGeneral TICKETS available 5/1\n\n\n\nMEMBER TICKETS available 4/29\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout  People’s Kitchen Collective\n\n\n\nPeople’s Kitchen Collective (PKC) works at the intersection of art and activism as a food-centered political education project. Based in Oakland\, our crew and creative practices reflect the diverse histories and backgrounds of the city.  Written in our families’ recipes are the maps of our migrations and stories of our resilience. From this foundation\, we create immersive experiences that honor the shared struggles of our people. We believe in radical hospitality as a strategy to address the urgent social issues of our time. \n\n\n\nAbout  EARTH SEED\n\n\n\nLed by PKC\, EARTH SEED is rooted in Octavia E. Butler’s Parable series and the legacy of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. By enacting radical hospitality as a survival practice\, we deepen our relationships with BIPOC activists\, artists\, educators\, farmers\, youth\, and elders. EARTH SEED centers a pilgrimage through California from present-day Los Angeles to Mendocino Woodlands from March – June 2023. PKC visited with people and places building models for survival and our collective future. Spanning across the native lands of the Tongva\, Yokut\, Mutsun\, Ohlone\, Miwok and Pomo tribes in California\, each part of the pilgrimage focuses on a different element (Earth\, Fire\, Water\, Air\, Wood). \n\n\n\nAbout Understory\n\n\n\nUnderstory was founded in 2020 by Lily Fahsi-Haskell\, Jenabi Pareja\, Nino Serrano\, and Florencio Esquivel to address the impact the COVID-19 pandemic was having on workers of color within the restaurant industry. With diverse backgrounds as chefs\, artists\, and movement organizers\, they dared to create a collaborative restaurant model that centers worker agency\, access\, inclusion\, and radical community care. Their governance model ensures decisions are made collectively\, cultivating trust\, accountability\, and empowerment. \n\n\n\nAbout Jocelyn Jackson\n\n\n\nJocelyn is a cook\, activist\, and artist working at the intersection of food\, art\, and social justice. Her current projects include Executive Producer of the Life is Living Festival\, JUSTUS Kitchen co-creating healing food experiences for Black women\, and co-founder of People’s Kitchen Collective. Jocelyn is co-lead artist\, co-director\, writer\, and executive producer of PKC’s documentary film project\, EARTH SEED: A People’s Journey of Radical Hospitality. It is a practice in collective survival inspired by Octavia Butler and the Black Panther Party. Jocelyn just completed her Chef-in-Residency at the Museum of the African Diaspora in SF. \n\n\n\n About Sarai Bordeaux\n\n\n\nSarai is a poet\, scholar\, educator\, facilitator\, and model. She holds a MA of Education in Equity and Social Justice focused on liberatory and transformational learning experiences. She has been connected with People’s Kitchen Collective for over ten years\, serving as a conceptual partner\, as well as front of house and logistics for gatherings.  Sarai is the current Poet Laureate of Eureka\, Ca and her most recent publication appears in When We Exhale: An Anthology of Black Women Rooted In Ancestral Medicine from Black Freighter Press. Her work can also be found in Patrice Lumumba: An Anthology or Writers on Black Liberation.  \n\n\n\nAbout Võ Hải\n\n\n\nHải is a queer Việt passionate about traditional food(ways)\, home(land)\, and partum care\, whose family and ancestors are from southern Việt Nam – Mỹ Tho and Chợ Gạo. A guiding proverb for Hải towards community organizing is “Một cây làm chẳng nên non\, ba cây chụm lại nên hòn núi cao”. It translates to one tree provides little strength\, three trees together allow us to reach high mountains – that when we come together\, we can achieve anything and change the world. Hải is a member of the QTViệt Cafe Collective dedicated to Queer and Trans Việt liberation. \n\n\n\nAbout Emory Douglas\n\n\n\nEmory Douglas attended City College of San Francisco where he majored in commercial art. He was the Revolutionary Artist and Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from February 1967 until the early 1980’s. Douglas’s iconic art and design concepts were staples of the more than 530 Black Panther Newspapers\, communicating the politics of the BPP and the concerns of the community in an easy-to-understand\, immediate visual form. His art was meant to be an inspiring call to oppressed and colonized peoples. Douglas continues to produce political art that captures the power and urgency of global social justice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nOakland Museum of California (OMCA) is committed to providing programs that are accessible\, welcoming\, and inclusive of our community. Wheelchairs\, sensory inclusive devices\, and additional amenities are available for checkout on a first come\, first served basis at the Ticketing Desk. To request other accommodations\, like American Sign Language (ASL)\, Cantonese\, Spanish or another language interpreter\, please email visitor@museumca.org at least three weeks before the event. Learn more about our accessibility options. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReturn to Events
URL:https://museumca.org/event/spotlight-sundays-earthseed-screening-with-peoples-kitchen-collective-and-emory-douglas/
LOCATION:OMCA Lecture Hall\, 1000 Oak\, Oakland\, California\, 94607
CATEGORIES:Spotlight Sundays,Ticketed,Members
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