10/13-15: Black Panther Party Reunion Program in Oakland

BLACK PANTHER PARTY REUNION PROGRAM, Friday 13th October

Friday, October 13th – Malonga Center for the Arts, 1428 Alice St, Oakland

Main Lobby – Opening at noon for registration and exhibits
Book Fair at 3:00pm

Main Theater:
1:00pm - Press Conference
Workshop: The Role of the Media in the Struggle

2:15pm – Film: Eldridge Cleaver

4:00-6:00pm – Political Prisoner Panel – Kiilu Nyasha moderator

7:00-9:30pm – Opening ceremonies
Tributes to fallen comrades
Michael Lane performing “Malcolm X”
Chapter History – Seattle
Michael McCarty – Panther griot
Chapter History – Philadelphia
Words from Chairman Bobby Seale


Conference rooms: Youth workshop at 1:00pm
Reparations workshop at 3:00pm
Video showings ongoing


BLACK PANTHER REUNION PROGRAM Saturday 14th Oct

Saturday, October 14th
at Malonga Center for the Arts, 1428 Alice Street, Oakland
and
at Laney College, 900 Fallon St., Oakland

Malonga Center for the Arts:

Main Theater: 9:00am – Opening Remarks and Overview

9:30am to 3:00pm – Chapter Histories

3:30pm – The International Section – Kathleen Cleaver & Charlotte O’Neal

4:30 – 6:00pm - Wrap up: Where do we go from here?

Studio 3 – Workshops:
9:30am - Oakland Community School –

10:30am – Hurricane Katrina and Community Preparedness – Malik Rahim

11:30am - UAACC - United African Alliance Community Center – Charlotte O’Neal

1:00pm – Revolutionary Art – Emory Douglas slide show

2:00pm – Community Organizing – Bobby Seale

Ongoing videos in conference room


Laney College:

Forum: 9:00am – film

10:00am - Workshop – Impact of Ethnic Studies on Higher Education and the Impact of the BPP – moderator Hari Dillon
11:30 - films

Workshops (rooms and times to be assigned)

Labor and the BPP Legacy – Gerald Sanders, Ducho Dennis, Eddie Johnson

Youth Workshop Solidarity – Elbert “Big Man” Howard and Chuck Armsbury

History of the BPP – Charles “Cappy” Pinderhughes

Cointelpro – Bobby Bowen and JoNina Abron

Women in the BPP – Phyllis Jackson

The Role of GI’s in the Struggle – Barbara Cox

Academia and the BPP – Charles Jones

Solving Community Problems and Health Issues – Majeedah Rahman

Police Brutality and Legal Rights – King Downing


Saturday Evening, October 14th, Banquet at the Jack London Inn ($50 per person)


Sunday, October 15th – 11:00am – Group Photo at the Alameda County Courthouse

12:00 – 5:00pm – Picnic at Bobby Hutton Park 18th and Adeline - Entertainment


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