Sister Comrade: Celebrating the Lives of Audre Lorde and Pat Parker

I have known you forever

Been aware that you would come

My muse sang of you

Said watch the sky for an ebony meteorite

That will pierce into your darkness

And illuminate your fears...

— Pat Parker

excerpt from “For Audre”


Join us for a special evening as we celebrate the remarkable lives of poet activists Audre Lorde and Pat Parker with friends and family, sisters and comrades.


Featuring:

Angela Y. Davis (keynote), Avotcja, Blanche Wiesen Cook,

Clare Coss, Melanie DeMore, Jewelle Gomez, Judy Grahn, Holly Near, Cherríe Moraga, Ojalá, Vicki Randle,

Linda Tillery (artistic director) and Mary Watkins


with special guests:

Anastasia Dunham-Parker and Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins


Saturday, November 3, 2007, 7:30 pm

First Congregational Church, 2501 Harrison St., Oakland

Box Office opens at 5 pm; doors open at 6:45 pm; show starts at 7:30 pm
more info at http://web.mac.com/lisbetslife/Sister_Comrade/Home.html and on pages that it links to

Co sponsored by Sistahs Steppin’ in Pride and Arts First Oakland.

Partial proceeds to benefit Zami: The Audre Lorde Scholarship Fund. Produced by Haley/Ravenswing Productions and Lisbet Tellefsen.