This year's Life is Living Festival will be a hybrid model of online events and safe outdoor acrivities for youth at Lil Bobby Hutton Park (1651 Adeline St., Oakland). To give you the best Life is Living possible, we've expanded online programming for a whole month! Check here for updates and changes.
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ASL
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PUB
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Edutainment for Equity Presents
Educating the Black Child Series
Friday, September 17 on ZoomMain Schedule
FRIDAY • OCT 8 • ONLINE
4:30 PM | Under 21 Open Mic | CC
Come through to the Under 21 Open Mic, an event celebrating young people, their voices, and all the ways they manifest. Poems, songs, freestyles, speeches, choreographed dance pieces, and more are welcome, as long as it comes from the heart. Youth Participant registration: https://bit.ly/registerforys22
7:00 PM |Center for Cultural Power Oakland Futures | ASL, CCThe Center for Cultural Power will hold a panel and show 3 short films on the Oakland Futures. Oakland Futures brings together artists to uplift, share, and connect stories on Oakland’s complex history, the current moment, and future promise.
8:30 PM | Fresh Jamz | CCFresh Jamz happy hour is Oakland's longest running and best known happy hour—started almost 14 years ago as a way for educators to unwind and build community, we're still at it with a mission to build community as we transform our society for the better!
SATURDAY • OCT 9 • ONLINE
9:00 AM | Biscuit Breakfast Cook-A-Long on PKC IG Live | CC
Biscuit bake-a-long on IG Live! Visit peopleskitchencollective.com for a shopping list and recipe.
10:00 AM | Kidzone with Ms. Butterfly | ASL, CCCelebrating Women Of The Black Panther Party with special guests:, Manny Lieras with the American Indian Child Resource Center, The Sunflower Lioness, Mikal Hemmingway with West Oakland Library, Lance Mcgee aka Unique Derique, Jilchristina of the West Oakland Mural Project and more!
11:00 AM | PKC’s “Feeding the Revolution” feat Mila Terry-Koon and Ericka Huggins | ASL, CCJoin People's Kitchen Collective online to honor the 55th anniversary of the Panthers with special guests: 10 year old Mila Terry-Koon and legendary BPP leader Ericka Huggins. Listen in on the past, present, and future of intergenerational activism and the powerful legacy of the BPP's Survival Programs.
12:00 PM | Diamonds & Bullets | ASL, CC Diamond & Bullets: An Audio Play is reminiscent of radio programs in the early 20th century, designed to inspire empathy. Participants willlisten to the piece, which is a combination of dialogue and music performed by beatboxing combo Antique Naked Soul, allowing their minds to create images for reflection and examination. Participants will receive a free download of Diamond & Bullets: The Album.
3:00 PM | LiL Theater Stage: Rooted in Resilience | ASL, CC7th Annual Life is Living Theater Stage: ROOTED IN RESILIENCE Act I: All That We Touch, We Change Act II: Sowers + Seeds Inspired by the prophetic words of Octavia Butler and the wisdom of trees, the Life is Living 'Rooted in Resilience' Theater Stage explores Black & Brown strategies for surviving catastrophe and moving together toward the world(s) we need. Presented by Youth Speaks & Cal Shakes, this two-part program features a prismatic line up of local artists and activists, commissioned performances, readings from Butler, and excerpts from Toshi Reagan’s Parable of the Sower opera. “All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change.” -Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower
6:00 PM | Destiny Arts "Low Tide Rising" | ASL, CC 7:00 PM | Oakhella | CCSATURDAY • OCT 9 • IN-PERSON
Safe Outdoor Activities for Youth and TeensLil Bobby Hutton Park
1651 Adeline on the Blacktop
12pm - 4pm
12pm-2pm • Hood Games
Townpark will provide free skate lessons for youth in the community led by the "Skate Like A Girl" crew. Skate Like a Girl has provided free skate instruction at Town Park for the last few years. Helmets and skateboards will be provided for any youth that need them.
12pm-4pm • Free COVID Testing 1-3PM • Dance BattleCome through to LIL Dance Battle hosted by Yoram Savion from Yak Films and Tomiko from Haus of Ijo! LIVE at West Oakland Skate Park at Lil'Bobby Hutton aka De Fremery Park. Eight of Oakland's own best dance talent will compete for the top prize!
Judges: Dopey Fresh, Krow the God, Ice Cold
Tunes by DJ Aebldee
SUNDAY • OCT 10 • ONLINE
11:00 AM | Alphabet Rockers Dance/LIstening Party | ASL
Join 2x GRAMMY Nominees Alphabet Rockers in a Life is Living family dance party on OhYay.co platform! DJ Roza will spin remixes PLUS new songs with emcees Tommy Soulati Shepherd, Kaitlin McGaw and special guests from the collective dropping in. YOU will have the chance to dance, be on cam and chat with the crew just like you would at a show, or keep it rolling in the background while you hang with your family.
12:00 PM | Yak Dance Battle | CCCatch the replay from the live event!
3:00 PM | LIL Mainstage Concert | CCThe Life Is Living Main Stage is here co-presented with Oakhella! On Sunday, October 10, check out Zouhair Mussa & Shanga Gorman, Basi, Tofu Jack, Kev Choice, Red Corvette, and Nai Palm (Hiatus Kaiyote) as they set it off on our virtual stage—hosted by Ryan Nicole!
Lineup3:00pm-5:00pm Red Corvette
3:15pm-3:30pm Youth Speaks Unified Mixtape feat. Zouhair Mussa & Shanga Gorman
3:35pm-3:40pm Basi
3:45pm-4:00pm Tofu Jack
4:10pm-4:25pm Kev Choice
4:30pm-4:50pm Nai Palm (Hiatus Kaiyote)
Oakhella, HOTBOX, VATE & FACTORY93 Presents
Black Coffee/Moody Mann
Saturday October 16, 2021 * LiveThe Bridge Yard
210 Burma Rd, Oakland, CA
Emily Butterfly, Attitudinal Healing Collective, West Oakland Public Library,
West Oakland Mural Project and The Crucible Presents
The Kid Zone Walking Tour
Sunday October 24, 2021 * LiveLil Bobby Hutton Park
1651 Adeline St., Oakland
Black Panter Party 55th Anniversary
Saturday, October 23, 2021Lil Bobby Hutton Park
1651 Adeline St., Oakland
Black Panther Party alumni and community members will gather at Bobby Hutton Park (also known as DeFremery Park) for the month's centerpiece celebration. Starting the day's events will be Black Panther leader and co-founder of Tanzania's United African Alliance Community Center, Charlotte Hill O'Neal, who will preside over a healing circle where the names of ancestors and the stories of fallen comrades will be acknowledged.
West Oakland Mural Project’s Women of the Panthers Mural and Mini Museum Presents
Huey P. Newton Dedication
Sunday October 24, 2021 * LiveNinth and Center St.
831 Center Street, Oakland 94607
Alliance and Life is Living Presents
Goldbeams Fourth Mondays
Monday October 25, 2021 * LiveCalifornia Ballroom
1736 Franklin St., Oakland, CA 94612