B.U.S.H. Magazine

The Jersey 4

From Oakland to the Jersey 4 (with love) by Chauniqua Young

You may have heard that in New York last fall, a group of seven African-American lesbians was assaulted while walking down a street in the Village, a supposed haven for queer people. A street vendor (Dwayne Buckle) followed the group, screaming homophobic slurs. When they confronted him, the verbal assault turned physical. Buckle threw a lit cigarette at them, spat in their faces, and grabbed one of the women, choking her. Her friends came to her rescue. Two men also joined in to help the women, and in the process Buckle was stabbed in the stomach. It is still uncertain who stabbed him (the two men were never found), but four of the women Venice Brown (19), Terrain Dandridge (20), Patreese Johnson (20), and Renata Hill (24) received sentences ranging from 3 ½ to 11 years in prison.

Although the case happened in New York, as queer people living in the Bay Area, the case has enormous implications for us. The case represents a government sanctioned attack on our existence. Physical and verbal assaults against queer women of color remain unpunished, while defending ourselves against these attacks is criminalized.

On November 14^th, members of Bay Area INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, Gay Shame, and LAGAI – Queer Insurrection teamed up with promoter/dj BLACK ndaLIGHT to host a fundraiser to support the Jersey 4 at Dream EZ, a monthly party for queer people. The event featured speakers, a table to write letters to the women in jail, and literature about the case. Donations were collected throughout the night to send to the women in prison.

There were several organizations involved in the fundraiser, but it was also the unaffiliated individuals (friends, lovers, concerned community) who publicized and attended the party, donated money, and made the event successful. Organizations can provide invaluable support and community to get work accomplished, but it is also the individuals we know who can provide the support that we need . In the end, $656.66 was donated that night, which meant that Patreese, Renata, Venice, and Terrain received over $100 each toward their prison account. Additionally, each of the Jersey 4 was sent letters of support expressing solidarity and love.

Equally as important, the fundraiser was a commemoration of the struggle that links queer people together. While we attend parties to celebrate our existence, this party reminded us that our existence continues to be under attack.

For more information about the Jersey 4:

http://www.fiercenyc.org

More information on the organizations mentioned in the article:  

http://www.incite-national.org/

http://www.gayshamesf.org/

http://home.mindspring.com/~katrap/LAGAI/LAGAIhome.html

http://www.myspace.com/clubsweet 

Narika

Two events you can dig into...support our South Asian Queer Community!

1. This Monday, October 29, South Asian Women Poets Speak Out, UC
Berkeley and Narika (http://www.narika.org, more below)

2. This coming Friday and Saturday, Nov 2 &3, Sins Invalid, an
knock-out evening of performance exploring disability and sexuality,
Brava Theater, in the Mission
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nXPUlt8zJA,
-------------------------

NARIKA AT BERKELEY PRESENTS: POETRY EVENT &
SCREENING: SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN POETS SPEAK OUT

NARIKA AT BERKELEY PRESENTS:
POETRY EVENT & SCREENING: SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN POETS SPEAK OUT

EVENT TIME & DATE: 7PM-9PM Monday, October 29th
LOCATION: 110 Barrows. University of California, Berkeley

After a successful spring semester in 2007, the CAL group is back in
action! We are organizing a line up of events for the semester that
include a workshop and artistic events. On October 29, our student
group would like to provide a space/platform for South Asian women
poets to read poetry, share their works and ongoing projects that
speak to issues that impact them as women.

***Featured poets are Roopa Singh and Tina Zaman***

Poets will be followed by a screening and discussion of "Bhaji on the Beach".

FILM SYNOPOSIS: Bhaji on the Beach
A comedy about a group of Indian women, living in England, who are
brought together by a day at the beach. Among the day-trippers are
Ginder, a young mother who has taken sanctuary in Simi's shelter after
being physically abused by her husband Ranjit; her six-year-old son
Amrik; Hashida, a student about to start medical school, who has
discovered she is pregnant; Asha, a middle-aged newsagent with a
university degree, who feels neglected by her husband and children and
frustrated by unfulfilled personal aspirations; Ladhu and Madhu, a
pair of sexually inexperienced teenagers; Pushpa, an elderly Indian
housewife and grocer; Rekha, a glamorous visitor from Bombay who has
time to spare during her husband's business trips to London; and Bina,
a shop assistant in Marks and Spencer. In the course of their day
together , their ordinary lives become an extraordinary celebration. A
unique look at female friendship.

Narika at Berkeley:
The goal of this student group is to increase student awareness and
action in anti-domestic violence initiatives. We are an all volunteer
run student subgroup of the home base, Narika: A Domestic Violence
Helpline for South Asian Women, whose mission is to promote the
empowerment of women in our community to confront and overcome the
cycles of domestic violence and exploitation. We work to build a
movement at the student level to end violence against women and girls
and to actively support women's rights as human rights. Our membership
is diverse and we welcome students and student supporters to join us

The Bluest Eye

Check out this review and then go and support..Bush Mag will be there.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 (SF Chronicle)

REVIEW/Spare and affecting, 'Bluest Eye' mines the depths of racism

Robert Hurwitt, Chronicle Theater Critic

The Bluest Eye: Drama. By Lydia R. Diamond, adapted from the novel by Toni Morrison. Directed by Walter Dallas. (Through Nov. 11. Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, 620 Sutter St., San Francisco. One hour, 45 minutes. Tickets $22-$36. Call (415) 474-8800 or visit www.lhtsf.org.)

It isn't every weekend that stage adaptations of novels by Pulitzer

Prize-winning authors open back-to-back in San Francisco. It's still rarer when the novels are landmarks of African American literature by two of the nation's most prominent female writers. In this case, the less prominent and more simply staged production packs the greater dramatic punch. Lydia R. Diamond's dramatization of Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye"

opened Saturday at Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, the night after the big Broadway musical version of Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" opened at the Orpheum. Both stories deal with the effects of external andinternalized racism and the cult of beauty on young black girls - bothcentral character abused and impregnated by her real or foster father. But it doesn't pay to carry the comparison too far.

Colorful titles aside, the novels are very different in scope, style,

structure and impact - though equally difficult to adapt. Marsha Norman's attempt to cover the scope of Walker's sprawling "Purple" (reviewed Monday) diffuses and dilutes it. Diamond's dramatization of the more concentrated "Bluest" distills and intensifies Morrison's themes,

characters and vital prose. In Walter Dallas' spare, minimalist

story-theater staging, the Hansberry West Coast premiere is clear,

focused, funny, terrifying and deeply affecting.

"Bluest" has had a number of stagings since its '05 premiere at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre (with at least three more in the works). Dallas, a major figure in African American theater for several decades, has already directed it twice - in Detroit and at Philadelphia's New Freedom Theatre, where he is artistic director.

He sets the bar audaciously high at the outset, with a moving Nina Simonerecording of Rodgers and Hart's "Little Girl Blue." The stage is bare.

Time and place (circa 1940 in the industrial Ohio town of Lorain), scene and story are completely in the hands of the eight-person cast, with the help of Allen Hurtt's few, evocative props (the use of blond dolls is wonderfully inventive), Rose Plant's savvy costumes and dramatic lighting (Matthew Royce) and sound (David Molina) effects.

Shanique S. Scott is as engaging as 12-year-old Pecola Breedlove as her self-abasing obsession with Shirley Temple cuteness is unsettling. The darkness of her skin underscored by a white smock, Scott erases her natural beauty with a downcast mien that hunches in upon itself as Pecola tries to become invisible until her prayers for blue eyes are answered.  A wondering, observant Carla Punch and beguiling Nicole Harley anchor the show as Morrison's young sister narrators Claudia and Frieda, in smooth segues between the grown women looking back on the tale and the playful, acute children they were. Diamond wisely downplays the novel's disturbing amount of violence in the sisters' home to contrast it with the

Breedloves' self-inflicted "ugliness." Clara McDaniel's tough-talking Mama and Vernon D. Medearis' didactic Daddy create a stable, loving home. Tamiyka White's imposing, fiercely focused Mrs. Breedlove and Kieleil DeLeon's comic but ominously drunken Cholly establish the self-hatred from which Pecola's tragedy springs. Natasha E. Nöel is blithely effective as an envied, resented light-skinned classmate, and Medearis is increasingly compelling as fortune-teller Soaphead Church. Dallas subtly builds the dramatic impact of Diamond's skillful

interweaving of the novel's several points of view. The actors touch only in affectionate moments. The violence is rigorously stylized in a sharp choreography that evolves from comic to chilling effect. Deleon's nuanced portrait of Cholly gives it added force. The empathy he generates, as we see how he was shaped by an abandoned childhood and white racism, deepens the tragic resonance of the strikingly staged, heartrending climactic rape scene.

It's a potent season opener for the Hansberry at a crucial moment. With the probable loss of its home threatening the rest of its 27th season,

Artistic Director Stanley E. Williams told the opening-night crowd that the situation may soon be resolved. The result of the Hansberry's

negotiations with the Academy of Art University, which is purchasing the building, may be announced this week.

E-mail Robert Hurwitt at rhurwitt@sfchronicle.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Copyright 2007 SF Chronicle

11th Annual Artists Against Rape

Beyond Resistance Towards Liberation

Thursday, June 07, 2007

6:00 Silent Auction
8:00 Performance
Brava Theatre
2789 24th Street (at York)
San Francisco, 94110

Sliding scale donation: $5.00 - $20.00 youth | $10-50 Adults
No one turned away for lack of funds

Join us for the eleventh year of healing and liberation through the arts! Artists Against Rape features spoken word, music and art from local poets, artists and activists speaking out against and healing from sexual violence. As San Francisco's only community-based rape crisis center, San Francisco Women Against Rape offers this unique supportive space for expression and community building. Thursday, June 7th at the BRAVA Theater, 2789 24th St San Francisco, California. Tickets based on a sliding scale to support programs of San Francisco Women Against Rape. For more information call 415/861-2024 or visit www.sfwar.org for details

Wheelchair accessible
RSVP for free childcare

Pagbabalik

                          “Pagbabalik” (Return)

A Multidisciplinary Theatre Production

Written by Aimee Suzara • Directed by Alex Torres

FILIPINO-AMERICAN PRODUCTION SHEDS LIGHT ON IMMIGRANT SEARCH FOR IDENTITY

Berkeley

,

CA

.  On June 14, two days after Philippine “

Independence

” Day, “Pagbabalik” (“Return” in Tagalog, a Filipino language) premieres at the historic La Pena Cultural Center, examining ideas of home, history and identity from a Filipino-American perspective.  Written by poet Aimee Suzara, the multidisciplinary production seamlessly blends spoken-word theatre with choreography drawn from indigenous and modern dance, to the score of Filipino and contemporary music.

“Pagbabalik” follows central character Diwata (played by Suzara), a young Filipina-American exploring her origins in the

Philippines

. Aided by a simple tape recorder, Diwata journeys into a history charged with magic and painful memories of war and conquest. 

Suzara draws from her own experience of returning to the

Philippines

. "In researching my own story as the daughter of Filipino immigrants to

America

, I found myself creating Diwata and the other characters in the play.” says Suzara.  “Diwata” literally translates to “spirit.”  Adds Suzara, “I think that anyone familiar with the immigrant experience can relate to Diwata - to her sense of displacement from physical and emotional origins and her hunger for belonging to a geography, to a culture, to an identity.  We all strive to fit in to a place, to a people."

“Pagbabalik” features the talents of key members of the Filipino-American and Bay Area arts community. The distinctive cast of choreographers, dancers, and actors includes Frances Sedayao of the Purple Moon Dance Project and Alvin Ailey Dance School; Lisa Juachon of the Alleluia Panis Dance Theatre; Jose “Flipchild” Saenz, of the film “Flipside;” actress “Tita” Rose Almario; and Aimee Espiritu, member of the collective Kreatibo.  Alex Torres of Bindlestiff Studios directs and Ellen Sebastian Chang of Theatre Bay Area provides directorial support.

Movement and dialogue are punctuated by a lushly textured, live score of traditional Philippine kulintang (bossed gong ensemble) and innovative folk-rock.  The music was developed by a trio of Bay Area talents: Ronald Quesada, ethnomusicologist and member of the Palabuniyang Kulintang Ensemble, on kulintang and guitar; musician Juan Calaf on drums and percussion, and Jennifer Soriano (formerly of Diskarte Namin), on vocals and bass.

Begun as a 1-woman-show in 2005 and then developed into a Work-in-Progress shown at La Peña Cultural Center in October 2006, “Pagbabalik” was an acclaimed presence at the 2006 CounterPULSE STREAM/fest: Emerging Performance Festival and Kearny Street Workshop’s APAture 2006.  With fiscal sponsorship from La Peña Cultural Center, the production has received grants from the Zellerbach Family Foundation to support the Work-in-Progress.

The interwoven themes of homeland, genealogy, and migration speak with urgency to both younger and older generations.  As one audience member expressed, "This show is what Fil-Ams need to begin to dialogue about our experiences as visitors in our homeland and the similarities other immigrants in the

U.S.

share."

The production highlights Philippine Independence Day, on June 12.  Although Spanish colonial rule is comparatively well-known, the complex relationship between the

US

and the

Philippines

is absent from most history textbooks.  On June 12, 1898, Filipinos revolutionary forces declared sovereignty and independence from four centuries of Spanish colonial rule.  Yet this declaration was unrecognized by the

United States

and by

Spain

, who ceded the

Philippines

under the Treaty of Paris.  The years were followed by the bloody Philippine American war, in which over 500,000 Filipinos were killed.  “Looking into the complex history of the

US

colonial presence in the

Philippines

can be a window into current issues on immigration,” says Suzara.

“In the context of what’s going on for us socially and politically right now in our communities, with the issues around the right to return, issues around immigration, and people finding home, this piece has vital importance,” says Alli Chagi-Starr, an arts activist who works with the Ella Baker Center. “I think it is critical that people learn about this history in the

Philippines

and hear this one woman’s story.”

States Jennifer Soriano: “There are artists who people remember as speaking to a generation. And I think that’s what Aimee’s becoming. She represents a generation of young people searching for their roots.”

Pagbabalik is made possible with support from the Zellerbach Family Foundation.  Special thanks to sponsors Nursha Project, Trinity Wolf Network, Bindlestiff Studio, La Peña Cultural Center, and Epic Arts.

                              

Work-in-Progress with Post-Show Discussion:

May 24, 25 & 26, 8pm

Bindlestiff Studio,

505 Natoma Street

San Francisco

www.bindlestiffstudio.org • (415) 255-0440

World Premiere of Full Production:

June 14, Preview Night, 7:30pm

June 15 & 16, 8pm

La Peña Cultural Center,

3105 Shattuck Avenue

,

Berkeley

Advance tickets available at www.lapena.org and (510) 849-2568 x20

Mixed Fruit

Thursday November 30th at El Rio Bar
3158 Mission Street
$7 - $10 sliding scale (no one turned
away)
7:30 pm

Featuring:
Comedy from Maceo Cabrera Estevez and
Willy Wilkinson
Hot burlesque acts featuring Mz.
Cherry Galette and Fire
Fiercely tender political storytelling
from ‘ron daniella
Caliente drag king moves by Delicio
Del Toro
Fabulous writings from Yoseñio V. Lewis
Revolutionary hip hop with NATRO
Rough and hot performance art from
Twincest (www.twincest.net)
Acoustic tranny folk rock with an edge
by Storm Florez (www.stormflorez.com)

Mixed Fruit is open to LGBTQQ mixed
race folks, LGBTQQ transracial
adoptees and ALL of our fabulous
allies! For more info about Mixed
Fruit, please email
logangutierrezmock@yahoo.com

* On June 12th, 1967, interracial
couples won the right to love each
other thanks to the Supreme Court
decision entitled Loving v. Virginia.
Before that date, states had the right
to separate and punish interracial
couples. These punishments included
imprisonment of up to ten years.
Violations included marriage, sex, and
living together. The Loving Decision
Conference June 21st – 24th in Chicago
will commemorate the 40th anniversary
of this historic Supreme Court ruling.
www.lovingconference.com

Comings and Goings

This self proclaimed journalist has had a lovely weekend. Many thanks to the women who made it possible for me to have something to write.

Friday: Erika Newport kicked my ass in Monopoly. Even the rich chocolaty brownies she made didn't sooth the pain of my loss. She made up for it though by taking me to Kinkos so I could make fliers for the funkin 4 Tanzania Party.

She's also my spiritual sister and I thank her for letting me pick her brain on all that pertains to the Orishas.

Saturday: I slipped quietly out the house and headed to Berkeley for a training on Sexual Harassment in the workplace. It was very intense and informative. Thanks Tina and Melanie the lunch you made us made staying inside on a pretty Saturday sooo worth it. Tina and Melanie are owners of Revelation Law Firm. They will fight your discrimination cases and provide corporations and organization with trainings to protect them from being sued for sexual harassment. Two lesbians of color one Caribbean and the other South Asian. After the training Leggs and I (I met her at the training) went to the Berkeley Farmers Market but once we got there almost all of the vendors had packed up. We walked through away just to discover boxes and boxes of free produce. she got beets, leeks and cabbage. I got mixed greens, cilantro, basil and a tub of salsa. Leggs and I went our separate ways...she home to her waiting girlfriend and me to the next agenda item. Veronicas going away party.  I'm the first guest to arrive which was great because I had enough time to make a great salad with my free stuff. It was a beautiful gathering. Lots of LF alumni and board members. She had old shows and recent shows for sale and her special treat was her video of her and a friend ballroom dancing. It was fabulous to watch her dazzle around from room to room just to be pawed on and loved on by all of her admirers. There were a mele of beautiful couples and us single ladies congergated together to talk about dating issues, friendly banter and sexual exploits we'd love to have.

Sunday: It was sunny and warm at 10 am. Perfect for a bike ride. I headed off to First Congregational Church were love is first. Love was actually the point of the sermon today and it was just what the doctor ordered. After giving thanks and fellowshippin' after church I rode away with a song in my heart and joy in my soul. I ended up on the other side of Lake Merrit and decided to go to Micia Mosleys' house for her voting party but once I got there I realized that I was a few hours to early. Patricia greeted me at the door who was there working on her film. She happens to be a participant of the Media Project for women of color taught by Madeline LIm. They needed help with the shoot so her crew and I went over to the lake to set up for the scene. I got to play bodyguard so passerbyes didn't disrupt the scene. I had no idea that one 2 minute scene could take three hours but it did. By the time we wrapped up take a Buddah Pose picture and a tree bush shoot before we all headed over to Sistah Sundaze to dance the night away.  I met a few cuties, nice eye candy but nothing serious. After my $11.00 sex on the beach and a few twirls on the dancefloor I rode my lovely bike home and ended what had been a fun,full and wonderful weekend.

Stop the Monoploly

On Friday, October 27th, the Youth Media Council,
Media Alliance and the NAACP will host a crucial
Bay
Area hearing on media consolidation. Two Federal
Communications Commissioners will be at the
downtown Oakland Marriott to hear public
comments. The
FCC will consider these comments as they debate
new
ownership rules that would allow big media
corporations
to own even MORE of what we read, watch and
listen to.

This is a critical opportunity to raise our voices
against thecorporate media crisis. More than 900
people turned out to the hearingin L.A. Now it's time
to turn out in the Bay.

We need you to come to the hearing to
listen and to speak out! Spread the word. Take
back the power.

March 4 Hunters Point

Enough is Enough!
We Demand Self-Determination for our
Communities!

On MONDAY, OCTOBER 16th we call for our people
to unite to end the City and County of San
Francisco’s official policy of de-population and
systematic destruction of the African American,
Latino, Asian/Pacific Islander and Immigrant
communities of Bayview Hunters Point, Western
Addition, the Mission, and South of Market.

WE DEMAND AN END TO:

Housing and condo development projects that
displace poor African Americans, Latinos and
Asian/Pacific Islanders, business development that
tears down neighborhoods, and the evictions of
families from the City;

The use of law enforcement to harass, abuse, and
criminalize African American, Latino, and
Asian/Pacific Islander youth and the use of the INS to
deport immigrants;

The closure of schools and recreation centers in the
poorest communities;

The disenfranchisement of more than 33,000 valid
signatures that called for an end to the occupation of
Bayview Hunters Point by the Redevelopment
Agency;

Cameras and curfews as the answer to crime and
violence

Join us on the 10-year anniversary of the Million Man
March and the anniversary of police brutality at
Thurgood Marshall High School to demand an end to
the destruction of our communities!

MASS MARCH AND DEMONSTRATION
MONDAY, OCTOBER 16TH
CITY HALL
11AM-4PM

SPONSORED BY: POWER, AFRICAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY POLICE RELATIONS BOARD,
LATINO/ASIAN/PACIFIC ISLANDER COALITION,
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY, NATION
OF ISLAM BAY AREA, SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW
NATIONAL BLACK NEWSPAPER

TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED.
FOR TRANSPORTATION, PLEASE CALL (415) 240-
0313.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL POWER: (415)
864-8372 EXT. 302/303

Black Panther Party

Celebrate the Panthers Fortieth Anniversary!

Oct 13-15 2006

There are a number of exciting and important events
coming up in Oakland to commemorate the Black
Panthers getting started in Oakland 40 years ago.

Many people don't know the extent to which the
Panthers organized in Oakland, resisting police
abuse, fighting unfair development, organizing
survival programs, even running candidates for
Mayor and City Council.

Many of the struggles and demands of the Black
Panther Party still resonate today. At Just Cause, we
see this anniversary as an opportunity to recommit
ourselves to the struggles for working class
communities and for self-determination that the
Panthers moved forward right here in Oakland.

Don't miss the activities scheduled for the weekend
of October 13-15 to learn more about and to
celebrate the Panther history. Check out the event
website:

http://www.itsabouttimebpp.com for more information

Injecting Testosterone

"Taking Care of Business: A DIY Guide to Self
Injecting Testosterone"

San Francisco , CA : Female-to-Male International
San Francisco is hosting the debut of Taking Care
of Business: A DIY Guide to Self Injecting
Testosterone. This new 11 minute DVD is a one of
a kind Do-It-Yourself (DIY) self-injection resource
made for the Trans community by the Trans
community. This video provides a step-by-step
guide to preparing - psychologically and
physically - for self-injection of Testosterone.
The screening will include Vlad E. Wolanyk, the
producer and director of Taking Care of Business ;
a panel of men who self-inject their testosterone;
and a Q&A with a nurse from the Sherbourne
Health Center in Toronto,Ontario, Canada.

Date: Saturday, October 14 th , 2006
Time: 10:30am- 12:00pm
Location: San Francisco Public Library, Main
Branch
Address: 100 Larkin St. , ( at Grove ). The Koret
Auditorium, located on the Library's lower level,
enter 30 Grove St. , and proceed down the stairs.
This event is free, but seating is limited to the
first
250 attendees.

For more information on Female-to-Male
International San Francisco visit us on the web
http://www.ftmsf.org.

Queer Women Media Project

QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR MEDIA ARTS
PROJECT
presents

2 FREE VIDEO WORKSHOPS for Fall 2006

Offered to:
1) Queer Women of African Descent (Mondays)
2) Queer Women of Color (Thursdays)

1) Queer (Lesbians, Same-Gender-Loving &
Bisexual)
Women of African Descent -- Mondays

Day: Mondays, 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Begins: August 21, 2006
Ends: December 4, 2006
Duration: 16 weeks

2) Queer (Lesbians, Same-Gender-Loving &
Bisexual)
Women of Color -- Thursdays

Day: Thursdays, 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Begins: August 24, 2006
Ends: December 7, 2006
Duration: 16 weeks


REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 5pm Friday, August
11, 2006

To register for these classes, please fill out the
registration form COMPLETELY and email to:

madbullfilms@sbcglobal.net
Madeleine Lim
Executive Director
QWOCMAP


PLEASE NOTE
o Registration is first-come first-served.
o Class size is limited to 10 participants per
class.
o If accepted, you must be able to attend all
16 classes.
o Confirmation of your registration will be emailed
to you on Monday, August 14, 2006.


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W O R K S H O P R E G I S T R A T I O N F O R
M

Please provide ALL of the following information or
you will not be considered for these classes:

1. Name
2. Age
3. Race/Ethnicity
4. Sexual
Orientation
5. Mailing Address
6. Email Address
7. Both Day & Evening Phone Contact
8. Workshop Choice: Mondays or Thursdays
9. IMPORTANT: Describe your idea for the 5-
MINUTE
video project that you will be creating in this
workshop.
10. IMPORTANT: Do you have access to an Apple
computer?
11. List any previous film/video experience.
12. Have you attended past QWOCMAP
screening? When?
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==


WORKSHOP VENUE
Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center
3925 Noriega Street (by 46th Avenue)
*Outer Sunset District in SF*
San Francisco, CA 94122
Phone: 415.759.3690
Fax: 415.759.0883
www.snbc.org


WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Each participant will create, write, direct and
edit a 5-minute video project. This intense 16-week
digital video workshop covers major aspects of
screenwriting, film directing and video production
- from conception of project idea to movie
distribution.

Through hands-on exercises, you will learn
technical
and creative filmmaking skills and become proficient
in digital video production techniques in a
supportive environment. Access to cameras and
Apple
computers is extremely helpful but is not a
requirement.

Topics covered include - development of project
idea,
writing your script, storyboarding, creating a
shotlist, cinematography, continuity, lighting &
sound, directing actors, managing production crew,
editing, film festivals & distribution.


INSTRUCTOR
Madeleine Lim is the Executive Director of
QWOCMAP.
She is an award-winning filmmaker with over 18
years
of film and video experience. Her films have been
featured at international film festivals around
the
world, universities, museums and broadcast on
PBS.
She teaches Advanced Video Production at the
University of San Francisco.

AWARDS
o Award of Excellence, Joey Awards, 1997
San Jose Film & Video Commission
o Bronze Apple, Apple Awards, 1998
National Educational Media Network
o Artist-in-Residence, 2000-2003
California Arts Council
o Best Video Program, 2003
San Francisco Community Media
o Certificate of Honor, 2004
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
o KQED 2005 Local Hero Award, LGBT Pride
Month


QWOCMAP
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project
promotes
the visibility of queer women of color through the
creation and exhibition of films & videos that
reflect our life stories and the vital social
justice issues that concern our communities.
www.QWOCMAP.org

Femme Conference

Femme2006: Conversations and Explorations
Friday Night Performance
Performance Line-Up click here
Friday, August 11th, 2006
12 Galaxies
2565 Mission Street @ 22nd
San Francisco, CA . 94110
415-970-9777
Doors open at 8pm, show begins at 9pm
Free for Conference Attendees
$15.00 or more (sliding scale) for those not attending the conference
Please bring picture ID.

Femme2006: Conversations and Explorations
Saturday Evening Cabaret
Performance Line-Up click here
Saturday, August 12th, 2006
12 Galaxies
2565 Mission Street @ 22nd
San Francisco, CA . 94110
415-970-9777
Doors open at 8pm, show begins at 9pm
Free for Conference Attendees
$15.00 or more (sliding scale) for those not attending the conference
Please bring picture ID

Co-presented by: liquidFIRE Productions, Queer Cultural Center, Latino Forum, APIQWTC, Sistahs Steppin' In Pride, NIA Collective, Good Vibrations, and the SF LGBT Community Center

go to www.femme2006.com to get more info

Rally & March for Immigrant Workers

I honestly have mixed feelings about this issue. However I think this is a great opportunity for all of us to see what solidartiy looks like so be there observe a prepare to immitate for our reparations.

May 1st, 2006 Rally it up in da Bay!

http://www.immigrantrights.org/upcoming_actions.a sp..maydayinthebay San Francisco: May Day in the Bay Actions - Website No Work, No School, No Selling, No Buying! Towards a World Without Borders, where No One is "Illegal". Come prepared with pots and spoons to bang together (CACEROLAZO), energy and creativity to drown out business in San Francisco! Wear white and look for the flags with a pot and spoon on them. Convergences in San Francisco: 8:30am - Montgomery & Market (Montgomery BART) 11:00am - Embarcadero (Embarcadero BART) 3:00pm - San Francisco Civic Center (Civic Center BART) 5:00pm - Federal Building (450 Golden Gate) Organized by: May Day in the Bay, an informal grouping of organizers and activists that has come together in the San Francisco Bay Area. We have joined forces to promote and support the callout for a General Strike on May 1st in defense of immigrant rights which was issued out of Los Angeles by the "March 25th Coalition against HR4437".

POC Poerty & Book Event

SAVE DAFUR*SAVE DAFUR !!!

Book launch party for Consensual Genocide, by
Leah
Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
With Roopa Singh, Lamya el-Chidiac and Maceo
Marti
Caberra Estevez opening
Monday, May 8
Modern Times Books, 888 Valencia St., San
Francisco
7:30 PM

Come party with an all-star queer POC poetry
lineup and celebrate the launch of the long-
awaited first collection of poetry by queer Sri
Lankan writer and spoken word artist Leah Lakshmi
Piepzna-Samarasinha! With
fierce power, Consensual Genocide tells raw truths
about brown girl border crossings before and after
9/11, mixed race journeys and high femme
rebellion.
Piepzna-Samarasinha is joined by performance
artist/poet Roopa Singh, poet and aspiring fiction
writer Lamya el-Chidiac, and Cubanito-unamerican
trans fag comedian/performance artist/writer Maceo
Marti Caberra Estevez.

About the author: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-
Samarasinha
is a U.S. raised queer Sri Lankan spoken word
artist, writer, teacher and activist. The author of
Consensual Genocide (Toronto South Asian Review
Press, 2006) her writing has also been published
in the anthologies Colonize This!, Dangerous
Families, With a Rough Tongue: Femmes Write
Porn,
the Lambda Award-nominated Brazen Femme,
Without a
Net, Geeks, Misfits and Outlaws and A Girl’s Guide
To Taking Over the World. A frequent contributor to
Colorlines and Bitch magazines, she has performed
her work throughout North America. She teaches
writing to queer and trans youth and runs the
Browngirlworld queer of color spoken word series.

Lovespeak! Sistah Spit

This year has started with a bang (I'm just speaking for myself) and I must keep the ball rollin' with my favorite project....The Sistah Spit Spoken Word Series that happens each month at Butta which is only the best club for women of color in the East Bay.

This month is all about Love and Black History so I can't wait to see who comes to perfom with topics like these.

I invite you to come and bear witness to the dynamic jewels that I find for you this year. As I promised there will be more live music acts and poetry accompanied by music. I've envited all of my friends so there is not telling who might show up. There could be a fire dancer one month, a stilks walker, and mime act or just some good ol' down home poetry that will have you sayin' amen or watch yo mouf!  You will just have to see for yourself.

if you wanna be down and perform email me and i'll put you on.

Butta is always held at The Oasis on 135 12th St Downtown Oakland

Hosted by me of course.

FEBRUARY 19TH SUNDAY FROM 2PM-8PM

PERFORMANCES START 3:30 SHARP

FEATURED ARTIST: * KAYATTA * TINA Z * SERAFINE * PRETTYGURLVAUN * MACKMISSTRESS *

Experience Africa in The Bay

Thursday, September 1 

Music and Resistance

Film Series

Center for Political Education

522 Valencia Street
, 3rd Floor 

(near 
16th Street
,

one block from the 16th

 and Mission St. BART 

Station)

San Francisco
 

Music is the Weapon (1982)

Fela Anikulapo Kuti nearly 

ran for president of 

Nigeria
, established the 

autonomous zone of 

Kalakuta, and became the 

brightest star of

afro-beat 

music. Fela: Music is the 

Weapon not only

features 

Fela's powerful music and 

mesmerizing live 

performances, but pays equal

 attention to his

political 

philosophies and the Nigerian 

political context 

in which he lived and created.

They have new films every Thursday

Go and have fun.. great people

For more information contact:

Center for Political Education

(415) 431-1918

Center@polticaleducation.org

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Thursday, September 1

6:30 - 8:00 PM

Samba Ngo-Fiery Congolese 

Dance Music

City of 
Albany
's 2nd Annual 

Music at the Park 

Memorial Park

1325 Portland Ave.
, 
Albany
, 
CA

Albany

, 
CA
 - The City of 

Albany
 Recreation 

Department's 2nd Annual 

Music in the Park will feature 

5 FREE concerts in

Memorial Park. 

Music will begin at 6:30 

p.m. and end at 8:00 

p.m. every Thursday 

night in September. 

Admission is FREE

=====================

Sunday, September 4 

at 3:00 PM

FILM: Si-Gueriki, The Queen 

Mother

, 
Benin
 & La 

Petit Vendeuse De Soleil 

( The Girl Who Sold the 

Sun) 
Senegal
 

Parkway Theater

1834 Park Blvd.
 

Oakland

, 
CA
 
94606

http://www.picturepubpizza.com/ 

Si-Gueriki is a documentary 

where the subject 

matter seems to discover the 

filmmaker in

contrast 

to the filmmaker choosing the 

subject matter. The

film was intended as a tribute 

to his late 

father, a wasangeri or member 

of the royal family

of 

the Borgu people of northern 

Benin
, 

by his son 

returning after a ten year

 residence in 
Europe
.

In 

the course of his investigations,

 Mora Kpai 

discovers the lives of his mother

 and sisters

which had 

previously been invisible to him

 and decides to 

make a film about them instead. 

A tension runs 

through the film between the 

modern ideas the 

filmmaker has imbibed in the 

West and his pride

in 

being the descendant of a wasangeri.

"The film swings gracefully between 

compassion 

for the harshness of daily life, the

 misery men 

inflict on women, and nostalgia for

 a feudal

world 

where knights ride pure-blooded

 Arabian horses. 

These two inclinations meet in the 

admiration the

filmmaker has for his mother 

discovered long

after 

his childhood." Le Monde

Vendeuse De Soleil 

(The Girl Who Sold the Sun) 

45 minutes, 1999, 
Senegal
 / 

Switzerland

============================

Sunday September 11 

at 3:00 PM

Parkway Speakeasy Theater

1834 Park Blvd
 in 
Oakland
 

ADRNC presents Reconciling 

Differences: a Film 

and Dialogue Festival

"Gacaca village mediation in 

Rwanda
" presented by

the Association for Dispute 

Resolution of 

Northern California
 (www.adrnc.net). 

Join a 

conversation with Facing History's 

Jack Weinstein

and 

Jacques Depelchin of Ota Benga 

Intl. 
Alliance
 for

Peace 

in 
Congo
.

Food and drinks to purchase

Free admission

 www.speakeasytheaters.com

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Saturday, September 17

11:00 am to 5:00 pm

2nd Annual PEACE CORPS CULTURAL 

FESTIVAL

Peacock Meadow in 
Golden Gate
 
Park
,

 
San Francisco

Come enjoy a fun day in the park

 and learn about 

different cultures as Returned 

Volunteers share 

the wealth of cultural experience 

they have 

collected during the last 43 years 

of serving the

cause 

of peace around the world. This is 

the largest 

Returned Volunteer event in the 

country, offering

rich opportunities for cultural

 learning and 

connecting with others who share 

a passion for 

learning and exploration. 

Location: Peacock Meadow in Golden 

Gate

 
Park
, San

Francisco

- along 
JFK Drive
, near the Fell 

Street entrance

- between the Conservatory of 

- Flowers & McLaren 

Lodge

This year's event will include;

· Regional villages from around the 

· world, 

featuring displays, crafts, 

demonstrations and 

activities highlighting cultures 

from countries

where 

Volunteers have served.

* Live performances and activities. 

* "The Peace Games"; a multiple-event 

competition

of skill, stamina and humility where

 teams 

representing regions of the world race 

against

each 

other in performing tasks unique to 

various 

cultures. 

· World beat music played by 

· "World One Radio" DJ

Cory Mason.

· Global Scavenger Hunt...and 

· other fun events!

This event is FREE and open to 

the public. Don't 

miss out on the fun! 

For more information, or if 

you are interested in

participating, contact this 

year's coordinators 

at peacecorpsfestival@yahoo.com 

=================================

Sunday, September 25, 

3:00, FREE 

Parkway Theatre (

1834 Park Blvd
 in 
Oakland
) 

www.picturepubpizza.com'

AFRICA
, THE WORLD BANK & 

BAD DEVELOPMENT: 

How large scale projects are 

leaving everyday 

Africans worse off 

With the World Bank leading 

efforts to fund 

large-scale development projects 

in 
Africa
, we

ask: 

Who benefits from this "development" 

model, and

who 

loses? Two half-hour documentaries

 will be shown 

and a panel discussion will follow.

"We Once Lived There" (2003):

 Thousands were 

displaced to make way for the 

Lesotho Highlands

Water 

Project, the largest World 

Bank project and 

largest water project ever 

undertaken in 
Africa
.

The 

scheme, designed under apartheid 

South Africa
 and

marked by corruption, exports 

much of the tiny 

kingdom's vast water resources 

to arid South 

Africa
. Affected communities lost

 their land and 

livelihoods, and life expectancy 

has dropped. Six

years 

later, they continue to fight for 

the promises of

compensation and services made to 

them. (2003, 

36min)

"Pipe Dreams: people of the 
Cameroon
 

Pipeline" 

(2003): After the World Bank approved 

funding to 

build an oil pipeline through 
Cameroon
, 

villagers

and indigenous tribes