2015 Cesar Chavez Celebration: Aztec Dance, Live Music & Potluck | Oakland

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Celebrate farm workers, labor leaders, and civil rights activists at the 5th Annual Cesar Chavez Day Celebration.

The day will include live music, Danza Azteca, youth cooking circles, speakers, spoken word, and community potluck, healing circles, and restorative justice themed workshops.  The event is free, but donations are appreciated.

2015 Cesar Chavez Celebration
Sunday, April 12, 2015 | 1-6 pm
Dover Street Edible Park, 57th and Dover St, Oakland
FREE

2015 Schedule:

Music Stage

• 1:30 pm: Welcome North Oakland Restorative Justice Council – Youth Alternative Sentencing Pilot Project Campaign
• 1:45 pm: Opening Prayer by Luta
• 2 pm: Danzante Ceremoy (Danza Azteca)
• 2:45 pm: Luta “Redstar” (Ohlone HipHop)
• 3:15 pm: Soneros del area de la Bahía (Son Jarocho: music of VeraCruz)
• 4:10 pm: Horacio Amezquita (San Jerardo Cooperative) – 67 Suenos Youth Performances
• 4:30 pm: Los Nadies (unique blend of rock, nueva trova, South American Folklore and Afro Latin Rhythms
• 5:30 pm: SF Alliance/Fair Food
• 5:45 pm: Closing Circle honoring Donitra Henderson (a young mother lost to gun violence in North Oakland)

*lineup subject to change

Workshop Tent (Check Facebook for times)

• Healing the Harm – Understanding Restorative Justice with Malachi and Rose of NORJC
• Afro-Caribbean Storyteller and Author Luisah Teish
• Critical Resistance “Abolition of Policing”
• Bay Peace Youth Lead Workshop
• Phat Beetz Youth Pickle Co. – Making Kim Chi!(Pending)
• Live Mural by Stop Waste and Community Rejuvenation Project

Please bring a dish to share for the community potluck (Facilitated by Self Help Hunger Program) and an item for the altar. Let them know what you’re bringing on Facebook.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.