2014 Urban Peace Movement Summit: Speakers & Performances | Oakland
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Impact Hub Oakland | 2323 Broadway, Oakland, CA
Event Details
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Join the Urban Peace Movement for their annual youth summit for ages 16-24 at Impact Hub Oakland for speakers, workshops, forums and a cultural showcase at the end including: DetermiNation Hip Hop Artists, Wolf Hawk Jaguar, Mix’d Ingrdnts and Ernest Olmos (Native Anahuaka Music of Mexico and Beyond w/ Gerardo Marin) on Saturday, May 24, 2014.
The goal of the summit is to mobilize over 150 youth to participate in a full day of activities including guest speakers, interactive workshops, media presentations, music performances, cultural activities, healing sessions, free healthy food, community networking and much more.
2014 Schedule
10:30 – 11 am: Registration / Breakfast
11:00 – 11:30 am: Welcome & Opening
- Tree of Strength Mural Exercise
11:30 – 12:30 pm: All-Star Young Leaders Panel
- Intertribal Friendship House cultural performance
- Keynote Speaker: Jerry “Big G” Elster
12:30 – 1:15 pm: Lunch Break
- Rayna Smith – Urban Peace Movement
- Sema’J Wyatt – Black Organizing Project (BOP)
- Dominic Ware – OurWalmart Campaign / Lift Up Oakland Coalition
- Nimrod Cain – People United for a Better Life in Oakland (PUEBLO)
1:30 – 2:45 pm: Workshop Session 1
- Oakland Trivia Game
- Raffle Away 1- 2 prizes from Beast Oakland & Hieroglyphics
3:00 – 4:15 pm: Workshop Session 2
- Don’t Get it Twisted: Challenging Stereotypes of Youth of Color (DetermiNation)
- Theater of the Oppressed: Using Art & Expression for Social Change (BAY-Peace)
- Sexism & Hip Hop (Jazz Hudson)
- It Ain’t What it Looks Like: Manhood & Healthy Masculinity (Darrick Smith)
4:30 – 6:00 pm: Closing Cultural Showcase
- Fatherhood (DetermiNation)
- Inner Power Boost for Youth Community Workers (Gera Marin of Rooted in Community National Youth MVMNT)
- Changing the Odds for Boys & Men of Color (Calvin Williams)
- Young Women and the Movement for Boys & Men of Color (Jamila Brooks)
- DetermiNation Hip Hop Artists
- Wolf Hawk Jaguar
- Mix’d Ingrdnts
- Ernest Olmos (Native Anahuaka Music of Mexico and Beyond w/ Gerardo Marin)
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Cost: FREE
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