Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 10 AM – 7 PM
DeFremery Park (Lil’ Bobby Hutton Park)
1651 Adeline Street
Oakland, CA
Life is Living is a free celebration of urban life
through hip-hop, theater, art, talks, intergenerational health and
environmental action presented by Youth Speaks.
Life Is Living Stages:
•Food Justice Stage: Free breakfast (10AM)
•Oakland Public Library / Alphabet Rockers Kids Zone
•4 Elements Stage: YAK Films dance battle hosted by
Chinaka Hodge
•Theater Stage: The Global Street Dance, Cal Shakes,
LAVEAU project, Lower Bottom Playaz, TeAds Productions, Dimensions Extensions,
and RYSE
•The Black Women is God Zone
•Brett Cook Reflections of Healings
•Beauty Zone
•Africa in Oakland Stage: African Popular Dance, Afro
Cuban Orisha Dance, Congolese Dance, Sabar Dance, West African Dances, Guinea
Dance, Haitian Folkloric Dance
•KidZone
•Open Soccer Pickup Game
•Life is Living Main Stage
Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle. We partner with
Samurai Graphix / Estria to curate 20 visual artists into a public outdoor
installation. Each artist will each be given a 6X8 foot canvas, biodegradable
materials, and non-aerosol, non-toxic paint to create environmentally themed,
graffiti style tags around the park. Each artist paints the word “LIFE”, and we
then hang their murals in 20 different locations around the host city, hoping
to catalyze deeper thought and community action around the value of life in
communities experiencing record homicide rates. The ensuing campaign visually
affirms local sustainability, and was named “LIFE is Living.” The same process
is replicated in other cities, with different key words, such as: Earth, Grow
& Heal.
Cost: Free
