NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: ROD PATRICK RISBROOK Photographic|Imagery Feat. @ The 2nd Annual BEDSTUY PRIDE 2012 Herbert Von King Park (aka Tompkins Park) Sunday, August 26th, 2012 (12PM

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

Monday, August 20, 2012

ROD PATRICK RISBROOK Photographic|Imagery
Feat. @ The 2nd Annual BEDSTUY PRIDE 2012
Herbert Von King Park (aka Tompkins Park)
Sunday, August 26th, 2012 (12PM - 6PM)
Brooklyn, New York City

My Official Website: RodPatrickRisbrook.com

Audre Lorde Project‘s

Safe OUTside the System Collective (SOS)

Presents…

The 2nd Annual BEDSTUY PRIDE 2011
Sunday, August 26th, 2012
12PM - 6PM
@
Hebert Von King Park

(formerly/aka Tompkins Park)
(Lafayette Avenue between Marcy & Tompkins Avenues)

Hey Y'all,

I'll be one of the featured vendors at the 2nd Annual Bed-Stuy Pride event where you can meet me in person, chat a bit, and be able to purchase some photographic prints from my varied body of work.

See you out there Sunday... SAY CHEEEEEEEEEEESSSEEE!

ROD

My Official Website: RodPatrickRisbrook.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Sonia Cheruvillil
Telephone: 718.596.0342 ext. 11
Email: bedstuypridemedia@alp.org
The Audre Lorde Project (www.alp.org)

2nd Annual Bed-Stuy Pride 2012:

Challenging Violence and Building Resilience

Sunday, August 26th at Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn

12PM – 6PM

Bed-Stuy Pride is an annual festival held in the heart of central Brooklyn that cherishes the diversity of our communities and recognizes the importance of creating safer spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit, trans and gender non-conforming (LGBTSTGNC) people of color. Our communities experience greater violence related to both race and marginalized expressions of gender and/or sexuality including increased stop and frisks by police and stranger based violence. Transgender people of color are 2.38 times as likely to experience police violence and 1.85 as likely to experience discrimination [avp.org]. Organized by the Audre Lorde Project‘s Safe OUTside the System Collective (SOS) --- Bed-Stuy Pride is an opportunity to remind the residents of central Brooklyn of our histories and celebrate our communities.

Traditionally, pride marches all over the world (and especially in New York City) have been in recognition of the historic Stonewall riots. Contributions of transgender women of color like Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Riveria, and Miss Major --who were central to these historical riots are forgotten or ignored completely. Bed-Stuy pride is a chance to center these stories and provide the context of resistance and justice inherent in pride.

Bed-Stuy Pride highlights its commitment to safe neighborhoods and communities. On Sunday August 26th, there will be performances from local artists, interactive art installations, and community leaders. There will be a Freedom Tent [Inspired by 1968 Mississippi Freedom Schools] where skill-based workshops will be held including Navigating Gendered Public Space, Health and Wellness, Erotic Poetry, and much more will be offered throughout the day.

Free childcare, and Interpretation provided.

Want to get inlvoved in Bed-Stuy Pride? Here's how...

Volunteer! Email us at bedstuypride@gmail.com

Endorse! Go to www.alp.org to become an endorser

Spread the word! Join the ALP Facebook group, share on twitter, tumblr and other blogs.

For more information on Bed-Stuy Pride or to schedule an interview please contact Sonia Cheruvillil Telephone: 718.596.0342 ext. 11; Email: bedstuypridemedia[at]alp.org

PICTURES FROM LAST YEAR'S 1ST ANNUAL BED-STUY PRIDE (2011)...