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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
Sunday, August 26th, 2012
12PM - 6PM
@
Hebert Von King Park
(formerly/aka Tompkins Park)
(Lafayette Avenue between Marcy & Tompkins Avenues)
(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!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Sonia Cheruvillil
Telephone: 718.596.0342 ext. 11
Email: bedstuypridemedia@alp.org
The Audre Lorde Project (www.alp.org)
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)...
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