The 3rd Annual African Day ParadeSunday, September 27th, 200912 Noon - 7PMHarlem, NYC (USA)

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Date: Sunday, September 27, 2009
Time: 12:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: "Little Africa"

City/Town: Harlem, NY

Phone: 646-420-5199
Email: COMET6ER[at]YAHOO.COM

AGENDA

1-Parade date: Sept 27, 2009

2-Parade Formation Point: 126 St bet 7 & 8 Avenues

3-Formation Time: 11:00 am

4-Kick off Time: 1:00 pm

5-End Parade Time: 3:00 pm

6-Parade route: Starts at 126 St & 7av Goes South to 116 St &

7 Av then Turns Right West To 8 Av where it will end.

-* There will be a Review Stand(Jury, Officials & V.I.P)

7-Bet 8 Av & Morningside Av is the buffer zone/dismissal area.

8-Festival Stage inside of the Morningside Park for

performing artists and dance groups.

9- Stage Performance Starts @ 3:00pm.

10- End of event 7:00 pm.

11-After Party To Be Announced.

Mailing Address:
African Day Parade & Festivals 2009
2070 First Ave Suite 858
New York, New York 10029

Phone Contacts:
646-420 5199
646 934 7337
646 245 3705
347 879 6107
646 420 7284

E-mail Contacts:
COMET6ER[at]YAHOO.COM
LOOKED007[at]YAHOO.COM
PSNJAMEN[at]YAHOO.COM
Fax: 646-290 6607

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Same Gender Loving (SGL) Version of "The Dating Game": Rainbow Dating Game Show & The "Newlywed Game": Rainbow Couples Game (Sep 25th & 26th)

DTEG Theatre Proudly Presents
The Same Gender Loving Version Of

"The Rainbow Dating Game Show"

"The Rainbow Couples Game Show"
With Your Host
Lee Truesdale

Friday, September 25th, 2009
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
8:00PM

112 West 131st Street
(betw. Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd)
Harlem, New York City
USA

Tickets: $20
Contestant Info: 212/991-8471

MISSISSIPPI DAMNED (2009), A Black Same Gender Loving FilmPlaying At The Best of NewFest @ BAMSat & Sun, August 29th & 30th (Bklyn, NYC)

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Same-sex Couples Stage "Kiss-in" To Protest Treatment At DinerIn Silver Spring, Maryland

Dozens of same-sex couples locked lips inside a popular Maryland diner Wednesday to protest the treatment of a lesbian couple there.

Aiyi-nah Ford and Torian Brown said they were tossed from Tastee Diner at about 2 a.m. on the morning of August 12th for holding each other, not even kissing, in front of the counter.

They also claim that a straight couple was making out nearby with no complaints from management.

"We were just like talking and holding each other, and the next thing you know, the manager comes over and he asks us to leave," Brown said.

"Their exact words were, 'This is a family establishment, and people are trying to eat,' as though interaction between Torian and I was something to the effect of 'Fear Factor'," Ford added.

The restaurant's manager, Lisa Wilkes, whose family owns the well-known eatery, countered that the couple went further than innocent cuddling.

"They were touching each other inappropriately," she said. "The Tastee Diner is a family restaurant, and it doesn't matter if you're straight or if you're gay, if you start going beyond the point of kissing and things start to get a little X-rated, we're going to ask you to stop."

Ford, who is a blog radio host, urged same-sex couples to go to the diner and protest with tame public displays of affection.

Ford and Brown want an apology, but regardless, they don't plan to return to the diner.

"Something needs to be done," Ford said. "People need to know that there is a way that you treat every individual, regardless of race, religion, creed or sexual orientation."

The owner plans to release surveillance video showing the couple's inappropriate behavior.

Coney Island Street Petals and Knight Skies

I was headed to Fort Greene Park in Downtown Brooklyn for the last in a series of Soul Summit house music gatherings. There was a light drizzle of water drops in my neighborhood (Coney Island) and I was hoping that wasn't a prelude to something worse. Normally, I don't get upset about the weather, because it is what it is, but I'll tell you... this has been a FUCKING TERRIBLE SUMMER WITH ALL THIS RAIN!!!!! I'm a SUMMER BABY and this rain has FUCKED up so many plans or events in general. Never have I seen or can recall this much rain in a whole summer!

Anyway, I got on the "Q" train and by the time I was arriving at the Church Avenue train stop the rain came down big time!! I got off the train, went to the other side of the platform and brought my butt back home to Coney Island. I felt defeated again by the rain, and I know nature is not being personal with me or anyone else. BUT DAMN!!

Well, so much for Soul Summit. I never made it out to any of them this summer! (and the last Soul Summit, which I got an email about, got rained out as well!)

So, I had my camera with me and I decided to walk from the Coney Island train station home. Along the way I saw these rose petals on the ground. It was crazy! They came from around the block and onto Neptune Avenue where I was walking. I mean... where did these petals come from? Who put them there? Did someone get married? Was this a cultural ceremony or ritual? It was astonishing because I've never seen anything like it. I've always said that even though I have been born and raised in New York City,  I still get surprised, astonished and amazed of the things that go on or happen

Well, I pulled out the camera and took some pics...

Literally 10 to 15 minutes later, the sky was darkening and I saw some interesting color from the leftover rays of the sun in the sky. I decided to head over to Kaiser Park so I could find a nice clearing and photograph the sky. It's been a while since I've shot any sky stuff. And truth be told, after seeing BrookLENZ's photography work on his blog (YO! Hit me up BrookLENZ, I wanna talk with U brutha man!), it inspired me to do a little something myself.

Coney Island's Gravesend Bay Facing
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

Coney Island Streets

Anyway, as the Johnny Ringo character (played by actor Michael Biehn) said in the spectacular western genre film Tombstone, "I was just foolin' about..."

The Revolutionary O.N.E.S: "Freedom School Thang"Say YES to EducationPhiladelphia Freedom Schools

Music by: A Freedom School Thang and GP Productions

Video by: SYTE Videography Program

This video was shot by the wonderful and talented videography students at Say Yes to Education. They were awesome teenagers as you can see by this video.

Greetings

Sharing a YouTube video made my the Say Yes to Education youth this summer in Philadelphia Freedom School. They did all of the filming and also wrote the positive lyrics. There were two different classes: Videography under the great leadership of Independent Filmmaker Safidi and Music Production under the great Leadership of Hanaki Ra. Safidi has worked for National Geographic and the Discovery channel. She was a summer college Intern in our program for 3 years before receiving film degree. She returned this summer to work on this project with us while filming another independent film in Philly. Hanaki Ra is an award winning Music producer and has his own studio which our students made two visits and "cut" their CD. Really some great learning of what it takes to produce products, they were exposed to all of the "behind the scene" skills, networking for places and people to film. They had to do outreach in the neighborhood and inform the community of the Goals of their project and find partners willing to participate. They had to know the history of Say Yes to Education and Philadelphia Freedom Schools to share with everyone they met who they wanted to be a part of the project. They were all wonderful "Ambassadors"

They are so proud of themselves and represented our program and Philadelphia Freedom School well. They learned a lot and had a great time this summer it will be a benchmark in their lives.

I want to also thank many of you who have been so supportive of our program this year and previous ones. Your support and encouragement has assisted us in various ways so that we can create good projects with good outcomes that engages the children and youth in so many ways.

In Service

Maisha Sullivan, Director
Say Yes to Education
Peace Family.

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Please check out the link below and please share with others as well. As you may know I worked this summer at an amazing program...Say Yes to Education Philadelphia Freedom Schools in Philadelphia. Among many other things, I had to pleasure to teach a videography class to some young teenagers. I gave them the tools and they definitely produced. All of the camera work was done by their skilled and talented hands. Not only that, the lyrics to the song were also written by another Freedom School enrichment class, the Music Production class. It was a perfect combination. Enjoy. And dont forget to pass it along. Do it for the kids. Thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kHA1slo4wI

--
Safidi Tyehimba

Circle of Voices Inc. Seeks Performing Artists, Vendors,Organization Exhibits For SGL Event In Nov 2009 (NYC)

Circle of Voices Inc.

Presents

"Issues Through Art"

An Evening of Social Expressionism

While

Building a New Community Resource



Performance Art Series

Market Place

Gallery

We are looking for:

Spoken Word Artist

Dancers

Rappers

Poets

Fine Artist

Vocalist

Drummers

Storytellers

Narratives/Dialogues

Artistic Contributors

Vendors

Exhibitors

(Not selling items-Orgs)

For

LGBTQ Events

For

NOV 2009



If you have a message to share about LGBTQ Concerns/Issues

We would be delighted to hear from you!

We host community events and we address "Issues Through Art"


Please send your Bio/E-clips, Download your Headshot & Contact info to:

entertainment[at]circleofvoicesinc.org

Please include a phone number, and any on line images of pass shows

Youtube, etc.

Vendors

vendors[at]circlevoicesinc.org


Please describe the product you sell

(No hot foods)

We will then provide the details and requirements


Exhibitors

(not selling items-Orgs)

Please let us know the name of your org

Brochure, flyers, cards, promotion items, Safe sex materials only

We will then provide the details and requirements

info[at]covinc.org

Sponsors Needed!!

Inquire now

for

Early Bird rates!

info[at]covinc.org



http://www.circleofvoicesinc.org/


We are a non-profit Womyn of African Descent
and Womyn of Color organization
that produces multi-cultural events
of an artistic nature as nourishment for the human spirit.
We provide a creative arts environment where Womyn
of all orientations can exchange
information, herstories, knowledge and skills amongst each other
and the community at large through
performances, workshops, music festivals and seminars
that express issues that affect our environment.