Viva La Hip Hop

Upcoming Event: Summary

‘Not so much living word in the park, but propaganda on the block
I’m tryna get black folk to go green by putting a beat to it
Not on some racist sh*t
But on some intuit
Work the
Influence into rhythm of life…’

October 3, 2010 // 11am \\ Defremery Park
1651 Adeline Street Oakland, CA 94607-2811

Join Us for the Following Activities:

• Hood Games Open Bike and Skate Park
• Youth Speaks stage featuring Youth Preach, Under 13 Talent show and “Oakland Speaks Green” Brave New Voices reading
• Service Learning Projects (bamboo construction, aquaponic garden building and modeling, mural project)
• Food Justice Zone with Sustainable Living Road Show Farmer’s Market, City Slicker Farms, Oakland Food Connection, Mandela Foods, The People’s Grocery
• Dance Stage with bicycle powered sound by Rock the Bike
• Health and Wellness Zone with Health Screening, HIV testing, Skin Care, Massage, and Edible Garden Demos
• Red Bike and Green critical mass bike ride and historical tour of West Oakland
• Storytelling Stage
• Green Collar Jobs Training 101
• Youth Zone with Play Structure, Stencil Workshop, Face Painting, Art Wall

Thank you to our Community Partners:

• Brett Cook Dizney {www.brett-cook.com}
• Hood Games {www.hoodgamesskate.com}
• Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle {www.estriabattle.com}
• Kijiji Grows {www.kijijigrows.com}
• Oakland Food Connection {www.foodcommunityculture.org}
• Natural Builders {www.thenaturalbuilders.com}
• Red Bike and Green {www.redbikeandgreen.com}
• Rock The Bike {www.rockthebike.com}
• Urban Peace Movement {www.urbanpeacemovement.org}
• Youth Speaks Inc {www.youthspeaks.org}
• West Oakland Senior Center {website}

Featuring Performing Artists, Eco-Empowered by a Sustainable Waves Solar-Powered Mainstage:

• The Coup {www.myspace.com/thecoupmusic}
• John Santos Sextet {www.johnsantos.com}
• Glide Memorial Church Choir {www.glide.org}
• Queen Godis {www.myspace.com/queengodisbiz}
• Ra Ra Loumen
• Los Rakas {www.losrakas.com}
• The Getback Crew {www.getbacknews.com}
• The Turf Feinz Hyphy Dance Crew {www.turffeinz.com}

Visual Art Installations & LIVE Art:

• Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle featuring 20 of the country’s top urban artists creating 10X10 foot murals within the five hour span of the festival
• Theaster Gates performs throughout the park while leaving metal fashioned totems and signposts that locate the festival message of “life is living” within the conversation of environmental justice
• Brett Cook culminates his NEA Artist-in Residence tenure at Youth Speaks with a participatory mural project based in the theme of “radical inclusivity”.