Honoring the Legacy of Marshall Eddie Conway and the Black Panther Party

Friday October 3, 2025

6:00-9:00 PM

Art Exhibit featuring works from local artists

Welcome & Opening Remarks

POETRY: Laini Mataka

POETRY: Keyma Flight

HONORING LEGACY: Marshall Eddie Conway

Speaker: Erica Woodland

An exploration of Eddie’s life and his revolutionary impact on our liberation movements. Featuring a 2021 interview with Eddie Conway from the Healing Justice Lineages Anthology and Digital Archive.

POETRY: Unique Robinson

POETRY: Black Chakra

Closing

Saturday October 4, 2025

1:00-4:45p

Welcome & Opening Remarks

TEACH IN: COINTELPRO

Presenters: Ward Churchill & Natsu Taylor Saito

Overview of the history of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO) followed by Q&A and discussion.

Teach In: Ward Churchill’s COINTELPRO

PANEL: Reclaiming Black Panthers’ Stories

Speakers: Malik Rahim, James Tracy, Mansa Musa & Dominque Conway

A discussion exploring the power of A Southern Panther: Conversations with Malik Rahim and Marshall Law: The Life & Times of a Baltimore Black Panther followed by Q&A and discussion.

INTERMISSION

6:00-8:00p

Welcome & Opening Remarks

REMARKS: Former Friend of a Friend Member: Wahid Shakur

READING: If I Should Die Tonight by Dominque Conway

Read by: Bashi Rose & Meres-Sia Gabriel

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: Meres-Sia Gabriel, Bashi Rose, Emperor King Bishop, and Lafayette Gilchrist

Closing

Sunday October 5, 2025

3:00-7:00 PM

Welcome & Opening Remarks

REMARKS: Former Friend of a Friend Member: Adisa Fatiu

TEACH IN: Preserving Radical Movement History

Speakers: James Tracy & Lynn Lewis

As right-wing efforts to erase or distort historical memory intensify, recording the voices of those who participated in struggles for justice becomes a radical act. Oral History—the practice of collecting historical information through recorded interviews with people who have first-hand knowledge of past events—offers a powerful tool for preserving memory from the ground up. In this interactive session, you’ll learn the fundamentals of Oral History and how it can be used to document and preserve the legacy of radical movements. If you can, please bring a cell phone or other recording device.

PERFORMANCE: I Was There Too

Meres-Sia Gabriel

Followed by discussion and Q&A

TEACH IN: The Art of the Black Panther Party

Presenter: Emory Douglas, Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party of Self-Defense

Followed by discussion and Q&A

Emcee: Unique Robinson

Contact us at exonerateeddie@gmail.com

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“My love was for the masses and my energy, my hope and my desire would be directed toward making life better for the youth and their future.”

- Eddie Conway