The Wake

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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Inspired by the book: In the Wake: On Blackness and Being by Christina Sharpe, "The Wake" combines Art and Activisim in a way never seen in the city, let alone the state:</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Featuring original spoken word pieces by:</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Mariah Ivey</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Manon Voice</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Rae Karim</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Tatjana Rebelle</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Eric D. Saunders</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Tony Styxx</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Januarie York</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Michael DDE The Slammer Miller</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Gabrielle Patterson</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Calvin Campbell</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Brent Barnett</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Sylvia Ess McKay</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>the husband and wife duo of Stephen and Sherian Barnes</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>and Rae Parker</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>A theater performance by Chandra Lynch performing a monologue dedicated to Korryn Gaines directed by Megan Simonton</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Music from Allison Victoria, Yadin Kol and Bashiri Asad!</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>And much more...</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Wake:</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>(v.) 3. to become cognizant or aware of something; awaken; waken</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>(n.) 1. a watch or vigil held beside the body of someone who has died, sometimes </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN> accompanied by ritual observances including eating and drinking.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN> 2. the track of waves left by a ship or other object moving through the water</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>The tracks, the waves that hit us as we move are the elements of anti-blackness. Police brutality, education inequity, food insecurity, Mass incarceration and school to prison pipelines, etc.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>The element of a "wake" being a segment of the program discussing police brutality with pieces dedicated to lives taken such as Tamir Rice, Aiyana Stanley Jones, Rekiya Boyd, Walter Scott,...and doing so in a way that humanizes them. Eulogizes them discussing their life and their light as opposed to devaluing them as another body.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Therefore, this event will be comprised of activists, artists, actors, dancers and musicians willing to construct pieces either deconstructing an overall system of anti-blackness, or as an ode to a black life taken by police brutality.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Join us for The Wake</SPAN></DIV>
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