FOCUS IN: #PassingTheTorch │ On July 31, Gerald Lenoir will step down as Co-Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration and BAJI Co-Director Opal Tometi will become the Executive Director. Gerald is the founding Executive Director of BAJI and led the organization for eight years. His leadership has inspired the social justice movement and has brought BAJI to a new level of influence. Opal is a new generation of leadership. She has invigorated the work of BAJI and has brought novel ideas, new energy and new ways of organizing. Join for an afternoon of food, friendship and fun cosponsored by Everett and Jones Barbeque. Tickets are $35 (general) & $15 (student/low income). All proceeds will benefit BAJIs work to stop mass incarceration and mass detention, to fight for the reunification of Haitian families and to support economic justice and workers rights. Visit blackalliance.org/bajipassingthetorch for more information or contact us at (510) 663-2254 / [email protected]. With - Gerald Lenoir, Opal Ayo, Tia Oso, Joe Tolbert, Tony Polanco-Bethancourt, Robert Nathaniel Oriyamaat, Hugo Morel, Sherika S, Shamile Louis, Marie Paul, Alfresco R, Moses K Chege, Nana Brantuo, Lis-Marie Güegüense, Hülya Miclisse-Polat, Karla De Anda, Donald Anthonyson, Alpha Amadou Diallo, Janis Rosheuvel, Aly Wane, Yannick Diouf, Cindy Kolade, Cindy AnaCaona Peralta, Sandy Placido, Anthony Adero, Mia-lia B Kiernan, Roselyn B., Christan Bufford, Alicia Garza, Marybeth Onyeukwu, Nunu Kidane.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:29:45 +0000
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