Title: Oscar Grant 6th Year Vigil Celebration START DATE: Thursday January 01 TIME: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Location Details: Fruitvale Bart Station Plaza Fruitvale Bart Station Oakland,CA 94601 USA Event Type: Vigil/Ritual All Families of Love one killed by Gun Violence, Please bring an 8×10 photo and Love one favorite color balloon to be release. Come meet us at the Grant Station for the 6th annual vigil/celebration for Oscar Grant to be held on New Year’s Day at the Grant Station (Fruitvale BART Station). Join the Oscar Grant family on this Day of Remembrance! WE ARE ALL STILL OSCAR GRANT SPEAK OUT: • Family of murdered victims • Artist • Community Activist LIVE Performances: • Libation • African-Native-Latino Ceremony • Poetry, music, spoken word • Candle lighting, Balloon Releasing • Words of inspiration Min. Keith Muhammad • RGB–Young Gifted and Black–Our Children GUEST APPEARANCES: Ryan Coogler — Director of Fruitvale Station Skyler Jett — Preforming “Peace is the Answer” youtube/watch?v=bl0zUwLoRzM Taylor Burrise, youtube/watch?v=xDIPnh9yl-o Sabel Rankin Scroo, facebook/events/588176761237297/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar Kev Choice, youtube/watch?v=bxELIiH4Q9Q#t=44 A.D.Burrise Jasiri X — Preforming youtube/watch?v=-kvI1McyLPI#t=42 Ras Ceylon “, Ras Ceylon is an emcee, educator and organizer bringing revolutionary music, a hip-hop meets reggae dynamic and explosively conscious lyrics.” Sellassie Blackwell Lyrical, Positive Hip Hop. artist representing the Bay Area will be doing a tribute to Oscar Grant. And many more artist to be announced WHY: 1. We Are ALL STILL Oscar Grant 2. We should never forget 3. Release a balloon in the name of your Love one Killed 4. Come to embrace and Support all who have lost a Love one to Gun Violence 5. Show your Love to Oscar Grant daughter, Tatiana, now 8yrs old Much Love from Tatiana and family of Oscar Grant, Hope to see you at the vigil!! “We Are All Still Oscar Grant”. There will be poetry, music, spoken word, candle lighting, Balloon releasing and speak out. “Every tragedy represents an opportunity to move the agenda for justice forward.” We cannot forget and will not forget what happen on January 1, 2009 at 2:11 am. Join us in remembering and celebrating our martyr comrade brother, Oscar Grant. His life was taken to remind us that We Are All Oscar Grant. It was the COMMUNITY that led to the resignation of Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff. It was the COMMUNITY that led to the resignation of Bart Chief of Police, Chief Gee. It was the COMMUNITY that led to the resignation of Bart General Manager, Dorothy Dugger. It was the COMMUNITY that led to the resignation of police officer Johannes Mehserle. It was the COMMUNITY that led to the Department of Justice to open a investigation of Civil Rights violation against the Bart Police. It was the COMMUNITY that led the demonstration Downtown Oakland, making it known, “No Justice, No Peace”. It was the COMMUNITY that joined with the ILWU Local 10 to shutdown l the ports in Northern California. It was the COMMUNITY that helped usher in the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals establishing that using stun guns without an imminent threat of harm is unreasonable. The COMMUNITY have made HISTORY, not VICTORY for the first time in 458 years of California History a officer was charged, arrested, convicted and sentenced to prison for killing a unarmed Black Man in the line of duty. Victory is when we have DESTROYED a racist criminal justice system and replaced with a true Freedom, Justice & Equality for ALL people!
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