EVENTS
International Libations for the Ancestors
Saturday, June 13, 9 AM
Lake Merritt in Oakland
(Across from the Merritt Bakery where the fountain is: E-18th Street at Lakeshore Drive)
20th Anniversary of Maafa Commemoration
Sunday, October 11, 2015
5:30am (predawn)
Ocean Beach, SF (Fulton @ The Great Highway)
Maafa is a Kiswahili term for disaster, calamity or terrible occurrence. This term has been used to describe the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade/Middle Passage or Black Holocaust. People of African Descent are invited in an attempt to honor our ancestors who have suffered through the middle passage AND the lives that continue to be compromised due to racism and oppression. This event is an honoring of our past AND also a prayer for our future. All people of AFRICAN DESCENT are asked to come and share in this time of gathering and remembrance which is a critical step in our personal and collective healing process. We ask that supporters of African people who are not of African descent themselves respect our desires about the commemoration ceremony and mourning ritual.
For information call: (641) 715-3900 ext. 36800#