Arab Resource and Organizing Center
and Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Oakland Chapter present:
Preserving Histories in the Face of OppressionPalestinian Oral Historians Building Solidarity with Black/New Afrikan Communities
Monday, October 22nd, 7pm Oakland Event: Preserving Histories in the Face of Oppression
(12th St or Lake Merritt Bart)
Asian Resource Center, Room 101
Donations Requested, to help our speakers cover their travel from Palestine.
"I can describe my villages in such details as if I have lived there all my life. I can tell you the color of the tree near the mosque, the smell of the flowers in my grandmother's garden. I can tell you every story, event and every battle that took place in that village"
Dr. Samir Awad
Faced with displacement and Diaspora, renaming and claiming of destroyed homelands, Palestinian and Black/New Afrikan Historians maintain their histories through traditions of folklore, humor, family legacy, art, music and politics.
Speakers will talk about past and present displacements, the current political situations arising out of them, and the struggle to maintain histories for liberation.
Speakers
- Dr. Sonia Nimr is a historian; she teaches at Birzeit University in Ramallah, Palestine, and has been active in Palestinian's politics for over 40 years.
- Dr. Elias Akleh is an Arab writer of Palestinian descent, born in the town of Beit-Jala. Currently he lives and teaches in the US.
- Speaker from Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, TBD.
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