"It will also look at the phenomenon of "transforming the criminal mentality into a revolutionary mentality," as evidenced by "The Field Marshall" of the Black Panther Party, Comrade George L. Jackson, and how that phenomenon looks today."
Speakers:
Ayuko Babu and Jayda Raspberry
"Ayuko Babu is a long-time community activist, legal and policy expert, and the founder and Executive Director of the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF). He has been a worker in the Black Power and Pan African Movements for liberation for more than 40 years and will share his knowledge and recollections of these movements in Los Angeles."
"Jayda Raspberry is an organizer with Dignity and Power Now, an organization that fights for the dignity and power of incarcerated people, their families, and communities, and an end to the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC). Incarcerated at the age of 18, Jayda spent six years in California's Valley State Prison for Women. She left prison "inspired to bring awareness to what she calls the "ugly truth behind those walls.""
"This even will be held at the Afiba Center, 5730 S. Crenshaw Blvd., between Slauson and 57th Street."
- BLACK AUGUST RESISTANCE 2015: "UNLEASHING THE DRAGONS", Thandisizwe Chimurenga, 08/18/2015
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