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We understand that crimes against human life are just as important as crimes against other forms of life in our world. We believe in messages that recognize environmental crimes against communities like West Oakland & the South Bronx are just as pressing as those in the Western Arctic & the Southern Amazon.

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Introducing Life Is Living
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Introducing Life Is Living
Marc Bamuthi Joseph on KQED Radio
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Marc Bamuthi Joseph on KQED Radio
Life is Living Oakland Recap
Events
Life is Living Oakland Recap
World Premiere: red, black & GREEN: a blues
Events, Featured
World Premiere: red, black & GREEN: a blues
Life is Living Oakland :: Oct 8, 2011
Events, Featured
Life is Living Oakland :: Oct 8, 2011
Reflections of Healing Mural Tour :: June 1 - Aug 31, 2011
Events, Featured
Reflections of Healing Mural Tour :: June 1 – Aug 31, 2011
Join Us In San Francisco :: July 16, 2011
Events, Featured
Join Us In San Francisco :: July 16, 2011
Oakland Recap
A Living Blog, Events
Oakland Recap
Life Is Living via Young Gifted and Black // Re-Purpose
Via Oakland
Life Is Living via Young Gifted and Black // Re-Purpose
Life is Living via Aquaponic Gardens // Keba Konte
Via Oakland
Life is Living via Aquaponic Gardens // Keba Konte
Life is Living via Los Rakas // Soy Raka
Via Oakland
Life is Living via Los Rakas // Soy Raka
Life is Living via Glide Memorial Choir // Songs of Life
Via Oakland
Life is Living via Glide Memorial Choir // Songs of Life

LIFE Is LIVING

Celebrating Life through urban performance, intergenerational health, and environmental action.
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Events

Life is Living Oakland Recap
Events
Life is Living Oakland Recap
World Premiere: red, black & GREEN: a blues
Events, Featured
World Premiere: red, black & GREEN: a blues
Life is Living Oakland :: Oct 8, 2011
Events, Featured
Life is Living Oakland :: Oct 8, 2011
Reflections of Healing Mural Tour :: June 1 - Aug 31, 2011
Events, Featured
Reflections of Healing Mural Tour :: June 1 – Aug 31, 2011
Join Us In San Francisco :: July 16, 2011
Events, Featured
Join Us In San Francisco :: July 16, 2011
Oakland Recap
A Living Blog, Events
Oakland Recap
Join Us in Houston, TX :: Nov 6, 2010
:, Events
Join Us in Houston, TX :: Nov 6, 2010
red, black and GREEN: a blues (rbGb) :: Oct 2011
Events, Featured
red, black and GREEN: a blues (rbGb) :: Oct 2011
See those who joined us on July 19, 2009 :: Chicago, IL
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See those who joined us on July 19, 2009 :: Chicago, IL
See those who joined us on May 9, 2009 :: Harlem, NY
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See those who joined us on May 9, 2009 :: Harlem, NY

Funders

  • Center for Cultural Innovation
  • Columbia Foundation
  • Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts
  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
  • East Bay Community Fund
  • Irvine Foundation

Friends

  • Global Exchange
  • Green For All
  • Grind For The Green
  • People's Grocery
  • SSBX: Environmental Justice Solutions.

Contributors

  • Bethanie Hines Photography
  • Brave New Voices
  • Brett Cook-Dizney
  • Chinaka Hodge
  • Christopher Mueller
  • Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi
  • Eli Marienthal
  • Elz Cuya
  • Glide Memorial Church Choir
  • Hood Games
  • John Santos Sextet
  • Los Rakas
  • Mai-Lei Pecorari
  • MC Lyte
  • Mos Def
  • Pharoahe Monch
  • Queen Godis
  • Red Bike and Green
  • Rock The Bike
  • Scott La Rockwell
  • Susie Lundy
  • The Coup
  • The Getback Crew
  • The Natural Builders
  • The Turf Feinz Hyphy Dance Crew
  • Urban Peace Movement

About

LIFE Is LIVING is a national campaign of Youth Speaks Inc. that generates partnerships between diverse and underserved communities, green action agencies, local community groups, urban environmental activists, and the contemporary arts world. Life is Living encompasses a series of six-hour inter-disciplinary, intergenerational, eco-equity festivals in neglected parks in underserved neighborhoods around the country. Previous cities include Oakland, CA; Harlem, NY; and Chicago, IL & Houston, TX.

National funders include Columbia Foundation, Irvine Foundation, East Bay Community Fund, Doris Duke Charitable Fund, Center for Cultural Innovation, and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.

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The Gardeners

  • Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts
  • Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle
  • Kuumba Lynx
  • MAPP International Productions
  • Marc Bamuthi Joseph
  • MVMT
  • Painted Bride Art Center
  • Project Row Houses
  • The Riverside Church
  • The Riverside Church
  • Youth Speaks

Credits

See the many Gardeners Growing This.
A mighty MVMT is behind this.
Photography by Bethanie Hines, unless otherwise noted.
Videos by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi, unless otherwise noted.
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