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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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LIFE Is LIVING
Celebrating Life through urban performance, intergenerational health, and environmental action.
Chicago, IL
Photo by Bethanie Hines
Video by Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi
On July 19, 2009, as part of Brave New Voices 2009, Life Is Living :: Chicago, IL was presented in collaboration with Chicago’s Kuumba Lynx in collaboration with MAPP International Productions. Held at Clarendon Park, and themed “So Fresh & So Green,” the event was a reclaiming & celebration of our lives during a time when cultures of death are being popularized.
The event featured:
- B-Girl/B-Boy Battles
- Freshest Footworker
- Tightest Trick Skateboard Competition
- The Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle
- Baddest Burner
- Soccer & B-ball Tournaments
- and SPEAK OUT Offernda
With performances by:
- Rebel Diaz
- Saul Williams
- Kuumba Lynx Performance Ensemble
- FootworKINGz
- BNV Green Team
- Peace Poets
- Solar 5
- FM Supreme
- Purpose of Life
- Theaster Gates
- UPLIFT HS marching band.
Educational activities included:
- Eco-education w/The Chicago Botanic Garden
- Mosaic Art making w/Beacon Street Gallery
- HIV testing w/American Indian Health Service of Chicago
- Recycled Art w/Little Black Pearl
- Guerilla Theater w/Kuumba Lynx
- Live murals & stencil art w/Connect Force
- and a mobile recording studio w/INFERNO
Photos from Bethanie Hines
Photos from Estria
Photos from Eve Rivera
