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    A theater production to galvanize African American communities around ending rape/sexual assault. A Benefit Performance To Support Collaboration And Prevention Programs On Sexual Assault In Communities Of African Descent. MOTHER TONGUE MONOLOGUES. "The right to make decisions about our bodies was primary. It was also important to claim the body as a site of pleasure power and possibility. We were making revolution. Our bodies were the occupied countries we liberated." Bell Hooks, Talking Sex.

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    A theater production to galvanize African American communities around ending rape/sexual assault. A Benefit Performance To Support Collaboration And Prevention Programs On Sexual Assault In Communities Of African Descent. MOTHER TONGUE MONOLOGUES. "The right to make decisions about our bodies was primary. It was also important to claim the body as a site of pleasure power and possibility. We were making revolution. Our bodies were the occupied countries we liberated." Bell Hooks, Talking Sex.

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    Mother Tongue Monologues Invitation-Final

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    A theater production to galvanize African American communities around ending rape/sexual assault. A Benefit Performance To Support Collaboration And Prevention Programs On Sexual Assault In Communities Of African Descent. MOTHER TONGUE MONOLOGUES. "The right to make decisions about our bodies was primary. It was also important to claim the body as a site of pleasure power and possibility. We were making revolution. Our bodies were the occupied countries we liberated." Bell Hooks, Talking Sex.

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    Black Womens blueprint

    Presents

    Sexualized Savage Venus Hottentot Jezebel Tragic Mulatto Mammy Aunt Jemima Pinky Topsy Farina Sapphire Sweet Thing Welfare Queen Video Vixen
    "The right to make decisions about our bodies was primary. It was also important to claim the body as a site of pleasure, power and possibility. We were making revolution. Our bodies were the occupied countries we liberated." bell hooks, Talking Sex

    The National Black Theatre of Harlem


    February 24, 2012 6:30PM Reception | 8PM Performance
    2033 National Black Theatre Way (5th Ave & 125th St) New York, NY 10035 (347) 599-2682 Tickets $15/$25/$50

    Mother Tongue
    Monologues for Black Girls and Stolen Women Reclaiming Our Bodies, Our Selves, Our Lives
    Conceived By: Farah Tanis, Co-Founder, Executive Director, Black Womens Blueprint Directed By: Lori Payne, Writer, Director, Activist Production Manager: Lee Odom, Musician, Activist Technical Direction: Pope Jackson, CEO of Actuator, Inc. Honorary Co-Chairs: Rha Goddess, Artist, Activist, Poet Toni Blackman, Hip Hop Activist, American Cultural Specialist Mistress of Ceremony: Seshat (Julie R. Spooner, Ph.D.), Psychologist, Shaman Featuring Works By: Aishah Shahidah Simmons, Jasmine Burnett, Safiya Bandele

    Starring
    Aishah Shahidah Simmons
    Filmmaker, Writer, Activist NO! The Rape Documentary

    Erin 'EJ' Serrano


    ASCAP Musician, SAG Actor

    Piper Yvonne Anderson


    Performance Artist, Educator

    Benita Rivera
    Founder, Director The Mothers Agenda New York

    Jamilla Reid
    Activist, Multi-Media Artist

    Safiya Bandele
    Academician, Activist, Lecturer

    Jasmine Burnett
    Activist, Founding Member Trust Black Women

    Symone New
    Educator, Activist, Doula

    Claudia Walters
    Artist, Educator Artistic Resilience

    Kayona Ebony Brown


    Writer, Actor, Businesswoman

    Tanika LaDawn Harbor


    MFA, Artist, Activist

    Dominic Bradley
    Multi-Media Artist, Activist

    Nina Angela Mercer


    Writer, Performance Artist

    Tokunboh (Toki) Talabi


    Playwright, Performance Artist

    Dorcas Evelene Davis


    Playwright, Performance Artist

    Valarie Adams
    Actor, Performance Artist

    Dance Choreographed by:


    Latoya Hall
    Harambee Dance Co.

    Maxine Montilus
    KaNu Dance Theatre

    Phakiso Collins
    Breakin' Out!

    Pia Monique Murray


    Kotchegna Dance Company Pia Monique Murray Dance Co.

    Tamara LaDonna Moving Spirits Inc.

    For Event Updates, About The Performance And Performers Visit www.myfreedomlounge.com Host Committee Charmaine Lester | Christina Jaus, Sauti Yetu Center for African Women | Desire Vincent, Vera Institute of Justice | Farhaana Washington | Iresha Picot, The Assata's Daughters Project, Ntozake Shange School of Literary Thought (P.A.) | Janeen Mantin | Joanne Smith, Girls for Gender Equity | Kalima DeSuze, GEMS | Kareen Odate, Center for Womens Development-MEC | Krista DeSouza | Dr. Mayowa Alero Obasaju | Patrice Guillory, National Low Income Housing Coalition (Washington D.C.) | Rachelle Harris Jennings, Communilife | Renee Morgan Saks | Sade Adeyo, Black Womens Health Imperative (Washington D.C.) | Sherley Accime, ANEW-NY, SeaElle Integrated Therapy| Silvia Dutchevici, Queens Pride House | Symone New | Toni Blackman, American Cultural Specialist, Hip Hop Activist | Zoe Flowers, Higher Good Consulting, Angels Dust Theater Company
    PERFORMANCE DATE: FEBRUARY 24, 2012, 6:30PM RECEPTION, 8PM SHOW | THE NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE OF HARLEM TICKETS AT Https://Www.Brownpapertickets.Com/Event/203858 A PRODUCTION OF BLACK WOMENS BLUEPRINT | P.O. BOX 24713, BROOKLYN, NY 11202 | 347-599-2682

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