LA: Black August 08 Events
Aug 1st, Sunrise: Opening Ceremony
Dockweiler Beach, Playa Del Rey
Aug 1st, 7p: Opening Program
So Calif Library, 6120 S. Vermont near Gage
Every Saturday in August, 7p: “Resistance Films” at the AFIBA Center/213-321-0575
Aug 2nd, 2p: “Free The San Francisco 8,” Committee to Defend Human Rights (CDHR) at the
AFIBA Center, 5730 S. Crenshaw Blvd.
Aug 7th, 7p: Elder Freeman of the Black Panther Party speaks on Jonathan Jackson, “Black Guerrilla”
AFIBA Center
Aug 9th, 2p: Pan Afrikan Women’s Day
“50 Years Later: What Role of the African Woman,” African Women’s Group, at KRST Unity Center, 7825 S. Western/562-595-1192
Aug 10th, Noon: Capoeira: Art of Resistance
Capoeira Angola Center of Los Angeles, in Leimert Park, Crenshaw and Vernon, 310-989-1269
Aug 14th, 6:30p: Panel on Black Political Prisoners/KRST Unity Center/714-612-0366
Aug 16th, 10a: Marcus Garvey Parade & Festival
Crenshaw & Adams to Leimert Park, festival begins at noon in Leimert Park, UNIA, 323-735-9642
August 17th, Sunrise: Marcus Garvey Birthday Celebration in Leimert Park, UNIA 323-735-9642
August 17th, Noon: Community Forum: Criminalization of Afrikan Youth, at the AFIBA Center
August 21st, 7p: Human Rights Advocacy, Discussion on George Jackson, at the AFIBA Center, 310-989-1269
August 23rd: Oakland, CA – Travel to the Bay Area is encouraged to attend the Black August Celebration with the Original Black August Organizing Committee
Every Saturday in August, 7p: “Resistance Films” at the AFIBA Center/213-321-0575
August 31st, Closing Program: Location To Be Determined / 213-321-0575
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