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September 20, 2006
The First Annual Central New York Locks Conference
FIRST ANNUAL
CENTRAL NEW YORK
LOCKS CONFERENCE
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Tompkins County Public Library
101 East Green Street
Ithaca, New York
11 AM - 4 PM
FREE
The First Annual Central New York Locks Conference will
embrace the beauty of natural hair throughout the African diaspora,
while also focusing on the history and contemporary
impact of "dreadlocks" or locked hair.
The theme of the this year's conference is the
effect of mass incarceration on communities given that
certain appearances within communities of color
are often negatively stereotyped and criminalized.
The First Annual Central New York Locks Conference will feature...
Harold Wilson
122nd innocent person released from death row
Pam & Ramona Africa
MOVE Organization/Int'l Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
New York Campaign for Telephone Justice
Coalition working across NYS to STOP THE CONTRACT between DOCS and
Verizon/MCI
Euware Osayande
activist, poet, author
Vanessa Johnson
presenting HAIR TALES...
films, exhibits, vendors, and much more....
(vendor inquiries welcome)
plus....
THE AFTER PARTY....
roots | culture | spoken word | rebel music
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Lost Dog Lounge
106-112 South Cayuga Street
Ithaca, New York
8 PM
$5
featuring...
Taina Asili
Vanessa Johnson
Euware Osayande
cypher:dissdent
BROADCAST LIVE
please help spread the word!
for more info...
607-277-2121 or info@stamp-cny.org
Southern Tier Advocacy & Mitigation Project, Incorporated
focusing on the "under-developed strengths" of at-risk communities
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S.T.A.M.P.’s Administrative Office
119 East Buffalo Street
Ithaca, New York 14850
P. 607.277.2121
F. 607.277.2120
info@stamp-cny.org
S.T.A.M.P.’s Guerrilla Griots Human Rights Media Arts Center
Henry Saint John Building - Suite 106
301 South Geneva Street
Ithaca, New York 14850
P/F 607.277.2122
info@guerrilla-griots.org
S.T.A.M.P. was established in 2005 in response to the frequency with
which young people are referred to juvenile and adult court systems.
S.T.A.M.P. seeks to empower community control over delinquency
and crime, reduce over-reliance on incarceration, and assist those
incarcerated and leaving state prison with transitional services.
Posted by lois at September 20, 2006 04:27 PM