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Two-Spirit Powwow

<div id="tdi_62" class="tdc-row stretch_row_1200 td-stretch-content"> <div class="vc_row tdi_63 wpb_row td-pb-row"> <div class="vc_column tdi_65 wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12"> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_66 tdb-content-horiz-right td-pb-border-top featured-image td_block_template_9" data-td-block-uid="tdi_66"> <div class="tdb-block-inner td-fix-index"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="tdi_72" class="tdc-row stretch_row_1200 td-stretch-content"> <div class="vc_row tdi_73 wpb_row td-pb-row"> <div class="vc_column tdi_75 wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span9"> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="td_block_wrap tdb_single_categories tdi_77 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_9 " data-td-block-uid="tdi_77"> <div class="tdb-category td-fix-index"></div> </div> <div class="td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_78 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_9" data-td-block-uid="tdi_78"> <div class="tdb-block-inner td-fix-index"> <h1 class="tdb-title-text">Two-Spirit Powwow</h1> <div><span style="font-size: 16px;">Tablehopper’s new look, Art With Elders, Johnny & June Forever, Ben UFO, Non Stop Bhangra, more to do this week.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="vc_row_inner tdi_81 vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row"> <div class="vc_column_inner tdi_83 wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12"> <div class="vc_column-inner"> <div class="wpb_wrapper"> <div class="td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_84 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_9 tdb-post-meta" data-td-block-uid="tdi_84"> <div class="tdb-block-inner td-fix-index"> <div class="tdb-author-name-wrap"><span class="tdb-author-by">By</span><a class="tdb-author-name" href="https://48hills.org/author/marke-b/">MARKE B.</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_85 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_9 tdb-post-meta" data-td-block-uid="tdi_85"> <div class="tdb-block-inner td-fix-index"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2023-02-01T15:08:56-08:00">FEBRUARY 1, 2023</time></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap td_block_wrap tdb_single_current_post tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_9"> <div class="td-fix-index"> <div class="scriptlesssocialsharing"> <div class="scriptlesssocialsharing__buttons"><a class="button facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2F48hills.org%2F2023%2F02%2Farts-forecast-two-spirit-powwow-black-history-edwardian-ball-qaotiq%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Share on Facebook</span></a><a class="button twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Arts%20Forecast%3A%20Two-Spirit%20Powwow%2C%20Black%20History%20Month%2C%20Edwardian%20Ball%2C%20Qaotiq%E2%80%A6.&url=https%3A%2F%2F48hills.org%2F2023%2F02%2Farts-forecast-two-spirit-powwow-black-history-edwardian-ball-qaotiq%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Share on Twitter</span></a><a class="button linkedin" href="https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=1&url=https%3A%2F%2F48hills.org%2F2023%2F02%2Farts-forecast-two-spirit-powwow-black-history-edwardian-ball-qaotiq%2F&title=Arts%20Forecast%3A%20Two-Spirit%20Powwow%2C%20Black%20History%20Month%2C%20Edwardian%20Ball%2C%20Qaotiq%E2%80%A6.&source=https%3A%2F%2F48hills.org&summary=Tablehopper%27s%20new%20look%2C%20Art%20With%20Elders%2C%20Johnny%20%26%20June%20Forever%2C%20Ben%20UFO%2C%20Non%20Stop%20Bhangra%2C%20more%20to%20do%20this%20week.%20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Share on LinkedIn</span></a><a class="button reddit" href="https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2F48hills.org%2F2023%2F02%2Farts-forecast-two-spirit-powwow-black-history-edwardian-ball-qaotiq%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Share on Reddit</span></a><a class="button email" href="mailto:?body=%20https%3A%2F%2F48hills.org%2F2023%2F02%2Farts-forecast-two-spirit-powwow-black-history-edwardian-ball-qaotiq%2F&subject=%20Arts%20Forecast%3A%20Two-Spirit%20Powwow%2C%20Black%20History%20Month%2C%20Edwardian%20Ball%2C%20Qaotiq%E2%80%A6." rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span class="screen-reader-text">Share on Email</span></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_9 td-post-content tagdiv-type" data-td-block-uid="tdi_87"> <div class="tdb-block-inner td-fix-index"> <p>More than a few of my precious SF memories have come from attending the annual <a href="https://www.baaits.org/2023-powwow" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">BAAITS (Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits) Powwow</a>, the largest gathering of LGBTQAI /Two-Spirit Native Americans. When it was held at SOMArts, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10203053273758854&set=a.1988726323906" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">I loved popping in</a> for the colorful pageantry, sacred ceremony, incredible dancing, and Native American goods—don’t forget the loaded fry bread, yum. It felt so good to be at a cultural gathering that celebrated and even revered non-gender conforming folks, so very different from what’s going on in the rest of the world, it seems.</p> <div class="wp-block-image"></div> <p>Now the powwow, which is open to the public and streamed online, is held at Fort Mason and BAAITS has a new executive director—Angel C. Fabian, known in ceremonial spaces as Tlahuizpapalotl (Butterfly of Light). I can’t wait to see what they have in store. A press release quotes community advisor Amelia saying, “This is a space for all of us to gather respectfully and celebrate Native traditions. Whether you are African-American, Native American, White, gay, straight, transgender, whoever you are and wherever your roots originated, come with curiosity and kindness and you will enjoy the company of 5,000 like-minded good and connected people as we celebrate traditions of music and art and togetherness.”</p> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-full"><figcaption>Tlahuizpapalotl. Photo by Pablo Villicana Lara</figcaption></figure> </div> <p>Don’t miss this wonderful Bay Area tradition.<em> The Powwow takes place Sat/4, 10am-6pm at Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, SF. <a href="https://www.baaits.org/2023-powwow">More info here</a>.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom"><div class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://occupysf.net/index.php/2018/12/14/10615/"><a class="a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Foccupysf.net%2Findex.php%2F2018%2F12%2F14%2F10615%2F&linkname=" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_email" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/email?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Foccupysf.net%2Findex.php%2F2018%2F12%2F14%2F10615%2F&linkname=" title="Email" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/linkedin?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Foccupysf.net%2Findex.php%2F2018%2F12%2F14%2F10615%2F&linkname=" title="LinkedIn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share"></a></div></div>America/Los_Angeles2023-02-04T10:00:00America/Los_Angeles2023-02-04T18:00:00en-USFt. 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Sensible Cinema: “Spies of Mississippi”

<div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #440062; font-size: medium;"><b>We recognize Black History Month with this month’s film.  It highlights a clandestine operation in the state of Mississippi that was never well publicized.  The Director, Dawn Porter, pieces together a number of film clips that helps to bring this part of Black History into focus.</b></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #440062; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></div> <div dir="ltr"><span style="color: #440062; font-size: medium;"><b>We’ll have a speaker and discussion after the film.  </b></span></div> <div dir="ltr"></div> <div dir="ltr"> <div> <p class="yiv1951238634ydp9e78d6d1MsoNormal" align="center">Sensible Cinema</p> <p class="yiv1951238634ydp9e78d6d1MsoNormal">                                <b><span lang="EN">Unitarian Universalists of San Francisco</span></b></p> <p class="yiv1951238634ydp9e78d6d1MsoNormal" align="center"><b><span lang="EN">1187 Franklin Street</span></b><b></b></p> <p class="yiv1951238634ydp9e78d6d1MsoNormal" align="center"><b><i>In recognition of Black History Month</i></b></p> <p class="yiv1951238634ydp9e78d6d1MsoNormal" align="center"><b><i>Presents</i></b></p> <p class="yiv1951238634ydp9e78d6d1MsoNormal" align="center"><b>SPIES</b><b> </b><b>OF </b><b>MISSISSIPPI</b></p> <p class="yiv1951238634ydp9e78d6d1MsoNormal" align="center"><b> </b><b> </b><b>Friday, February 17, 2023</b></p> <p class="yiv1951238634ydp9e78d6d1MsoNormal" align="center"><b>6:30pm (PDT), 7:30 pm (MDT), 8:30 pm (CDT), 9:30 pm (EDT)</b></p> <p class="yiv1951238634ydp9e78d6d1MsoNormal" align="center"><b>(This event will be an hybrid event with both virtual and at-the-church viewing.)</b></p> <p class="yiv1951238634ydp9e78d6d1MsoNormal" align="center"><img class="yiv1951238634" align="left" hspace="12" /></p> <p class="yiv1951238634ydp9e78d6d1MsoNormal"><b><i>Spies of Mississippi</i></b><b> by director Dawn Porter is a journey into the chilling world of anti-civil rights espionage, the world of informants, infiltrators and agent provocateurs.                                                               </b></p> <div><b>Stoked by the fear of desegregation, equality, and wanting to maintain the “Mississippi way of life”, the state formed the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission (MSSC) which operated from the 195s to 1997.  </b></div> <div><b> </b></div> <div><b>This operation through a network of investigators, informants and spies infiltrated some of the largest Black organizations like the NAACP and CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) involving over 87,000 Americans in the course of a decade. </b></div> <p class="yiv1951238634ydp9e78d6d1MsoNormal"><b><i>Spies of Mississippi</i></b><b> brings to light the Commission’s hidden role in many of the most important chapters of the Civil Rights Movement including the integration of the University of Mississippi, the killing of Medgar Evers, and the KKK murders of three civil rights workers in 1964</b>.</p> <p class="yiv1951238634ydp9e78d6d1MsoNormal"> <b>Join Sensible Cinema Zoom Meeting</b></p> <p class="yiv1951238634ydp9e78d6d1MsoNormal"><a href="https://zoom.us/j/96771856193?pwd=Um1ITWh4Q1pJL2RYbnZrOUw2enFxQT09" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><b>https://zoom.us/j/96771856193?pwd=Um1ITWh4Q1pJL2RYbnZrOUw2enFxQT09</b></a></p> <p class="yiv1951238634ydp9e78d6d1MsoNormal">Meeting ID: 967 7185 6193; Passcode: 712125</p> </div> </div> <div class="addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom"><div class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="http://occupysf.net/index.php/2018/12/14/10615/"><a class="a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Foccupysf.net%2Findex.php%2F2018%2F12%2F14%2F10615%2F&linkname=" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_email" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/email?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Foccupysf.net%2Findex.php%2F2018%2F12%2F14%2F10615%2F&linkname=" title="Email" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/linkedin?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Foccupysf.net%2Findex.php%2F2018%2F12%2F14%2F10615%2F&linkname=" title="LinkedIn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share"></a></div></div>America/Los_Angeles2023-02-17T18:30:00America/Los_Angeles2023-02-17T21:00:00en-USUnitarian Church (and Zoom) @ 1187 Franklin Street, SF, CA0http://occupysf.net/index.php/event/sensible-cinema-spies-of-mississippi/freeen-USBlack history month,Sensible Cinema,Spies of Misissippi,Spies of Mississippi