A New Black Arts Movement Presents: Fathers Up, Guns Down Volume 3A tribute to anti-violence movements and fathers involved in community improvement!(the last two years we witnessed transformative soul sharing events that we've come to make annual. As our sister chapter in Belgium works their soul session for later this June, come join us for the one in New York)Urban Art Beat will be exhibiting our "One Shot" video created by Rae Maxwell performed by the Y.O. S.O.S. - Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets youth on anti-gun violence.We will also highlight "In a Perfect World" a documentary film about men raised by single mothers.by Director/ProducerDaphne McWilliams @In a Perfect WorldPerformances by:Miles E. Thomas aka MegaciphQuinton CountsYoung Michaeland moreArt work by Pharjha Elias (BX NY) and Max (Tanzania)Date: Father's Day, June 19thTime: 4pm - 6pm**Youth Open Mic to start 4-4:30 Don't miss it! Place: Medicine Show Theatre 549 West 52nd street , New YorkPrice: $10 donation, no one turned awayyouth are always freethere will be food and refreshments available for purchaseContact: rosaleen@urbanartbeat.comspiritchild@xspiritmental.comA New Black Arts Movement is painting a new aesthetic, one in which we liberate ourselves from our oppressors. A New Black Arts Movement supports all indigenous struggles for self-defense and self-determination. A New Black Arts Movement acknowledges that all love is revolutionary, and we prefigure a new society in which all love is celebrated and accepted. We imagine a world in which heteronormative, monogamous love and the nuclear family model are not the social norm, and we celebrate freedom, love, equality, and justice. A New Black Arts Movement acknowledges that in order for liberation, true and revolutionary education must be celebrated and accepted. We imagine a world where all children are afforded the quality education of the wealthy, where culture is at the forefront of lessons, and where children have the freedom to explore their skills and talents beyond teacher expectations. We prefigure a world where educational institutions are community spaces and where children are given the tools to change the society in which they live. Our monthly Soul Sessions are community spaces where we connect, express, build and create. It is a prefigurative space where we cook wholesome foods, share our art, and encourage participation in art and a genderqueer clothing swap. This is a movement building off the original Black Arts Movement of the 1960's founded by Baba Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Maya Angelou, and our many other ancestors in the struggle for liberation. We honor all of our elders and our youth, together taking it to a new level with our principles. We are matriarchal, mother earth centered, and maroon nationality and identity. If you are serious about being a revolutionary... Read up. Be at the next Soul Sessions. And let's build. - See more at www.anewblackartsmovement.com