https://www.facebook.com/events/279920902363068/ a new black arts movement presents: beyond being “woman-centric” revolutionary matriarchybeyond being “woman-centric”, a revolutionary matriarch calls for the elimination of gender as a social construction all together. to be matri (mother) centric is to place value on the universal conditions of nurturance, education, healing, sustainability, etc. the development of a healthy society should not be marginalized by gender and its social/behavioral implications. we are to take responsibility for these essential values of development as a society. we are to undo hetero-normative patriarchy while working to re-socialize men as mothers.revolutionary matriarchy is not a mirror of patriarchy- but it’s opposite.adapted from F.Ho.Showing excerpts from "Amor Puro y Duro" (Love Hard and Pure), a documentary in progress by Catherine Gund & Daresha Kyi, an evocative, thought-provoking journey through the iconoclastic life of game-changing artist Chavela Vargas. Centered around neverbefore-seen interview footage of Chavela shot 20 years before her death in 2012, and guided by the stories inChavela’s songs, and the myths and tales others have told about her – as well as those she spread about herself –the film weaves an arresting portrait of a woman who dared to dress, speak, sing, and dream her unique life into being.Performances by:Dequi Kioni-sadikiRégine BellingerQueen Nejma Nefertiti & Susana NietoRenKaiNzingaAliyah Hakim-Eland more...Live painting by Michelle Sutherland (BK)Date: September 18thTime: 4pm - 7pmMeditation worksop by Lauren Kelly Benson. We will learn to heal our own traumas and those of our ancesstressesPlace: Bailey's Cafe324 Malcolm X BlvdBrooklyn, NY Entry: $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