a new black arts movement presents:black august ~ black love: remember not to forget "remember not to forget. every day we remember not to forget. during the month of black august we concentrate and contribute towards this process of continuing a tradition of honoring our freedom warriors, victories, sacrifice and legacy" - Souel Spiritchild Fénix"in order to be a true revolutionary, you must understand love. love, sacrifice, and death" - Sonia Sanchez "a lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it - Nikki Giovanni"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel" - Maya Angelou "I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change...I'm changing the things I cannot accept" -Angela Davis"they can jail a revolutionary, but can’t jail the revolution” - Huey Newton. “you can kill a revolutionary, but you can never kill the revolution” - Fred Hamptonduring the month of black august we fast, regroup, recenter, rejuvenate, reassess, revolutionize, remember, reignite, reawaken, revive, reconcile… from sun up to sun down or 8am to 8pm we eat nothing but knowledge, we exercise, we cleanse our bodies, we talk less to listen more, we study, we grow, we heal, we honor, we pour intentional libations for each day of remembrance and significance. we drink water. lots. to nourish and strength the soul with this powerful element. we do not intake anything toxic (drugs, alcohol etc).if you are unable to join in this ritual as stated above you can still give up something during the month (sugar, coffee, sweets, cigarettes etc). its not how much or what you sacrifice, its the intention of your efforts and acknowledgements during the process.so a new black arts movement invites you to join us for this black august to remember not to forget and keep the spirit of our ancestors and those behind enemy lines and exiled front and center of our minds and actions. we are revolutionaries because we love our people. we do this out of love and for the love of our people. for the liberation of our minds, bodies and souls from oppression and because we know another world is not only possible but happening throughout the continents. we have seen our communities throughout the world and know we are aligned with purpose and we are divine. we have seen our resilience throughout continents and know they cannot kill the spirit of our souls, the legacy of our blood. they jail us because they want to control us. they kill us because they fear us. remember not to forget an us before there was a them. remember who they are. remember we are not them. remember.- a new black arts movementsounds by DJ Amoreperformances by Caridad De La Luz, Sole Rebel, Afua Kafi-Akua, Nejma Nefertiti & special international guests/comrades...live art by Sole Rebel maroon bazaar with the creations of Jorge Villalobos, Makeda Artistry &Temple of NEJ screening of short film on black augusta letter from Assata http://www.thetalkingdrum.com/tmp.htmla new black arts movement is painting a new aesthetic, one in which we liberate ourselves from our oppressors. we are revolutionary matriarchal maroons.this is a movement building upon the foundations of the black arts movement of the 1960’s founded by Baba Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, all freedom fighters, and our many other ancestors long before and after in the struggle for liberation.we have launched the reinvention, re-imagining the significance and necessity of a black arts movement for today that is: internationalist, revolutionary matriarchal, and eco-socialist. a movement supporting majority oppressed nationality leadership and valuing the principles and characteristics of indigeneity. a new black arts movement views art as equivalent to politics.free the land. free ALL political prisoners.a new black arts movement is a community built on the continuation of an ancestral legacy to persist and exist beyond resistance. it is a movement that redefines, re-envisions, re-imagines, a black centered consciousness and way of being. a new black arts movement is the movement of the maroons. maroons and maroonage embody existence, resistance, and all indigenous struggles for self-defense and self-determination. a new black arts movement is:… the continuation of an ancestral legacy of divinity, a movement that remembers and draws from our purpose. our purpose is to live in harmony with mother earth, holding her center to our being and live in accordance with the universal law of nurture, nature, and respect to all beings. we strive to remember an indigenous way, a way that acknowledges and considers seven generations before us and seven generations ahead to assist in the spiritual and physical evolution of our people.…the continuation of an ancestral legacy to honor womyn. to be revolutionary matriarchs and re-socialize men to be mothers and nurturers. to see beyond gender and evolve beyond the conditions and limitations society has placed upon all of us, especially our sisters, mothers, and daughters....the continuation of an ancestral legacy to practice self-determination. an overstanding of the need for a maroon nationality identity and leadership to determine the destiny and path to liberation according to respective communities throughout the world that choose to resist and exist against and outside the walls of an oppressive state.… the continuation of an ancestral legacy to recognize the power of art being equivalent to politics. executing and witnessing the impact art has on the transformation of the soul and the necessity of science to engage in effective revolutionary politics....a new black arts movement’s purpose is to prefigure a new society guided by the principles of; mother earth centeredness, revolutionary matriarchy, maroon nationality / identity leadership, indigeneity, and art equivalent to politics. ::freedom of mind, body, and spirit::