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https://www.facebook.com/events/1781774065237720/ XSPIRITMENTAL MAROONS INDIGENOUS BLACK free(dom) dance party XVI (every third black friday)fri, July 20 10pm tillwith Not Silent (an international artist movement repping Palestine) Dirar Kalashfeaturing soul selector spirit Souel Spiritchild Fénix Spiritchild spiritchild updates & eventsstaying consistent, cause the world isn't.this summer we'll be teaming with Not Silent to bring awareness for our maroon brothers and sisters in Palestine as well as on Rikers island. we work hard, we party hard. we revolutionize, we socialize. we actualize, we realize. we nurture, we freak shit up. we culture, we funk it up. chill out, wild out, be free. dance to witches & warlocks brew, sonic black magic for palestinefor liberation for our people at Rikers(bring headphones, iPods, gadgets and magic for the youth)Urban Art Beata new black arts movementwe are raising funds for funds & equipment & special guest artist for Rikers, our international hip hop community featuring the The cipher and continuous work with the youth, so drink and party for a cause, never just cause but for a just cause.beyond beats & bars has officially begun our hip hop youth re entry allowing us to have a mobile studio to work with youth from rikers and beyond. currently partnering with Friends of the Island Academy, inquire for details to bring your youth.this month we are also honoring and acknowledging Palestine. Not Silent https://occii.org/events/not-silent-1-w-spontaneous-amsterdam-ensemble/We aim to form a global community of concerned artists and organizers who are able and willing to take a stand and hold these events as a means for action that challenges the current cultural discourses and methods, as well as the notions of ‘solidarity’ itself. Palestinians do not ‘need’ a stand to help them get along with their fate, but rather we should be responsible for making a real change, not simply from the position of being ‘informed’ on the issue, but from an active position that challenges our media and cultural discourses in which Palestinians are – at best – only being viewed as victims of acts of “misconduct” by the Zionist occupation, and where our knowledge and perception of the Palestinian issue becomes subject to “counting victims” and getting angry or frustrated from one massacre to the next. We know this is going to happen, but we do not want to think of Palestine only when this happens, thus we need to speak out and take a much more solid stand, not only for the victims, but for the living as well.xspiritmental.com urbanartbeat.organewblackartsmovement.comspiritchild & Fred Ho founders of a new black arts movement. xspiritmental.com anewblackartsmovement.com#revolutionary #queer #freak #guiltypleasure #taboo #funk #hiphop#dancehall #afrobeat #worldtraveling #notsilent #palestine