Fist Up Film Festival NYC Pop Up *FREE* is on it’s way,
Fri, May 15th & Saturday the 16th! RSVP Today
May 15th | 6:30–9:30 PM *FREE (light bites, soft bev and networking from 6:30-7pm)
Feature Documentary: Following Harry + Post screening discussion with Director Susanne Rostock + Carmen Perez, Sean Pica and Rod Starz.
May 16 | 6:30–9:30 PM *FREE (light food, soft bev & Networking from 6:30-7pm)
Caribbean & Puerto Rican Identity + Cultural Resistance
Mataron A Pedro (sneak preview of scenes from the highly anticipated film + conversation with the director Kristian Mercado and cast.
Call of the Jab (a special community impact screening) — A powerful cultural documentary about a Caribbean father and son who return to Grenada to reclaim ancestral stories. Directed by Fletch Power
Takeover — a powerful film about the Young Lords’ followed by a discussion with director Emma Francis-Snyder.
Presented by Evergreen Initiative at The Action Lab
@tommorello stood with Hands Off NYC, in front of 26 Federal Plaza, where immigrant families are still being brutally detained.
& sang a powerful rendition of, THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND. THIS LAND IS OUR LAND.
Grateful for everyone who showed up, spoke out, and continue to fight back
We’re excited to announce Common & Special Guests at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! honoring the social justice legacy of Harry Belafonte.
📍Lena Horne Bandshell
🗓️ Friday, August 28
🔗 Link in bio
Presented in collaboration with @briccelebratebk
#CelebrateBrooklyn
Packed house last night at the Fist Up Film Festival!
Following Harry, and the powerful conversation after made for an unforgettable evening. Huge thanks to everyone who came through!
Grateful for our panel: Director, Susan Rostock; Carmen Perez, Sean Pica, and Rod Starz.
Join us this evening, May 16, 6:30–9:30PM for another FREE night of film! Featuring shorts plus powers panels:
(light food, soft beverages + networking from 6:30–7 PM)
🎬 Mataron A Pedro — sneak preview + conversation with director Kristian Mercado and cast
🎬 Call of the Jab — community impact screening directed by Fletch Power
🎬 Takeover — on the Young Lords, followed by a discussion with director Emma Francis-Snyder
Presented by Evergreen Initiative at The Action Lab.
Great kickoff with youth power in Queens today at Make the Road New York ahead of the Fist Up Film Festival tonight. Grateful for the energy and everyone who showed up!
Join us tonight for Fist Up Film Festival from 6:30–9:30 PM for a FREE screening (light bites, soft beverages, and networking from 6:30–7 PM).
🎬 Following Harry
💬 Post-screening conversation with director Susanne Rostock, Carmen Perez, Sean Pica, and Rod Starz.
Presented by Evergreen Initiative at The Action Lab.
"There is no equality as long as those who provide childcare struggle to pay rent and feed their families."
Child care work makes all work possible, and New York must invest in the providers and families holding our communities together!
They say that it is the task of the revolutionary artist to make the ideas of the revolution irresistible.
Earlier yesterday in NYC, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee @tommorello of @rageagainstthemachine stood in solidarity with @handsoffnyc , our comrades at @actionlabny , and affiliates @maketheroadny and @cuffh to demand an end to ICE abuses at the Immigration Detention Center.
Just one night after packing out Madison Square Garden alongside Bruce Springsteen, Morello showed up for the people once again using his platform to speak out against fascism and stand on the right side of history.
“This Land Is Your Land is a song that I learned in the third grade, but didn’t realize what an important, radical, American immigrant anthem it was, because they censored out the verses that would indicate such.
I’m going to reinstate those censored verses for you today, ‘cause Woody Guthrie knew that this land was not made for the oligarchs and the billionaires.
This land was made for you and me.”
@tommorello from @rageagainstthemachine at rally outside of 26 Federal Plaza where immigrants are still being unlawfully and inhumanely detained by ICE.
Join us at the #FistUpFilmFestival NYC Pop Up *FREE* RSVP Today
May 15th | 6:30–9:30 PM *FREE (Snacks and Networking from 6:30-7pm)
Feature Documentary: Following Harry + Post screening discussion with Director Susanne Rostock + Carmen Perez, Sean Pica and Rod Starz.
May 16 | 6:30–9:30 PM *FREE (Snacks & Networking from 6:30-7pm)
Caribbean & Puerto Rican Identity + Cultural Resistance
Mataron A Pedro (sneak preview of scenes from the highly anticipated film + conversation with the director Kristian Mercado and cast.
Call of the Jab (a special community impact screening) — A powerful cultural documentary about a Caribbean father and son who return to Grenada to reclaim ancestral stories. Directed by Fletch Power
Takeover — a powerful film about the Young Lords’ followed by a discussion with director Emma Francis-Snyder.
Presented by Evergreen Initiative at The Action Lab
Today is Imagine A Day Without Child Care.
Providers, parents, and legislators gathered at City Hall Park to demand a child care system that works for all New Yorkers.
Child care providers deserve a living wage. Families deserve access to affordable care without endless waitlists. Our communities deserve real investment in the people who make all work possible.
Thank you for organizing and creating!
When we stand together, our voices are louder. We are creating a new narrative. What began last fall as a spark continues to grow into a national movement of artists and cultural institutions refusing to be silenced.
Every new city, venue, classroom, gallery, stage, and public square strengthens what we are building together. To everyone who made May Day a celebration of solidarity, thank you. Now let’s continue reaching out and inspiring even more artists and institutions to stand up to fascism.
Let’s continue to organize, create, and make visible the communities and voices under attack. Let’s bring more art into public life and build solidarity where we are.
The next national activation: October 2–3.
Registration opens soon. Stay tuned.
#FallOfFreedom #ArtMatters #ArtAndResistance #Solidarity
