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SPARKD FLY 2010 Event in honor of Marilyn Buck and all other women political prisoners
Saturday, March 13th 2010 7:00pm
Oakland , CA USA


After 25 years, political prisoner, Marilyn BucK is scheduled to get out of jail later this year. Jailed for actions in solidarity with the Black liberation movement and anti war movements, Marilyn, has been a voice for peace, justice and human rights during her entire incarceration. As an anti-racist, feminist, poet, teacher, and friend, Marilyn represents the passion and endurance of women freedom fighters and political prisoners everywhere.

ART AUCTION - POETRY-MUSIC -SPEAKERS
Jewell Gomez, Phavia Kujichagulia, Devorah Major, Maisha Quint, Graciela Perez-Trevison, Yuri Kochiyama
Music : Bomberas De La Bahia
Dance Party at 10:00 pm with D.J. Kuttin Kandi
All money raised will go to the Release Fund for Marilyn Buck



Location: 
Uptown Body and Fender  401 26th St.  Oakland  CA  

Contact:
Gemma Mirkinson
sparksfly2010@gmail.com

Sponsored By:
AK Press, All of US or None, BACORR, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Campaign to End the Death Penalty, East Bay Prisoners Support, East Side Arts Alliance, Freedom Archives, Free the SF8 Comm, Friends of Marilyn Buck, Haiti Action Committee,Kevin Cooper Defense Committee, KPFA women's magazine, LAGAI, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, Long Haul, National Lawyers Guild/ Bay Area, Out of Control, PM Press, Prison Activist Resource Center, Prison Radio Project, QUIT, Radical Women, SF Dyke March, SF women in Black, Stanley Tookie Williams Legacy Network




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