The Grand Re/Opening of The Center for Urban Peace

Join us in poetry, movement, meditation and music in the celebration of the Center for Urban Peace's Grand Re/Opening.

5-7pm Movement, Yoga and Meditation
7-9pm Grand Re/Opening Ceremony

WHO & AFFILIATION:
1. rev. angel Kyodo williams, Founder of Center for UrbanPEACE, author of "Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness and Grace"
2. Aqeela Sherrills, activist, Founder and President of Community Self Determination Institute and Founder of the Reverence Movement
3. Founder of Poets for Global Justice, local spoken word poet, drew dellinger
4. Katchie Ananda, co-founder of Yoga Sangha of SF and veteran yogi.

ADMISSION: FREE
On Saturday, September 22, the new Center for Urban Peace will launch its Grand Re/Opening to leverage widely popular awareness-based tools of meditation, yoga and other self-sustainability practices on behalf of social justice activists and change agents while serving as the Berkeley hub for the Global Mala Project, a world-wide fundraising event coinciding with the UN International Peace Day. The new Center for Urban Peace is committed to bringing teachings, practices and skills that develop the awareness and presence necessary to build a cohesive, sustainable social justice movement in the SF Bay Area and nationally.

The evening’s program will begin from 5pm to 6:30 with yoga and meditation, followed by an introduction by Founder and Spiritual Director for the Center for Urban Peace, Rev. angel Kyodo williams, author of the critically acclaimed book, Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living With Fearlessness and Grace. She will be joined by Aqeela Sherrills, activist, Founder and President of Community Self Determination Institute and Founder of the Reverence Movement and local spoken word poet, Founder of Poets for Global Justice, drew dellinger, whose poetry seeks justice where there is none.

The Grand Re/Opening will take place on Saturday, Sept 22nd from 5pm to 9pm at the new Center for Urban Peace located at 2584 Martin Luther King Jr. Way. For more info and to RSVP by Mon, Sept 17 call (877) PEACE2007 or email register [at] urbanpeace.com.