BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18748592 SEQUENCE:18857568 CREATED:20140101T034900Z DESCRIPTION:All Families of Love one killed by Gun Violence, Please bring an 8x10 photo and Love one favorite color balloon to be release.\n\nCome meet us at the Grant Station for the 5th annual vigil/celebration for Oscar Grant to be held on New Year’s Day at the Grant Station (Fruitvale BART Station).\n\nJoin the Oscar Grant family on this Day of Remembrance!...\nWE ARE ALL STILL OSCAR GRANT\n\nSPEAK OUT:\n\n• Family of murdered victims\n• Artist\n• Community Activist\n\nLIVE Performances:\n\n• Libation\n• African-Native-Latino Ceremony\n• Poetry, music, spoken word\n• Candle lighting, Balloon Releasing\n• Words of inspiration Min. Keith Muhammad\n• RGB--Young Gifted and Black--Our Children\n\nGUEST APPEARANCES:\n\nRyan Coogler -- Director of Fruitvale Station\n\nSkyler Jett -- Preforming "Peace is the Answer"\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl0zUwLoRzM\n\nTaylor Burrise,\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDIPnh9yl-o\n\nSabel\n\nRankin Scroo,\nhttps://www.facebook.com/events/588176761237297/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar\n\nKev Choice,\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxELIiH4Q9Q#t=44\n\nA.D.Burrise\n\nJasiri X -- Preforming\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kvI1McyLPI#t=42\n\nRas Ceylon ", Ras Ceylon is an emcee, educator and organizer bringing revolutionary music, a hip-hop meets reggae dynamic and explosively conscious lyrics."\n\nSellassie Blackwell Lyrical, Positive Hip Hop. artist representing the Bay Area will be doing a tribute to Oscar Grant.\n\nAnd many more artist to be announced\n\n\nWHY:\n\n1. We Are ALL STILL Oscar Grant\n2. We should never forget\n3. Release a balloon in the name of your Love one Killed\n4. Come to embrace and Support all who have lost a Love one to Gun Violence\n5. Show your Love to Oscar Grant daughter, Tatiana, now 8yrs old\n\nMuch Love from Tatiana and family of Oscar Grant, Hope to see you at the vigil!! "We Are All Still Oscar Grant".\n\nThere will be poetry, music, spoken word, candle lighting, Balloon releasing and speak out.\n\n“Every tragedy represents an opportunity to move the agenda for justice forward.” We cannot forget and will not forget what happen on January 1, 2009 at 2:11 am. Join us in remembering and celebrating our martyr comrade brother, Oscar Grant. His life was taken to remind us that We Are All Oscar Grant.\n\nIt was the COMMUNITY that led to the resignation of Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff.\n\nIt was the COMMUNITY that led to the resignation of Bart Chief of Police, Chief Gee.\n\nIt was the COMMUNITY that led to the resignation of Bart General Manager, Dorothy Dugger.\n\nIt was the COMMUNITY that led to the resignation of police officer Johannes Mehserle.\n\nIt was the COMMUNITY that led to the Department of Justice to open a investigation of Civil Rights violation against the Bart Police.\n\nIt was the COMMUNITY that led the demonstration Downtown Oakland, making it known, "No Justice, No Peace".\n\nIt was the COMMUNITY that joined with the ILWU Local 10 to shutdown l the ports in Northern California.\n\nIt was the COMMUNITY that helped usher in the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals establishing that using stun guns without an imminent threat of harm is unreasonable.\n\nThe COMMUNITY have made HISTORY, not VICTORY for the first time in 458 years of California History a officer was charged, arrested, convicted and sentenced to prison for killing a unarmed Black Man in the line of duty. Victory is when we have DESTROYED a racist criminal justice system and replaced with a true Freedom, Justice & Equality for ALL people!\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/12/31/18748592.php SUMMARY:Oscar Grant 5th annual vigil/celebration @ Grant Station LOCATION:Fruitvale BART Station\nOakland URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/12/31/18748592.php DTSTART:20140101T200000Z DTEND:20140101T230000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR