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DESCRIPTION:Come hang out for a chill night of films, stories and vibes that celebrate 
 breaking free and finding your own path.\n\nBAY-Peace & Back to the Start 
 invites you to Reflections for Freedom! A Dual-film screening featuring 
 Reflections for Freedom and Free Our Kids. At the core of these films are 
 the raw, deeply personal stories and poetry from currently and formerly 
 incarcerated individuals about overcoming and growing up at the 
 intersection of poverty, violence, and systemic racism. Our 
 intergenerational panel discussion will bring our communities together to 
 reflect on how investments in youth, art and culture hold the keys to a 
 freer future, where cycles of systemic harm and violence cease to exist. 
 We'll hear directly from individuals whose lived experiences challenge 
 dominant narratives and deepen our understanding of how cycles of harm take 
 root and how they can be transformed.\n\n\nAbout the Films:\n\nFree Our 
 Kids, directed by Clarence Ford and Leilani Salvador, filmed by Christian 
 Collins, celebrates the historic victory of the Free Our Kids Coalition in 
 halting the $75 Million, 100-120-bed proposed expansion of Camp Sweeney 
 Juvenile Detention Center in 2018. The film documents how Oakland based 
 youth organizations and their young leaders are centering healing and 
 culture to empower youth leaders at the forefront of our local movement for 
 peace and justice.\n\nReflections Behind Bars, directed by Sundance and 
 Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Jacob Kornbluth, was filmed inside San 
 Quentin. This moving documentary captures a landmark gathering where 
 incarcerated writers, policymakers, and community members came together to 
 share stories and explore bold, evidence-based solutions to break cycles of 
 trauma and incarceration.\n\nFeaturing Panelists:\n\nAnthony Ammons Jr, 
 Formerly incarcerated human being; Special Projects Coordinator for the 
 California Attorney General\n\nBrian Asey Gonsoulin Cofounder, Back to the 
 Start; former Executive Director, San Quentin Prison Report\n\nLeilani 
 Salvador Director, BAY-Peace, Producer, Free Our Kids film, Community Based 
 Artist\n\nTandi “Tae” Thomas Student, Former Community Organizing 
 Fellow, Young Women’s Freedom Center\n\nSpecial Guest Panelist:\n\nMia 
 Bonta, State Assembly Member District 18\n\n\n\nGuest Poetry and Dance 
 performances by Back to the Start & BAY-Peace members:\n\nJessie 
 Milo\n\nMia Diaz\n\nLondon Ross\n\nLayla Bell\n\n\n\nAbout the 
 Organizations:\n\nBAY-Peace offers holistic youth leadership programs where 
 we empower Bay Area youth to transform and heal from militarism, systemic 
 violence and intergenerational trauma. Founded by a veteran, educators and 
 youth artists in Oakland, CA to offer alternatives to military recruitment 
 of youth, they have continued to expose the many interconnected forms of 
 militarism and systemic violence disproportionately impacting low-income 
 youth of color through violence at home and abroad. Their grassroots 
 organizing, policy advocacy and community based art projects are grounded 
 in Youth Participatory Action Research to help support the timely needs for 
 youth with healing and transforming violence.\n\n\nBack to the Start is a 
 non-profit that produces powerful narratives underscoring the need for 
 critical investments in early childhood and family resources. Co-led by 
 incarcerated individuals at San Quentin and a former Chief Physician and 
 Surgeon of California’s prison health care system, the new narrative 
 series is written by incarcerated persons reflecting on the arc of their 
 lives from childhood to incarceration with the goal of raising public 
 awareness and galvanizing support for systems change to dismantle the 
 cradle-to-prison pipeline.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/06/04/18886573.php
SUMMARY:Reflections for Freedom "Reflections Behind Bars & "Free Our Kids" Film Screening
LOCATION:The New Parkway Theatre (474 24th St, Oakland, CA 94612)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/06/04/18886573.php
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