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DESCRIPTION:WOMEN’S VOICES RISE UP   we are the ones we've been waiting for.....June 
 Jordan   The Culture Of Resistance To The Everlasting War  Saturday, 
 February 28th 7:30pm   at the Women’s Building 3543 18th street, SF   A 
 CONCERT OF WOMEN’S VOICES IN SONG, SPOKEN WORD, DANCE AND FILM   To 
 benefit grassroots women's projects in Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine   
 featuring:   UCHECHI KALU   Nigerian-born, Poet, Teacher and Survivor of 
 Life   SHAILJA PATEL   Spoken Word Explosion!   SPARLHA SWA   Music for 
 Spirit Uprising   SAMSARA   Passionate, Conscious A Capella, CD release!   
 SISTERZ OF THE UNDERGROUND   Extra Credit Cru   and a preview of the film   
 ART AS REVOLUTION   10$-20$ sliding scale, WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE,   
 http://www.womensvoicesriseup.org 415-642-9099        benefit for:   
 Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan   Union of 
 Palestinian Women Committees   Organization for Women's Freedom in Iraq   
 Artists Bios:   SPARLHA SWA   Sparlha Swa sings to you from the place where 
 sound meets spirit. An irresistable blend of soul and folk, with simple yet 
 powerful guitar accompaniment and profoundly moving lyrics, her voice 
 carries you into the deepest within yourself, and there offers insights 
 that heal, inspire, and   uplift. This music, often born of sorrow, for the 
 sake of release and rejoicing, covers issues both spiritual and political, 
 and holds uncompromisingly as its aim, the uprising.   ----------------   
 SISTERZ OF THE UNDERGROUND/EXTRA CREDIT CRU   Extra Credit Cru bio These 
 crazy bgirls have been together for almost 3 years now. They are part of 
 Sisterz of the Underground, an all female hiphop collective in the bay 
 area.   When they first started, they learned by themselves. Some of their 
 main influences have been the Hound Dawg  Truckers and Rock Steady Crew. 
 The members are: Jana Jones, Sarah Smalls, Nurseboogy, Crix, E-dub, A-ups, 
 Macha, Estairia, and Dr. Beantwerp. All of the girls bring there own unique 
 style in combination with the bboy foundation to represent the element to 
 the fullest. When they're not performing, they are out in the community 
 teaching at schools, community centers, homeless shelters, libraries, and 
 youth emancipation centers. You can check them out at 
 http://www.sisterzunderground.com.   -----------------   SAMSARA   Samsara 
 is an a capella women's trio who unite fierce, extraordinary vocal music 
 with passionate struggles for justice. They strive to connect the music of 
 struggle, freedom and tradition, creating the new generation of the culture 
 of resistance. Samsara's repertoire ranges from traditional folksongs, sea 
 songs, worksongs and spirituals with new arrangements, to satirical 
 parodies and original music on current topics, all with tight, searing, 
 dissonant and bittersweet harmonies and intricate vocal percussions. Loren 
 Olds, Rebecca Anders and Susan Appe are activists, teachers, musicians and 
 artists, and as Samsara they have been performing everywhere from the 
 streets to the Union   Halls. Samsara has taught workshops on using your 
 voice as resistance‚ across the country and have been an active 
 participants in, and organizers of, numerous benefits, protests and 
 demonstrations for social, economic and   environmental justice.   
 ------------   UCHECHI KALU   Nigerian-born outspoken poet and survivor of 
 life Uchechi Kalu is a Nigerian-born poet, performer,teacher and survivor 
 of life, who grew up in Missouri, Texas and Massachusetts. She has 
 conducted writing workshops at universities, prisons, high schools, after 
 school programs, and with the San Francisco WritersCorps program. She spent 
 five years with the late June Jordan's Poetry for the People program, 
 teaching at Berkeley High School, the Federal Corrections Institute at 
 Dublin, and at UC Berkeley, where she studied African-American History and 
 Creative Writing. She has performed at many venues and events throughout 
 the Bay Area and the West Coast, including the Afro Solo Festival, the 
 Radical Performance Fest, In the Street Theatre Festival, Intersection for 
 the Arts, with Rhodessa Jones‚ Medea Project and KPFA Radio. Her poems 
 have appeared in several literary journals and anthologies and on National 
 Public Radio, Revolutionary Voices (Alyson Books, 2000) and her book of 
 poetry, Flowers Blooming Against A Bruised Grey Sky, will be published by 
 Whit Press in 2004. She is also the recipient of a Hedgebrook residency for 
 women writers.   ----------   SHAILJA PATEL   A Kenyan Indian explosion on 
 the national US spoken word scene, Shailja Patel was 2001 Lambda Slam 
 Champion and 2000 Santa Cruz Slam champion. She was a featured panelist and 
 guest poet at the National Youth Slam Championships 2001. Her workshop, 
 "How Big Is Your Voice?" packed a room to overflow capacity and garnered 
 the highest attendance of any workshop at the 2001 National Poetry Slam in 
 Seattle. The first featured artist on the South Asian Literature and Art 
 Archive, thesala.com, she has appeared at slams, festivals and conferences  
  across North America. Recent highly-acclaimed, standing ovation 
 performances include Women Against War in San Francisco, Santa Rosa and 
 Santa Cruz; the 2003 annual conference of the National Council for Research 
 on Women at Mills College, 2002 National Conference of Asian and Pacific 
 Islander Law Students at UC Berkeley, and the   Radical Performance Fest (a 
 Bay Area Critics Choice Selection). Shailja shared the stage with Holly 
 Near, Michael Franti, and Ram Dass at Our Grief Is Not A Cry For War, the 
 9/11 anniversary concert at San Francisco’s Justin Hermann Plaza. Her 
 words, aired on the National Radio Project and KPFA (Flashpoints, APEX 
 Express, Hard Knocks Radio) have generated responses from activists and   
 academics worldwide.   -------------------------------   "ART AS 
 REVOLUTION"   "Art as Revolution" explores the beauty resulting from the 
 rare combination of artist and activist in individuals who have both talent 
 in their art and a strong message in their content. These artists are 
 visionaries who recognize the possibility of change and believe it is 
 attainable. Through their art, be it spoken word, music, rap, painting, or 
 puppeteering, these artists motivate and inspire revolution in others. They 
 are the impetus, the spark, the people who give a movement its motion and 
 accelerate its momentum. Art as activism is influential because the artist 
 is able to reach his or her audience through something enjoyable, something 
 that the audience experiences and connects to on an emotionally provoking 
 level. Putting emotion into a political stance turns politics into a dance 
 of which everyone can take part.     \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/05/30363.php
SUMMARY:Women's Voices Rise Up!
LOCATION:at the Women’s Building 3543 18th street, SF 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/05/30363.php
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