Fwd: Pls Read: Open Call for Beyond the Block Festival

Jan Bindas-Tenney

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Do you all think movement space should table at the festival and get paper surveys filled out?

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Subject:	Pls Read: Open Call for Beyond the Block Festival
Date:	Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:50:11 -0400
From:	Thanu Yakupitiyage <tha...@gmail.com>
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I am writing to tell you about a major community festival that I have been involved with organizing in collaboration with organizers/activists and community organizations in Brooklyn this summer. The effort came out of many conversations including the ways in which communities of color and immigrants are often not at the center of mass organizing efforts and how to push different kinds of creative local community-based initiatives. The fruits of this summer effort is the Beyond the Block Festival (more info on the festival + the flyer is below) taking place on Saturday, September 22nd from 1 - 8pm.

I am writing with an open call for two things: [Feel free to forward to people you think may be interested]

1) If you are affiliated with a group or community organization and the mission of the festival appeals and is relevant to you, would you like to table or provide resources or a workshop at the event? If so - please fill in this form by clicking HERE. The deadline is Monday, September 17th.

2) Would you be willing to VOLUNTEER to help do outreach this weekend AND/OR to help be community security or program support during the festival itself on September 22nd? We are in serious need for volunteers. If you can, please fill out this form by clicking HERE. We need volunteers ASAP. There will also be a conference call for volunteers next Wednesday, Sept 19th (info in the volunteer link).

MORE ON BEYOND THE BLOCK (if you have any questions feel free to contact me at tha...@gmail.com)-

Beyond The Block creates a space where music meets community. In its inaugural year, Beyond the Block is taking place in Sunset Park and a months-long intentional process of collaborating with groups who support Latino, Arab, and Asian immigrant communities in Sunset Park and Bay Ridge led to the selection of a musical line-up and community resources tailored to needs of these multiple communities. Click HERE for the mission and vision.

Beyond The Block is a collaboration between Beyond Digital, Dutty Artz, The Arab American Association of New York, CAAAV-NY, La Union, La Casita Comunal de Sunset Park, and individual artists and Brooklyn-based community members. The outdoor event is free and open to the public. It will take place on the afternoon of Saturday September 22nd, from 1-8pm, at Rainbow Park in Brooklyn on 6th Ave. between 55th and 56th Streets. (Flyers and resources have also been translated to Arabic, Chinese, and Spanish)