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SUMMARY:5th Annual Freedom Festival with Taína Asili y la Banda Rebelde
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our 5th annual Freedom Festival. There will be free music\, free food\, free art activities and lots more to celebrate and motivate the spirit of creative resistance outdoors at Freedom Square—featuring the local band that rocked the stage at the Women’s March on Washington! Enjoy music by Taina Asili and more!  \n\n\n\nRain location is next door at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsor Activity Tables\n\n\n\n\nSanctuary Art: Freedom Flags / Facepainting with volunteers from LUSH! / plus more\n\n\n\nChildrens’ Museum:  With live animals\n\n\n\nNATURE Lab Troy Citizen Science:  Perfume botany station plus styrofoam-eating mealworms \n\n\n\nCornell Cooperative Extension\n\n\n\nTransition Troy: Bike powered smoothies and more\n\n\n\nNorth Central Little League\n\n\n\nUnity House: Resources showcase\n\n\n\nThe Friends of the Library: Sign up for a library card on the spot\n\n\n\nTroy Zero Waste: Compost arts and eco-education activities\n\n\n\nLeague of Women Voters of Rensselaer County: register to vote\n\n\n\nLeaders Leading Troy: Stop the Violence presentation\n\n\n\nTEAM HERO / BLOCK: Stop the Violence poetry by Diamond Owens and Tai Nikki O\n\n\n\nTroy Bike Rescue: Bike Auction \n\n\n\nCapital Women: “March for Truth” sign-making table  \n\n\n\nTroy Sanctuary movement: info table\n\n\n\nCompassion and Choices NY\n\n\n\n\nFood\n\n\n\n\nBarbeque by Unity House \n\n\n\nCollard City Growers delights integrated into delicious food from our KitchenSanctuary chefs Azure\, Jonathan\, Intaba\, Jim and others!\n\n\n\nCake from Bella Napoli and sweet deserts!\n\n\n\n\nMusic\n\n\n\nTaina Asili is a Puerto Rican singer\, songwriter\, bandleader and activist carrying on the tradition of her ancestors\, fusing past and present struggles into one soulful and defiant voice. Residing in Albany\, NY\, she performs her social justice with her eight-piece band\, Taína Asili y la Banda Rebelde. Taína Asili’s voice exudes strength of Spirit\, filling listeners with the fervor for freedom and inspiring audiences dance to the rhythm of rebellion. During Taína Asili’s 20-year career of creating music for social change she has toured the country many times\, toured Europe from Ireland to Germany\, and has performed in Canada\, Mexico\, and Puerto Rico. Taína Asili has performed at many well-known festivals and venues\, sharing the stage with renowned artists and activists such as Talib Kweli\, Cornel West\, Ursula Rucker\, Sonia Sanchez\, Tom Morello\, Paula Cole\, Jello Biafra\, and The Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars.http://tainaasili.com/ \n\n\n\nKatani is a melodic\, lyrical duo of hip hop performance Raptivists committed to truth telling\, self-loving and consciousness raising\, based in Troy and Albany. They are devoted to unlearning the ideas that keep us all in chains and sharing our truth through the arts as a way to heal\, connect\, find joy\, grow and make space for those often silenced. Their RebelRap Floweticism is influenced by a roster of greats such as Lady of Rage\, Queen Latifah\, Lauryn Hill\, Beyoncé\, Billie Holiday\, Janet Jackson\, Erykah Badu\, Jamila Woods\, Janelle Monáe\, Frank Ocean\, Motown\, Kemba\, Kendrick Lamar and The Internet to name a few.http://www.misogynah.com/ \n\n\n\nWith presentations by: \n\n\n\nBLOCK / Team Hero– Stop the Violence presentation\, poem by Diamond Owens and Tai Nikki O \n\n\n\nLeaders Leading Troy — Stop the Violence presentation.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/5th-annual-freedom-festival-with-taina-asili-y-la-banda-rebelde/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Performance
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