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Artists and Speakers
Opal Palmer Adisa Celebrated Novelist, Poet and Educator • American Book Award Winner for her poetry collection Tamarind and Mango Women
• Diversity educator focusing on racism, sexism, homophobia and internalized oppression
Ana María Alvarez Founding Artistic Director of the Acclaimed Salsa-based, Urban-Latin Dance Theater Company Contra-Tiempo • Taking the Lead: Redefining Afro Latin Dance to Empower and Connect Communities
• Reclaiming the Latino Voice in Latino Dance and Salsa
Blase Bonpane Director of the Office of the Americas • Author of two books - Guerrillas of Peace on the Air and Common Sense for the 21st Century
• Building an International Peace System
Bill Fletcher, Jr. Leading Labor, Racial Justice and International Solidarity Leader • Co-author of Solidarity Divided, The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice
• Founder of the Center for Labor Renewal and past president of TransAfrica Forum
Marc Bamuthi Joseph A Leading Voice in Performance and Arts Education • National Poetry Slam champion, Broadway veteran, dancer/choreographer and featured artist on Russell Simmons' Def Poetry on HBO
• Recipient of the U.S. Artists Rockefeller Fellowship which annually recognizes 50 of the country's "greatest living artists"
devorah major Accomplished Poet, Novelist, Performer • Books include Ice Journeys, street smarts and An Open Weave
• Served as San Francisco’s Poet Laureate from 2002-2006
Films
Salud! Sometimes help comes from unexpected places...a look at Cuba's acclaimed health care system
