Angela Davis and Alicia Garza

Name: Angela Davis and Alicia Garza
Start: 2022-09-06T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-09-06T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Anacostia

Date and Time

Sep 6, 2022 6:00 pm

Location

Anacostia

2004 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20020

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Description:

Busboys and Poets is celebrating its 17th Anniversary with a historic event featuring political activist, scholar, and author Angela Davis in conversation with co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter Alicia Garza.

Join us for an intimate conversation between the iconic pair as they discuss Dr. Davis’ life, indelible legacy, abolition, racial and gender equality, feminism, and the birth of social justice movements.

This will be Angela Davis' first public appearance East of the River!

Angela Y. Davis is Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies at UC Santa Cruz. An activist, writer, and lecturer, her work focuses on prisons, police, abolition, and the related intersections of race, gender, and class. She is the author of many books, from Angela Davis: An Autobiography (now available in a new edition) to Freedom Is a Constant Struggle.

Alicia Garza believes that Black communities deserve what all communities deserve — to be powerful in every aspect of their lives. An innovator, strategist, organizer, and cheeseburger enthusiast, Alicia founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and the co-founder of Supermajority, She shares her thoughts on politics and pop culture on her podcast, Lady Don’t Take No. Alicia warns you: hashtags don’t start movements — people do.

FREE AND OPEN TO ALL. RSVP Requested. Seating will be available on a first come, first seated basis.

Limited reserved seats by purchasing an Angela Davis book are available via Eventbrite. One book = One seat. We will reserve pre-purchased book buyer seats up until the event start time. Pre-purchased book buyers will not be guaranteed a seat after 5:45 pm. We highly suggest you arrive no later than 5:30pm to be seated. No additional saved nor reserved seats allowed.
Remaining seats throughout the space are free and available and will be first come, first served. We will project sound to our large outdoor patio.
Books by Angela Davis and Alicia Garza will be available for purchase at the event.

Full menu and bar will be available throughout the event. This event is full-store.

If you cannot attend, this event will be live-streamed on the Busboys and Poets YouTube and Facebook page @busboysandpoets