Poetic Circle for Leonard Peltier, a Benefit for the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee
WORLD-RANGING MIX OF poets and musicians in Benefit at Justice league
EVENT: DATE and TIME: Monday, June 26, 8:00-10:30 p.m.
VENUE: Justice League, 626 Divisadero, San Francisco
PERFORMERS: the ALI KHAN BAND, Native Drummers; writers DON BAJEMA, DIANE DIPRIMA (poems for Leonard), MARC BAMUTHI JOSEPH, DON PAUL, WANDA SABIR, and Youth Speaks poets BIKO, JASON MATEO, LAUREN QUINN and TIGER WALSH; musicians BABATUNDE LEA (percussion), RICHARD HOWELL (saxophones and talking-drum), KASH KILLION (cello and sarangi), and LISA MOSKOW (electric sarod).
ADMISSION: $5-20 sliding-scale
CONTACT: SAKURA KONE, 415-421-8622. On the 25th anniversary of the gunfight on Pine Ridge Reservation that has led to 24 years in Federal Prisons for LEONARD PELTIER, the celebrated Native American activist, painter and writer, a wide range of San Francisco Bay Area performers will gather to honor him and to demand his release through Parole or Executive Clemency.
Writers DON BAJEMA (Boy on a Swing), DIANE DIPRIMA (her poems for Leonard read by her grand-daughter), Slam-winner MARC BAMUTHI JOSEPH, DON PAUL (AmeriModern, Just Like You), WANDA SABIR, and Youth Speaks poets BIKO, JASON MATEO, LAUREN QUINN and TIGER WALSH will be joined by BABATUNDE LEA (percussion), RICHARD HOWELL (saxophones and talking-drum), KASH KILLION (cello and sarangi), and LISA MOSKOW (electric sarod).
Native drummers will set a leading tone for the event. The ALI KHAN BAND will perform an acoustic set.
BOBBY CASTILLO, International Representative of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, will speak on long-term Governmental midhandling of Leonard's case, the latest news about it, and worldwide efforts for his release.
FREE LEONARD PELTIER THIS YEAR!
Call the White House Comments Line Today Demand Justice for Leonard Peltier! 202-456-1111
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee PO Box 583 Lawrence, KS 66044 785-842-5774 www.freepeltier.org
