MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT 2!
Just finished the MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT 2! flyer for the Mamas of Color Rising organization.Ă‚Â A collective ofĂ‚Â working classĂ‚Â and poor mothers of color based in and around Austin, TX. Mamas of Color Rising focuses on issues like access to food, housing,Ă‚Â education and safety in the community. This special benefit is being put together to help raise funds, and raise awareness.Ă‚Â An all-female MC showcase with performers like Invincible, Las Krudas, Lah Tere, and many more will be reppin’ including some live art by yours truly:) Looking forward to this trip, and reconnecting with my Austin hommies. Check us out: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6th, 9pm, @The Collective. Texas peeps, get your advance tix $15 here:Ă‚Â http://bit.ly/RWKamhĂ‚Â or ($20 at the door) Special shout out to the team at theĂ‚Â Center for Women’s & Gender Studies at the University of Austin, Texas for making this project possible.
Mama Said Knock You Out! 2
A Benefit for Mamas of Color Rising
Saturday, October 6, 2012, 9pm-2am
Hosted by: Mz Marlah
Featuring: Invincible, Las Krudas, Lah Tere, Yoli, T-Fly, Tru Bloo, DJ Trinity, DJ T-Kay, Tiger Lily
Live Art by: Toofly www.tooflynyc.com
@ The Collective, 2015 E. Riverside Drive, Suite C
Tickets $15Ă‚Â Online, $20 @DoorAlso…
Friday, October 5, 2012, 5:30-7:30pm  Women in Hip Hop Roundtable  @ The Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River Street
These events are also projects of the conferenceĂ‚Â Rethinking Power & Resistance: Gender & Human Rights from Texas to the Transnational Americas, brought to you by the UT Center for Women’s & Gender Studies Embrey Women’s Human Rights Initiative**. Co-sponsored by allgo: Statewide Queer People of Color Organization, Center for Asian American Studies, Center for Mexican American Studies, Community Engagement Center, Department of English, Gender & Sexuality Center, Humanities Institute, Indigenous Women’s Network/Alma de Mujer, Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault, Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies, Mamas of Color Rising, Native American & Indigenous Studies, Quilombola, Hutto Visitation Program, Rapoport Center for Human Rights & Justice, Texas after Violence Project, University of Texas Libraries, Warfield Center for African and African American Studies.
