Attitudinal Healing Connection (AHC) invites the public to ArtEsteem’s 22nd Annual Art Exhibition, Reflections of Me and My World “Planting the Seeds of Change” at our location in West Oakland.
The ArtEsteem Artmobile will be at the Lunar New Year Bazaar, on Sunday, January 12th. We will be hosting a free art activity for the community to enjoy. Stop by and join us! This is a great event for the entire family!
The ArtEsteem ArtMobile will be located in Chinatown Oakland, on Franklin Street between 9th and 11th Street.
West Oakland Legacy and Leadership Project (WOLLP) youth are excited to host West Oakland Roots: A Story Slam.
From Pullman Porters to Free Breakfast Programs, from a bustling jazz center to urban renewal -- we gather youth and elders from our community to celebrate West Oakland’s deep and rich cultural heritage. Join us to listen to and share stories from this community, so that we can remember what was, discuss what is, and imagine what could be.
Space is limited. Please RSVP via the Facebook event page or email, info (at) ahc-oakland.org.
WOLLP is a dynamic youth arts and environmental activism program. Throughout the year, we attend environmental conferences, learn urban farming techniques, take camping trips, and dig into our own ancestry to create a deeper relationship with the land, our artistic skills, our roots, and one another. Our program encourages youth to develop powerful and educated voices that can create positive change for themselves, their families, their communities, and the earth as a whole.
WOLLP is brought to you by Attitudinal Healing Connection (AHC). For 30 years, AHC has been a positive force in Oakland, facilitating healing circles, youth leadership programs and art programs for underprivileged youth. We hope you will help us make a difference by joining this exciting event!
$10 suggested donation
What's a Story Slam?
Inspired by The Moth (themoth.org), and human tradition, a Story Slam is a community event to share stories around a theme. Storytellers (like YOU! -- if you’d like) will put their names in a hat and be chosen to tell a story at random. You can attend the slam with a prepared story, or just throw your name in when you're reminded of a story by someone else's. You also can choose to just listen to all the other stories people will be sharing.
Why?
Because storytelling makes us human, reminds us of who we are, where we come from and where we are going. West Oakland has an incredibly rich cultural history. It is important that this neighborhood is venerated for the people, movements, and the real, and sometimes hidden, histories that have made this place what it is today.
We hope to see you there!
AHC invites you to join in celebrating and acknowledging its 30th Anniversary Gala on November 16, 2019. We hope you will join us, invite your friends and together we can envision a world where only peace, love and resolution persists.
Location:
Oakland Scottish Rite Center
1547 Lakeside Dr
Oakland, CA 94612
RACE IS A POWERFUL ILLUSION" 🖐🏻 🖐🏿 🖐🏾
Each month we host a racial healing circle to explore color, language and culture. This environment is supportive and non-judgmental. Your facilitators, Aeeshah and Kokomon Clottey, are authors of the updated book, "Color Theory" and have been hosting racial healing circles for over 30 years.
Location:
Attitudinal Healing Connection
1980 Mandela Parkway
Oakland, CA 94607
Sliding scale, donations appreciated.
Each month we hold Mindful Drumming circles for the community.
This is the last Mindful Drumming for this year. This circle is for anyone who is interested in discovering the Djembe drum and learning how to tap into their own rhythm for self discovery. "Djembe" means "gathering" and is used for ability to provide sonic diversity, including natural sounds such as rain and thunder.
Beginners are welcomed and drums will be provided!
Location:
Attitudinal Healing Connection
1980 Mandela Parkway
Oakland, CA 94607
Sliding scale, donations appreciated.
The ArtEsteem Artmobile will be at Bioneers Conference on Saturday, October 19th. We will be hosting a free art activity where participants can illustrate what their dream city or world looks like. We encourage everyone to stop by and join us. This is a great event for the entire family!
Saturday, October 19th
10 Ave of the Flags
San Rafael, CA 94903
10:00am-6:00pm
Learn the transformative art of mindful drumming at our 2 session workshop. Beginners are welcomed and drums will be provided.
Attitudinal Healing Connection
1980 Mandela Parkway
Oakland, CA 94607
Saturday, October 12th and
Saturday, October 19th
10am-12pm
The cost of both workshops is $100. If you register before October 9th there is a savings of $20.
This workshop is for anyone who is interested in discovering the Djembe drum and learning how to tap into their own rhythm for self-discovery. "Djembe" means "gathering" and is used for the ability to provide sonic diversity, including natural sounds such as rain and thunder.
The series will be lead by Kokomon Clottey. Kokomon is from Ghana, West Africa and has captured the richness of his culture and the essence of mindful drumming as a healing modality in his book, Mindful Drumming: Ancient Wisdom for Unleashing the Human Spirit and Building Community. He has produced three albums; Love is the Answer, Mystic Vision, and Eternal Quest.
SIGN-UP TODAY > https://bit.ly/2lWuiYZ
The ArtEsteem Artmobile will be at the Life is Living Festival on Saturday, October 12th. We will be hosting a free art activity for the community to enjoy. Stop by and join us! This is a great event for the entire family!
Saturday, October 12th
1651 Adeline Street
Oakland, CA 94607
10:00am-7:00pm
Join us for a private screening of IMAGINARY WALLS at our beautiful space in West Oakland. There will be an opportunity for a Q&A session with members of the cast after the film.
Attitudinal Healing Connection
1980 Mandela Parkway
Oakland, CA 94607
Program:
6:30pm-7:00pm: Meet & greet with cast members
7:00pm-8:15pm: Imaginary Walls screening
8:15pm-9:15pm: Q&A with cast members
Summary:
AHC Founders, Kokomon and Aeeshah Clottey are the central subjects to IMAGINARY WALLS, A Documentary about Healing Racism. For over 30 years Kokomon and Aeeshah have hosted Racial Healing Circles in Oakland. The circles bring together a diverse group, with the specific intention of discussing their experiences and feelings about race. Aeeshah and Kokomon provide an environment that is safe, open-minded, and free from judgment. They stress that racism is a construct of an ill society; a mass delusion, and no one need feel guilt or shame about what they have felt or done in the past. The past is just that: the past. It can be released, let go, and participants can heal.
We are excited to announce our first Mindful Drumming Workshop series open to the public this summer. The Mindful Drumming Workshop will be lead by Kokoman Clottney, author of Mindful Drumming: Ancient Wisdom for Unleashing the Human Spirit and Building Community. We are proud to offer this workshop at an affordable price to children, youth and adults.
Register online at:
http://www.ahc-oakland.org/workshops/drum
Join us at our 19th Annual “Unleashing The Human Spirit Weekend Retreat,” surrounded by the majestic redwood forest in the Santa Cruz mountains. This three-day retreat will allow you to experience the healing silence that comes from being in harmony with mother earth.
This year we are celebrating over two decades of creativity and empowerment with our annual ArtEsteem Exhibition. Come support the work of ArtEsteem students throughout Oakland and the larger Bay Area.
This is a free event, but donations are appreciated.
Free Event
For more info contact ftmalik (at) ucdavis.edu
This is a free event, but donations are appreciated.
Free Event
image courtesy of the obamawhitehouse.archives.gov
Author Aeeshah Clottey and Author Kokomon Clottey Book Signing at Barnes & Noble
Discussion and Book Signing
5604 Bay Street
Emeryville, CA
Free event
