TONIGHT! Culture & Resistance: A Night of Performance & Music to Urge Justice for Kayla Moore


Black Trans* Women's Lives Matter is co-sponsoring 'Culture & Resistance: A Night of Performance & Music to Urge Justice for Kayla Moore' (an unarmed Black trans woman killed by Berkeley police inside her own home. More info: www.JusticeForKaylaMoore.wordpress.com )

Where: Ashkenaz, 1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, California
When: 7:30 pm (doors), 8:00 pm (program begins)
More info: Facebook event (HERE)
Tickets: Buy HERE  - $15 day of / $10 advance

Join us to celebrate and honor Kayla Moore and build support her family. We welcome you to bring something to place on our altar for Kayla.

The night will feature:
~ Tasha, a one-woman play by Cat Brooks, based on the 2015 murder of Natasha McKenna by Virginia police. Followed by a talk-back with Kayla's sister Maria Moore and Cat Brooks.
~ Po' Poets from POOR Magazine.
~ Kaila Love, Berkeley-based rapper, singer and songwriter.
~ Gina Madrid aka Raw-G, Oakland based rapper, emcee

Sponsored by Justice 4 Kayla Moore, Anti Police-Terror Project, Berkeley Copwatch, and Black Trans Women's Lives Matter.

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