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BoomShake Music, in partnership with the Black Cultural Zone, as part of Oakland Juneteenth Liberation Month invites you to a community arts & culture gathering sparked by the seeds, roots, and branches of artist, teacher, mother, and friend Monica Hastings-Smith aka Mo’ Clearly, who transitioned to the ancestor realm in June 2021.
Mo’ Roots Fest 2023
‘Dynamic, Daring, Delightful Dandelion’
Celebrating the Life, Love, & Legacy of Monica Hastings-Smith
June 10, 2023
1 - 6PM
Liberation Park, Oakland, CA
This year’s theme ‘Dynamic, Daring, Delightful Dandelion’ is inspired by ‘The Dandelion Song’, which was co-created by Mo’ and her 4/5 year-old forest school music students in 2018. The song celebrates the beauty, richness, and resilience of the Dandelion. Although many in society view them as weeds to kill and get rid of, Dandelions have many medicinal and healing benefits and are experts of survival.
VENUE + PARKING:
- Liberation Park / Black Cultural Zone, 7101 Foothill, Oakland
- Parking available off 73rd street near the McDonald’s
- Food vendors on site (TBA)
- Porta-potties and handwashing stations on site
ACCESSIBILITY:
- Liberation Park is wheelchair accessible and close to the Eastmont Transit Center bus stop. The park terrain is flat but not completely smooth.
- We will have designated ADA seating as well as ASL interpretation for the performances.
- 2 of the porta-potties are ADA-compliant.
- Please email boomshakemusic@gmail.com if you have accessibility needs not addressed here.
WHAT TO BRING:
- Bring an offering for the altar, and a drum if you have one.
- Please wear your face mask for our collective safety.
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DANDELION SONG
By Monica Hastings-Smith, ZioraMmachi Bender-deMoll, Johnnie Mae Taylor, Akira Pearl Williams-Rawlings,
Come pick some dandelions in the forest with me
We’re making medicine
We’re making tea
We dig the roots
We pick the leaves
