Saturday, July 30, 2005

Aug. 5: Disappeared in America


Adama Bah, 16, with the larger-than-life papier-mâché figures her classmates at the Heritage School made to protest her arrest.


Friday, August 5
5 PM-11PM

The Brecht Forum
451 West St. (West Side Hwy betw Bank & Bethune 1-1/2 blocks north of W. 11th)
(1,2,3 A,C to 14th st.)
(212) 242- 4201

5 PM: DISAPPEARED IN AMERICA exhibition (VISIBLE Collective)

Exhibiting from Aug 5-Aug 30 (previously exhibited at The Brooklyn Museum)

7 PM: PANEL DISCUSSION on arts and activism in an age of crisis:

8 PM: FUNDRAISER: America's Civil Liberties Crisis: Respond with Music and Solidarity!

Panel discussion: Artists & Activists Respond to the Civil Liberties Crisis
Naeem Mohaiemen (VISIBLE Collective),
Avideh Moussavian (NYImmigrant Coalition)
Aziz Huq (NYU Brennan Center)
Fariba Alam ("Bangla East Side")
Konrad Aderer ("The Alams")
+clips from "Bangla East Side," "The Alams" & "Disappeared."

FUNDRAISER FOR TWO TEENAGERS UNJUSTLY DETAINED & accused of being a threat to national security
Tashnuba Hyder (Bangladesh): detained and deported with family
Adama Bah (Guinea): detained and eventually released, all charges dropped

Former detainee Adama Bah, NYT
Family and friends of Tashnuba & Adama talk about the case

Followed by a Multicultural Extravaganza including:
Bengali musicians from the Bangladeshi Institute of performing Arts
Guinean musicians (Ahmadou Bah & Others)
Classical Musicians Including pianist tomoya kano
Classical Indian Dance (Samita of KAASH)
Spoken word artists, Others TBA; Film Clips

For more info iamourhaj@aol.com or call or 917 602 4450 All proceeds will be divided by the two families!

Emergency Families Fund / CAIR
c/o 9-11 relief program / Adem Carroll
166-26 89th Avenue
Jamaica, NY, 11432
Donations are tax exempt

(photo: Ruth Fremson/The New York Times)
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