Mo' Roots Fest
Mo' Roots Fest 2023: Call for Artists & Performers
We invite performers, healers, artistic and cultural educators, visual and installation artists, vendors, and
cultural creatives to propose offerings (cultural/artistic workshops, interactive activations, lives
performances, food, healing & wellness activities) inspired by this years ‘Dynamic, Daring, Delightful
Dandelion’ theme and/or Monica’s life, love & legacy.
Invited participants will receive a modest honorarium, or may choose to donate theirs to the community pot.
Please submit interest by March 22, 2023.
June 10, 2023
1 - 6PM
Liberation Park, Oakland, CA
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
Come and pick some dandelions in the forest with me
Save the Date: Mo' Roots Fest 2023
Please save the date for our second annual Mo' Roots Fest:
‘Dynamic, Daring, Delightful Dandelion’
Celebrating the Life, Love, & Legacy of Monica Hastings-Smith
June 10, 2023
1 - 6PM
Liberation Park, Oakland, CA
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.
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.
Mo' Roots Fest
Celebrating the Life, Love, & Legacy of Monica Hastings-Smith
We invite you to gather as an intergenerational community to honor and celebrate Monica Hastings-Smith, our mentor, auntie, and musical director, who transitioned to the ancestor realm in June 2021.
Date: Saturday, June 18, 2022
Time: 1:00–6:00 pm
Location: Liberation Park, 7101 Foothill, Oakland
FEATURING
Performances:
*Afro Peruvian Coalition
*BoomShake
*Gbedu Town Radio
*Manzanita SEED Elementary
*MJ's Brass Boppers
Art and Altar Installations:
*Julia LaChica
*Lola Caballero
*Vivian Adriana Renteria
*Afro Urban Society
Interactive Activities and Workshops:
*Abundant Beginnings + Mitali Purkayastha
*Girls Rock Camp
*House/full of BlackWomen
*Kulture Freedom Trivia Tournament
Dancing
Drumming
Food Vendors
Drawing
on Monica’s life, love, and creativity, we will gather to celebrate
their legacy and carry it forward. As we continue to learn and grow with
Teacher Auntie Monica as our ancestor, BoomShake members, collaborating
artists, and community participants will showcase songs, stories,
musical compositions, performance pieces, visual art, and poetry.
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