A guided, interactive, multi-channel vocal and rhythmic public ceremony to witness and transmute grief & joy.
About this Event
Join Artist As First Responder & the Black Women In Mourning & Joy Collective for
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A guided, interactive, multi-channel vocal and rhythmic ceremony to witness and transmute grief from state-sanctioned violence, displacement, and death.
This public ritual is offered in conjunction with the 1-800-Happy Birthday project that celebrates the heavenly birthdays of the Black and Brown lives killed by police violence.
Curator/Host: Ashara Ekundayo
Sonic Healing Guides: Tossie Long & Miles Lassi of Red Clay Sound Haus
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
6:00p - 8:30p
In-Person at the Black Panther Party Museum
1427 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612
Sliding Scale/Suggested Donation $5-$12 NOTAFLOF
RSVP Required
Every Body Welcome, All Ages - ADA Accessible
Community Partners: the Huey P. Newton Foundation, Oakland ReCAST
ABOUT:
The Black Women in Mourning & Joy Collective is an itinerant, invite-only, arts and social practice experiment coordinated by independent curator, public archivist, and artist Ashara Ekundayo in Oakland, CA. Through guided storytelling, journaling, and creative workshops, women & femmes gather to collectively witness and transmute trauma, grief and rage into art work. Our practice accesses and honors color, sound, movement, and writing in ritual conversation with the elements of earth, air, water, fire, and ether. Past gatherings have included workshops in glass blowing, lino-cut print making, indigo tie-dying, cooking, and sound healing.
is an arts collective and platform founded in 2018 by interdisciplinary, independent curator Ashara Ekundayo, that creates sacred spaces for imagination, investigation, production, conservation and rest by centering the work of artists whose practices heal communities and save lives.
Through a 4-point interactive arts platform we engage and collaborate with global communities through public forums, residencies, archives, and exhibitions.
8088 is the avant-garde sonic duo of Grammy-nominated multidisciplinary artist Tossie Long and acclaimed composer–sound designer Miles Lassi. They fuse eco-sonic alchemy, electronic innovation, and diasporic cosmology into a multi-channel, mycelium-rooted soundscape. Long’s voice known as the Bone Rattler and Lassi’s cross-genre mastery weave ancestral frequencies into surreal dimensions, sculpting bold architectures of sound. Together, 8088 transforms spaces into surreal sonic terrains where experimental composition meets the primal resonance of the human voice and the raw textures of the earth.
Photo Credit: Paul Fusco Estate - Women in Mourning & Outrage, 2000, NYC
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Black Panther Party Museum, 1427 Broadway, Oakland, United States
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