Occupy Philly arrived at October 15 in force!

Marty Harrison, PASNAP:

Diop Olugbala, Uhuru Movement:

Occupy Philly

On October 15, we are currently planning to march from our rally site at Independence Mall up Market Street to the Occupy Philly site at City Hall. Please spread the word and join us, and show solidarity with the occupation!

Algernon Cadwallader is Tank Burgman, Peter Helmis, and Joe Reinhart, 3 friends from Philadelphia who grew up playing loud, sloppy, fun music. We have all played together in different bands, with different people, but this lineup seemed to stick. We like to do things ourselves. Pete makes the t-shirt designs. We print all the shirts in our warehouse. Joe records and mixes all the music in his studio. We book our own tours. Tank does his own stand up comedy. Peter, Craig, and friends put out our records.

http://www.myspace.com/algernoncadwallader/friends
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Algernon-Cadwallader/39831642987?sk=info>/a>

Please leave a note in the Comments section below if you would like to sign up for yoga on October 15!

Jennifer was introduced to Ashtanga Yoga in the summer of 2004 by a friend who had a hunch she would benefit from it after a series of intense life changes. As a former gymnast and competitive athlete for more than 16 years, many postures came naturally, but also lead to injury–at which point she decided to journey down a more prudent and mindful study of what yoga entailed in all it’s forms–this lead to teacher training in the Fall of 2009. She also enjoys acrobatic yoga, slackline yoga ( tight rope) , climbing, and running, and finds traditional yoga practice to be a great compliment to all of these endeavors. Jennifer finds that yoga is always there to support you, like a comfortable and constant friend, and thinks of the mat as safe space where the one “learns to abide in one’s true nature” (as the sutras say!)

Conversations with Enemies will be playing at October 15!

Check out their video:

Starting in 2008 in West Philadelphia, CWE was electrified and brought to life. Combining blaring trumpet with sweet guy-girl harmonies, they will get even the most stubborn wall flower off their feet. Surf-pop blended with gypsy folk, CWE will make you feel like a sunny day even on the coldest winter night.

Website: http://www.conversationswithenemies.com/
Music: http://conversationswithenemies.bandcamp.com/

Kevin Price has been engaged in radical social justice activism for the past 15 years. He moved to the Philadelphia area from Norfolk, VA in 2001 to organize around the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. He has remained very involved in work around political prisoners and strives to strengthen the bonds between political prisoner struggles and anti-war, anti-prison and radical environmental organizing. When he has time he writes songs that often reflect these goals.

A Tribe Called Masmoudi will be performing on Oct 15 as part of our cultural fair. They will be doing freestyle dance as a tribute to the peoples under attack in the US abroad, in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia.

A TRIBE CALLED MASMOUDI is a fun and diverse group of bellydancers who practice under the direction of Khuzama Lavender. “The Tribe” are schooled in traditional and modern bellydance styles and have perfomed at shows, private parties and large public events. This fusion group performs practiced choreographies or continuous improvisational dancing and is family friendly.

Brujo De La Mancha

Brujo De La Mancha has been performing for over five years as the Cofounder of Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac, Philadelphia’s only arts organization to teach indigenous Mexican culture, language and dance. At Philly Against War’s Rally and Cultural Affair, Brujo will perform traditional music and dance with children from a workshop he teaches.

I am an multidisciplinary, self-taught artist. Born in Mexico City, into a mixed family of Mexican Indigenous and Spanish working class. In my childhood during visits to my father’s family around Xico, Veracruz in Mexico, I experienced the surviving Mayan, Olmec and Catholic cultures: traditional farming, and popular crafts that represent and express the life of the indigenous Mexican people. Later, I cultivated a sense of freedom to express my personal dreams and reality by immersing myself in indigenous cultures in the states of Oaxaca, Veracruz, Puebla, Michoacan and Tlaxcala. I grew up believing and experiencing independent thinking, realizing that people are rich in resourcefulness in their own power for self-control. My paternal grandmother migrated from Xico, Veracruz to Mexico City before I was born, and I have continued this family experience with my own migration to Philadelphia PA. USA, on February of 1998, where I have joined the diversity of lives and cultural exchanges of this city. In Mexico, a great emphasis is placed on the connection between human beings and the natural world. In 2007, I got my Aztec name “Tletxayacoatl” (The Snake with the Face on Fire) in a summer solstice ceremonial in Chicago with Master “Ocelocoatl” (The jaguar & Snake) and Master “Xavier Quijas Yxayotl”. I also won a grant from The Institute for Cultural Partnership to learn how to make “Tlapizcalli” Clay flutes, with the Master “ Xavier Quijas Yxayotl”. This has been the first time that I have received some training in art, and yet I later went on to make a clay instrument, of my own called “Ehekachiktli” -The Dead Whistle- an instrument that is very old.

For more information, videos and sound bytes:

http://www.ollinyoliztlicalmecac.org/
http://www.brujodelamancha.com/
http://www.myspace.com/292534627