On International Mother Language Day (Sunday 21 February 2016), approximately 100 people gathered at the Awaken Cafe in Oakland for an afternoon of storytelling.
Given the accidental all-male line up of our inaugural event, this show consisted of female storytellers, all currently living in the San Francisco East Bay.
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The Details
Where: Awaken Cafe, Oakland, California
When: 21 February, 2016
Format: Freestanding event
Storytellers: Kumu Kau’i Peralto (Hawaiian), Audrey Koti (Shona), Asantewa Darko (Twi), Fuey Saelee (Iu Mien), Thaen Saelee (Iu Mien), Smret Solomon (Tigrigna), Feven Hedru (Tigrigna), Rassidatou Konate (Dafing), Kanyon Sayers-Roods (Ohlone).
Production: Nadia Chaney, Steven Bird, Robyn Perry
Sponsorship: Kumu, UC Berkeley Linguistics Department, The Language Conservancy
Photography: Andrew Cheng, Steven Bird
Program: pdf