Our Family Coalition was hugely honored to collaborate with with Abundant Beginnings, Bolochos San Francisco, SURJ Bay Area Youth and Families, SURJ SF – Showing Up for Racial Justice and Kehilla Community Synagogue to create a loving and peaceful space for all families to come together while the grown up world spent the weekend trying to figure out how to confront overt racism and anti-semitism in our own back yard.
The “Family Art Build and Teach In to Fight White Supremacy,” held at the Kehilla Community Synagogue in Oakland, boasted close to 100 kids and families sitting in circles, reading anti-racist children’s books, learning chants for liberation and just having a raucous good time! Outside one could see four and five year olds collaborating on making Black Lives Matter signs, and in the back room families sat in dialog circles to talk about our greatest hopes and fears for our children living in a time where the words Nazi, KKK and White Supremacists have been part of our daily conversations more than usual.
The Artivists, “three intersectional feminists that use art for activism,” provided us with the opportunity to silk screen T-shirts with a powerful fist image stating “No Silence in the Face of Bigotry.” On top of all this were healthy snacks for all! Kids and families were able to have challenging conversations with each other, with the support of a beloved community and in an environment of solidarity.
OFC stands proudly with all marginalized communities and also appreciated the intentional efforts to lift up the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people present, and to create a positive and beautiful place where we could all finger-paint together for justice.
On Facebook? Check out our photo album of the event.
