Now in it's second year, Oakland's International Women's Day Festival will take place this Saturday - March 6, 2010 - in the Fruitvale Dimond District.  Organized by Bay Area women's activist Roke Noir, in collaboration with Code Pink, the event promises to be a day of celebration, recognition, and affirmation of Bay Area women.

The celebration is scheduled to begin at 11:00 am with a drum circle at Dimond Park and will be followed by a celebratory march along Fruitvale Avenue.  Participants are encouraged to bring drums, noisemakers and banners remarking on what this day and event means to them. The day will end with a tea dance in the sunset, after a daylong festival.  There women will have the opportunity to talk with one another in small groups about what international women's day means to them.   Entertainment includes performances by just a taste of Oakland's always overflowing pot of local talent.

Non-profit organizations, women vendors and artisans are welcome to table and shop their wares.

For more information contact:

Xan: 510-540-7007 or info@bayareacodepink.org

Learn more about International Women's Day and peruse a listing of the other events happening worldwide.

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In 2008 Krys began publishing “bLaKtivist.com,” in an attempt to disempower harmful and oppressive ideologies for all systematically marginalized [read: “bLaK”] people. Her writing has also been published on AOL.com and Wiretapmag.org.