This is the weekend that @iya_fabunmi and I have been planning for OVER a year! We are so excited for the 2nd Defend Black Women March Weekend, honoring Marielle Franco and Black Feminisms in Latin America and the Caribbean kicking off TODAY through Sunday! 📣❤️✊🏾✨ Check our events below! 👇🏾 ➖FRIDAY, JULY 29TH | Free Film Screening of SEEDS: BLACK WOMEN IN POWER @filme_sementes (2020, 105 minutes) by Éthel Oliveira @ethelcine__ and Julia Mariano ⏱6:00-8:00 PM EST 📍@eaton.dc ✨There will be a post-film discussion with @aniellefranco, sister of Marielle Franco and Executive Director of @institutomariellefranco. 🌱About the film: Seeds: Black Women in Power shows the transformation of mourning into struggle. In response to the brutal execution of Rio de Janeiro city councilor Marielle Franco, the 2018 elections turned into the biggest political upheaval led by Black women that Brazil has ever seen. *Seating is limited. First come, first serve.* ———————————————————————————— ➖SATURDAY, JULY 30TH | Defend Black Women Rally and March (Free) ⏱: 11:30 AM-2:00 PM EST 📍The march will begin at Malcolm X Park (16th St NW &, W St NW, Washington, DC 20009) & end at Black Lives Matter Plaza. Please wear white to the march! ➖Critical Conditions Band (@criticalconditionband) are one of our guest performances! ————————————————————————————- ➖SATURDAY, JULY 30TH | Networking Happy Hour Event ⏱6:00-8:00 PM EST 📍Wild Days Rooftop Bar | @eaton.dc 🥂: The first 100 people there get a free drink on us! ✨There will be 3 signature cocktails! 📸: A photobooth + more! This event is hosted by @thefrolicculture ✨ ———————————————————————————- ➖SUNDAY, JULY 31ST | Political Education Salon Series ⏱9:00 AM-1:30 PM EST 📍@eaton.dc ➖$50 fee to participate 🔗Link in bio to register! ✨Political Education Series Include: (1) Asé to Axé: Transnational Black Feminisms and the Role of Solidarity in African Spiritual Practice”. (2) Radical Reproductive Justice Now! (3) Black Women Deserve: Sex and Pleasure (4) Chinga La Migra: Defend Black Women (5) "Marielle virou semente!" (Marielle became seed): resistance, empowerment, and hope #defendblackwomenmarch