Marvin X drafts 27 City Black Arts Movement National Tour Advisory Board

The Black Arts Movement Poet's Choir & Arkestra

First row: Eugene Redman, Marshall Trammell, Tarika Lewis, Aries Jordan, Zena Allen, Avotcha

Back row: Marvin X, Kalamu Chache', Juan Felipe Herrera, Tacuma King, Lakiba Pittman, Askia Toure, Genny Lim, Umar Bin Hassan, Ayodele Nzinga

Marvin X, co-producer (with Kim McMillan) of the recent Black Arts Movement Conference at University of California, Merced, has drafted the following persons to serve on the BAM National Tour advisory board:

Mrs. Amina Baraka, Newark, NJ

Sonia Sanchez, Philadelphia, PA

Woody King, New York, NY

Muhammida el Muhajir, Philadelphia PA

Askia Toure, Boston MA

Umar Bin Hasan, Baltimore MA

Felipe Luciano, NY, NY

Eugene Redman, East St. Louis, MO

Greg Morozumi, Oakland CA

Kim McMillan, Merced CA

Emory Douglas, San Francisco CA

Avotcja, Oakland CA

Tarika Lewis, Oakland CA

Tacuma King, Oakland CA

Judy Juanita, Oakland CA

Ted Wilson, Newark NJ

Dr. Nathan Hare, San Francisco CA

Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, Oakland CA

Geoffrey Grier, San Francisco CA

Pam Africa, Philadelphia, PA

Neferrtiti Jackmon, Houston TX

Bernard Stringer, Atlanta GA

Genny Lim, San Francisco CA

Juan Felipe Herrera, Oakland CA

Haki Madhubuti, Chicago ILL

Kalamu Ya Salaam, New Orleans, LA

Baba Lumumba, Washington DC

Muhammad Ahmed, Philadelphia PA

Michael Simanga, Atlanta GA

Billy X. Jennings, Sacramento CA

Fahizah Alim, Sacramento CA

Nisa Ra, Philadelphia PA

Jerry Vernado, Oakland CA

Aries Jordan, Oakland CA

Zena Allen, San Francisco CA

Ptah Allah El, Richmond CA

Dr. J. Vern Cromartie, Richmond

Paul Cobb, Oakland CA

Ras Baraka, Newark NJ

Paradise Jah Love, Oakland CA

Wanda Sabir, Oakland CA

Suzzette Celeste, Richmond CA

Pamela Young-King, Fresno CA,

Phavia Kujuchagulia, Oakland CA

Tureeda MIkal, Oakland CA

Joyce Gordon, Oakland CA

Jimmy Garrett, Oakland CA

Dominique Baraka, Los Angeles CA

Tony Medina, New York NY

Abiodun Oyemole, Harlem NY

Jessica Care Moore, Detroit MI

Mwalimu W. Kabaila, Los Angeles CA

John Burris, Oakland CA

Kalamu Chache', East Palo Alto, CA

Lakiba Pittman, East Palo Alto CA

If you would like your name removed from or added to this list, please contact Marvin X @ jmarvinx@yahoo.com. 510-200-4164. Advisory Board members will help plan the 27 city tour; help raise funds, produce and promote the tour, especially in their home cities. Each city will share the proceeds from this artistic, educational and spiritually healing project in honor and memory of Amiri Baraka, Sun Ra, Larry Neal, Yusef Iman, June Jordan, Sherley Ann Williams, Carolyn Rogers, Hoyte Fuller, Henry Dumas and all those who worked in the Black Arts Movement.