205 Ocean Ave is providing a space for healing for BIPOC and blended families on Sunday, July 19th beginning at 9am. This gathering is in response to the murder of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero following Nolan Wells and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and the longstanding history of government-sanctioned violence against Black and Brown people in this country. Join Tender Table organizer and artist, Verónica Pérez, and 205 Ocean Ave Studios director and artist, Rosalba Breazeale to take a couple hours to grieve, process and be in community.

Art supplies for making signs will be available. These include cyanotype printing materials, a limited supply of pencils, markers, watercolor in a variety of colors and watercolor paper. Feel free to bring additional art and craft supplies if you feel so inclined. Participation in sign-making is not required to attend.

Coffee, seltzer water and light snacks will be provided.

RSVP is not required, but helps us plan in advance!
If you have any issues with the form, please contact Rosalba at 205oceanavenueassociates@gmail.com.

This event is for BIPOC and blended families.

About the symbol:

Abya Yala is the Kuna (Guna) word for land in full maturity/land that flourishes/living land. The Guna are Indigenous to the lands currently known as Columbia ranging through Panama. This term has been adopted by some Indigenous peoples of South America to refer to so-called North, Central and South America although theses lands have many names pre-dating European colonization. Somos Abya Yala (We Are Abya Yala) sits inside a Chakana, which is an Andean symbol representing our cosmology (learn more here). Last, but not least, the South-up map is inspired by 1943 pen an ink drawing by Joaquín Torres García entitled, América Invertida, which challenges US Imperialism and North-South bias. These elements were brought together as a symbol of resistance by Rosalba Breazeale in 2020.