Join New Breath Foundation at Collective Liberation to celebrate two Trailblazers and a Movement Elder who have taken their lived experiences of incarceration and transformed their lives and others make systemic change. The Foundation is proud to be part of leading the movement to fund grassroots groups that change Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander lives while fighting for the collective liberation of all people of color.
Collective Liberation 2024 is hosted at High 5ive, a hip rooftop bar in uptown Oakland. Guests will enjoy cocktails, small bites, a set by DJ Davey D, and a program emceed by NBC Bay Area's Gia Vang.
NBF's Trailblazer Award recognizes inspirational pioneers who build movements by addressing institutional racism and inequities in their communities. This year, the Trailblazer Awards go to Rudy Corpuz, Jr.-the Founder and Executive Director of United Playaz (UP), a violence prevention program that serves the youth-and Tamisha Torres-Walker-a dedicated Antioch City Council member and Executive Director of the Safe Return Project.
NBF's Movement Elder Award highlights those with decades of work in grassroots social justice movements. This year's Movement Elder Award honors Dorsey Nunn, the former Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) and the Co-Founder of All of Us or None, the Formerly Incarcerated, Convicted People and Families Movement, Free at Last, and Critical Resistance.
This year's emcee, Gia Vang is an Emmy-award-winning television news anchor and reporter for NBC Bay Area. As the daughter of Hmong refugees from Laos, she is the first news anchor of Hmong descent in a major U.S. news market. Gia is also the co-founder of the Very Asian Foundation, a non-profit that seeks to shed light on Asian experiences through advocacy and celebration.
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