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dadaLab will host the main event, the 7th annual Burn and Bury Confederate Flag: 2022 on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30 at 2PM, hosted by John Sims and featuring Reverend Hannah Hooks, pastor at Shorter Chapel AME Church-Giddings, TX Chas Moore, co-founder of the Austin Justice Coalition, performance artist Dragonfly, and poet/writer Brooke Elise Axtell, musician Mocha Washburn. A potluck cook reception sponsored De-Confederate Austin will follow.

In 2015, Sims made a national call to burn and bury Confederate flags in response to the Charleston Nine Murders, to confront the legacy of American slavery and honor the memory of social justice soldiers who fought against slavery, for Civil Rights, and fight against current institutional and cultural white supremacy. This led to the creation of the annual Burn and Bury Memorial Day event, The Burn and Bury Video Anthem and a Burn and Bury Confederate Flag Support Kit. This annual performance seeks to create a new ritual for all Americans to engage in a moment and space of healing and transformation. For more on this project, see Sims’ CNN OP-ED piece, Don't Resurrect the Confederacy- de-Zombify it. For the live stream visit burnandbury.org

dadaLab will host the main event, the 7th annual Burn and Bury Confederate Flag: 2022 on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30 at 2PM, hosted by John Sims and featuring Reverend Hannah Hooks, pastor at Shorter Chapel AME Church-Giddings, TX Chas Moore, co-founder of the Austin Justice Coalition, performance artist Dragonfly, and poet/writer Brooke Elise Axtell, musician Mocha Washburn. A potluck cook reception sponsored De-Confederate Austin will follow.

In 2015, Sims made a national call to burn and bury Confederate flags in response to the Charleston Nine Murders, to confront the legacy of American slavery and honor the memory of social justice soldiers who fought against slavery, for Civil Rights, and fight against current institutional and cultural white supremacy. This led to the creation of the annual Burn and Bury Memorial Day event, The Burn and Bury Video Anthem and a Burn and Bury Confederate Flag Support Kit. This annual performance seeks to create a new ritual for all Americans to engage in a moment and space of healing and transformation. For more on this project, see Sims’ CNN OP-ED piece, Don't Resurrect the Confederacy- de-Zombify it. For the live stream visit burnandbury.org

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SCHOOL FOR IMMERSIVE ART AND EXPRESSIVE TECHNOLOGY. UNITING CODE, HARDWARE, ART + DESIGN.
When & Where
May 30, 2022, 2:00pm to 5:00pm Timezone: CDT
Free


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