"Breaking the legacy of Apartheid" Launch

"Breaking the legacy of Apartheid" Launch
The Homecoming Centre of District Six Museum,
15 A Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
6th October 2007, this Saturday from 11H30 - 17H00

Suggested Programme:
11H30 - 12H00 - Introduction of the Project and its intention:-
- to become the equal and opposite force that counters the racist legacy of Apartheid & colonialism
- to break the divide by physically moving people to each others communities - transport
- to address the issue of racial tension in the western cape - family size - job opportunities - limited resources - self distruction
- to record songs, music videos and documentaries to expose our people to each other and encourage unity among the masses
- to pre-empt the racial war that is brewing in our township, already obvious with the Somalian killings and racial tension
- to address Xenophobia and economic inequalities and find ways to solve these
- to encourage discussion and taking action on suggested solution to better relations between South Africans
- to release R.A.P.S.S. (Rhymes Articles Poetry Short Stories Sketches) Volume 2
- to have a newsletter/ newspaper
- to develop new artistic skills in our communities

12H00 - 13H00 - Discussion about:-
- what the youth and hip hop community would like to see happen
- the racial tension in the Western Cape and South Africa.
- governments usage of Apartheid language
- physical and mental divide of apartheid remains
- apathy about each other perpetuates racism
- who really controls the finance and uses race to keep us divided
- race and religion used to spark genocide
- their media control is being used to keep the masses divided

13H00 - 14H00 - Lunch

14H00 - 15H00 - MC / Performance Workshop
- writing rhymes, short stories, poetry
- preparation of performance
- presentation of rhymes, poetry & story
- eye contact and expression
- earning from your words ... making words real

15H00 - 16H00 - Breaking/ New Skool Dance Workshop
- getting started with warm up
- b-boying / breakdancing and popping taught by Emile
- new skool dance taught by Leticia

16H00 - 17H00 - Showcase Final Circle / Showcase of outcomes
We hope that you will participate in making this an ongoing event. We would like to see this project expand to other cities and communities in the next few years. We feel that our future is in doubt if we do not move now to bring our youth together to fight collectively for the working classes rights in this capitalistic South Africa. We are also aware that race and religion is always used to divide the masses and divert attention from their real exploiters, so this project will bring youth to that understanding of the mechanisms used by media owned by Capitalism.

Thanking you in anticipation

Emile YX?

Project Breaking 2007

www.emileyx.co.za
www.healthehood.org