City Of West Hollywood: City Celebrates Black History Month Throughout February

Press release from the City of West Hollywood:

February 01, 2022 11:45 AM

The City of West Hollywood celebrates Black History Month with several events held throughout the month. Black History Month recognizes, celebrates, and honors the rich and diverse history and important contributions and achievements of African Americans, and is observed annually during the month of February.

On Wednesday, February 9, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., join Still Bisexual for a virtual Black LGBTQ Wellness Event, Sacred Space. This event begins with a liberating, guided meditation from Dr. Falami – a Holistic Human Development Strategist, Womanist, and poet – and will be followed by a guided motivational yoga practice with Samora. This virtual event will fuse motivational affirmations with specific yoga sequences to stimulate positive thinking, push physical limitations, and release emotional blockages. The event will take virtually and is free. Register in advance of the event at https://tinyurl.com/sacredspaceweho.

On Saturday, February 19, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., visit the Black Women Lead Pop-Up Market in Plummer Park. This free, open-air event will feature Black vendors, panelists, and performers, providing the community with the opportunity to celebrate Black History Month in West Hollywood. This event will take place at the Plummer Park lawn, located at 7377 Santa Monica Boulevard. In the interest of public health, this event may be moved to a virtual space if it is deemed necessary by public health officials. Attendees are advised to be fully vaccinated, wear face masks, and maintain physical distancing whenever possible. Any changes of event updates will be provided on the City’s website calendar at www.weho.org/calendar.  

Additional programming during the month of February includes:

• The City of West Hollywood Moving Image Media Art (MIMA) program worldwide debut of BLACK.ECO, a film from director and choreographer Shauna Davis. The film will be displayed for ten-and-a-half minutes at the top of every hour on the Netflix Invisible Frame billboard, located at 8743 Sunset Boulevard on the Sunset Strip beginning Wednesday, February 2, 2022. Shauna Davis’ original film BLACK.ECO is a multidimensional Afrofuturist journey through space and time. Using movement and positivity as battering rams to destroy tired oppressive tropes, Davis spreads magical light and reveals the exquisite hope of abundance. By subverting Black existential narratives, Davis resets racist fictions with images that should be within the cultural lexicon (intimate, happy, unremarkable moments in Black lives), but aren’t. Pulsating through these stories are images of love, history, and connection; demonstrating the powerful gravitational pull that joy creates.
• The City of West Hollywood free Human Rights Speakers Series virtual panel discussion: My Name is Pauli Murray: Exploring Race and Gender Equity. Join a conversation around race, gender equity, and gender identity in Participant and Amazon’s new documentary My Name is Pauli Murray. A pioneering attorney, social justice activist, and priest, Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray shaped landmark litigation – and consciousness – around race and gender equity. The virtual panel discussion will be livestreamed on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 6 p.m. Registration is requested via Eventbrite: https://hrss-2022feb15.eventbrite.com. For details and more information, visit www.weho.org/hrss. A URL link to the livestream will be sent to those who register.

For information, please contact City of West Hollywood Community Programs Coordinator Moya Márquez at mmarquez@weho.org or (323) 848-6574. For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing, please call TTY (323) 848-6496.

The City of West Hollywood remains in a declared local emergency in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. West Hollywood City Hall is open for in-person transactions by appointment; to make an appointment, visit www.weho.org/appointments. City Hall services remain accessible by phone at (323) 848-6400 and via the City’s website at www.weho.org. City of West Hollywood coronavirus information is available at www.weho.org/coronavirus.

City of West Hollywood coronavirus updates are available at www.weho.org/coronavirus and the City encourages community members to follow @wehocity on Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and turn on notifications. For up-to-date news and events, follow the City of West Hollywood on social media, sign up for news updates at www.weho.org/email, and visit the City’s calendar of meetings and events at www.weho.org/calendar.

For reporters and members of the media seeking additional information about the City of West Hollywood, please contact the City of West Hollywood’s Public Information Officer, Sheri A. Lunn, at (323) 848-6391 or slunn@weho.org.

This press release was produced by the City of West Hollywood. The views expressed here are the author’s own.