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Phone +17147218030 <br />Email deborah.j.burke@gmail.com <br />Website www.strangefruithiphopera.com <br />Event Name/Title BLACK & BROWN IN THE OC: OPEN MIC DISCUSSION & MUSIC VIDEO <br />PREMIERE <br />Event Date(s) <br />Is this event FREE <br />and OPEN to the <br />public? <br />Event Location(s) <br />June 1, 2024 <br />Yes <br />The Frida Cinema: 305 East 4th Street, Santa Ana 92701 <br />Letter/Email from Property Owner (for public art Installations, murals, use of city parks, use of <br />spaces for workshops, etc.) <br />Gmail_ Music_-Video_Screening_at_the_Frida,_ pdf <br />What city ward(s) will Ward 6 <br />the event be located <br />(click on link below to <br />find wards)? <br />Number of expected 75-150 _. - -- <br />attendance for your <br />event <br />Brief Description of Black & Brown in the OC is an exciting community -building event that brings <br />Project together multicultural Orange County artists, guest speakers and <br />host/emcee Deborah Jane (aka Retro Raptress) to premiere her music <br />video about growing up Carribbean-African-American in Santa Ana and <br />Tustin. Through music, cinema and discussion, guests exchange their <br />unique personal stories about being Black and Brown in OC's <br />predominantly white suburbia. HODJ Studios will produce "The OC" music <br />video, which will act as a catalyst to ignite conversation around racism, <br />rnarginalization, isolation, culture shock, family and social justice. The <br />event fosters connection and empowerment for OC residents of color. <br />Describe the COMMUNITY BENEFITS: <br />community benefits <br />of this event I was raised in Santa Ana and Tustin, and I remember when our next -door <br />neighbors moved out of their beautiful house as soon as our family arrived <br />on the block, They didn't want their white kids playing with my sister and <br />me. As the daughter of Guyanese immigrants who were chasing the <br />American Dream, it was my first experience with "white flight," and certainly <br />the first time I discovered what being a person of color in Orange County's <br />predominantly white suburb meant. Having no context for this, my parents <br />struggled to explain the occurrence to me, and we learned to code -switch <br />and navigate the many other incidents that followed. Still, my parents, a <br />scientist and a doctor, filled our lives with every imaginable and wonderful <br />