Press Kit

Archived performances:

 August 26th, Women’s Equality Event in New Paltz : http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=TH&Date=20120826&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=826009996&Ref=PH&Presentation=desktop#img-10

 

June 13th, 2012 World Day of Prayer, Interfaith Church, New York, NY

June 2nd, 2012 LaTeena Conference for Girls Inc., New York

June 3rd,2012 Queens Gay Pride, Jackson heights, Queens, NY

May 26th, 2012 – Two Moon Art House & Café, Brooklyn, New York

April 28th, 2012 Safe Home Project for Domestic Violence Survivors

March 3rd, 2012 – Mommas Hip-Hop Kitchen, Bronx, New York

January 15, 2012 J15 Worldwide vigil and celebration for MLk , Riverside Church, with Patti Smith, Russel Simmons, Pete Seeger, Yoko Ono.

December 17th, 2011 – Yippie Café Ayiti solidarity, New York, NY

November 10th, 20122 Columbia University, New York, NY

October 28th, 2011 UPENN / Irvine Auditorium– Opening for Angela Davis

October 22nd, 2011 – Union Square, NY

May 20th, 2011 . Opening for Angela Davis at Riverside

 

La Pena Cultural Center, California

May 21st, 2011, Riverside Church, Angela Davis, Vijay Prashad, Ruth Wilson

March 8th, 2011, University of Vermont

July 16th, 2010 –  Grand Street Community Arts, Albany, NY – Out of the Margins Series

April 26, 2010  Fahad Hashmi trials

March 7th, 2010 – El Museo Del barrio

February 2010, Lateena Conference, Girls  Inc.

November 3rd, 2010 La Pregunta Art Café

October 2nd, 2009 – Brooklyn  Lyceum

September 9th, 2009, WORTH

July 17th, 2009 WBAI Benefit Concert

May 2nd, 2009 – Congo In Harlem

April 27th, 2009 _ left Out Festival, New York, New York

April 11, 2009  – The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance

March 26th, 2009 opening for Yo Miss! Laguardia Community College

March 7th, 2009 Women’s Herstory Month, Brooklyn

March 5th, 2009 Sylvia Rivera Law Project & Audre Lorde Project Benefit, Judson Memorial Church, New York, New York

March 8th, 2009, Cornelia Street Café

December 28th, 2008 Queeraganza: Clags @ Stonewall

November 2008 – Rivers of Honey at WOW Theatre, New York, NY

August 11th, 2008, Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian

August 10th, 2008 Lincoln Center Out of doors

August 5th, 2008, Gantry Park Music Series, queens Council of the Arts

May 10th, 2008 Bread and Roses

April 18th, HHeal Fest/ The New York State Youth Leadership Conference

April 11th, 2008 – Left Out Festival

February 28th, 2008 Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York

December, 2007 Out fm Radio,

September 2, 2007, Left Turn Magazine Benefit, Brecht Forum , New York, NY

August 13th, 2007 Washington Heights Says No To War, March 7 Rally, New York

Jul 12, 2007 – The 1199 SEIU-UHE Working Women on the Move Committee presents the completed works of the Women’s History Month Mural Making Project.

 

July 10th, 2007 – EMANCIPATE, a new initiative bringing

together women musicians who are activists in their communities, with the notion that, through building relationships between these women who are

galvanizers and leaders, we may begin to build relationships and solidarity between communities.

 

May 31st, 2007 WBAI 99.5 FM Community Radio; Louis Reyes Rivera’s Show, “PERSPECTIVES”

 

May 17th, 2007  – Jun 9th, 2007– Maktub written, directed and performed at the Nuyorican Poets Café, New York

 

March 3rd, 2007 – African Asian Latina Lesbians United Eastern Regional Womyn of Color 10th Anniversary Conference – Rutgers University, Newark, NJ

 

March 24TH – 2006 – Pacific Islander Conference – Salt lake City, Utah

 

2005- Central Park, NYC, NY No Nukes, No Wars

2005 – University of Utah

October 1st -2005 – WBAI’S OctoberFest East Village Ukrainian Restaurant
June 29th, 2005 – 3rd APIA Spoken Word Summit – Junnos’, New York

 

June 13th – 2005 THEATERS AGAINST WAR a silent auction and performance event to benefit Al-Rowwad’s US Tour – The Culture Project, New York

 

June 2nd – 2005 – ALP Cultural Performance, Quaker Meeting House, New York


May 15th –2005  The Brooklyn Ethical Society, New York

 

May 6th – 2005 – Women United – United Nations, New York

 

May 1st – 2005 – Global Action war rally against the invasion of Iraq

 

April 3rd – 2005 - GAPIMNY's 15th Anniversary Celebration

 

 

 

Jan. 4, 2004-”El Fuego y La Palabra” Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Zapatista Uprising at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center; NYC, New York. Featuring: MAHINA MOVEMENT, Colitque Theatre Company and others.FEBRUARY 2004
Feb 13, 2004- Mahina Movement presents SOUL NATION featuring Ora Wise
Masanko Chipembere and Ian Koebnerís film, “The Poetry of Listening.”

Feb 27, 2004-”Hip Hop Identities Conference” with Tricia Rose, Lenelle Moise and Roger Bonair-Agard at Dartmouth College; Hanover, New Hampshire.

MARCH 2004
March 5, 2004-Moana performs at New York University for Queer Asian Pacific
Islander Conference, with Regie Cabico, Aileen Cho, Marian Yalini Thambynayagam and others.

March 8, 2004-Mahina Movement on the Radio, WBAI 99.5 FM to celebrate
International Women’s Day; 9-9:30 PM!!!

March 11, 2004-Moana performs in her first year presentations at Columbia
University: featuring Prof. Niky Wolczís class, German & Austrian Theatre.

March 12, 2004-Mahina Movement presents SOUL NATION: MUJERES IN DA MOVEMENT featuring Climbing poeTree, Ree Obana, Nina Parilla, Jessica Torres and Las Gallas. Bluestockings Bookstore, NYC, NY.

March 18, 2004-Local 1549 Women’s Herstory Program featuring Mahina Movement, NYC, NY

March 20, 2004-Gabby performs for panel and performance for the film “Anomaly” Cambridge, MA

March 21, 2004-Gabby performs for Palestine Truth Tour NYC, NY

APRIL 2004
April 8, 2004-Mahina Movement performance at The New School University; NYC, NY.

April 9, 2004-Mahina Movement presents SOUL NATION featuring Tama Waipara,Thad Rutkowski, marian yalini thambynayagam, Emily, Rhea Vedro and Descendants of Freedom: a futuristic queer hip hop odyssey, NYC, NY.

April 17, 2004-Vassar College: Arts of Resistance, a one day multi media arts festival. Featuring: Imani Henry, Mahina Movement, Mango Tribe, Queen Godis, Welfare Poets and others. Poughkeepsie, NY, May 9, 2004-Mama’s Rising Up-Mother’s Day Celebration; NYC, NY

May 2004
May 14, 2004-Mahina Movement presents SOUL NATION at Bluestockings Bookstore; NYC, NY. Featuring Helen John, Movement in Motion, Jennifer Cendana Armas, Charles Browning, Mika & Dennis Darkeem.

May 20, 2004-Asian American Heritage Event for youth at The Door featuring Mahina Movement, NYC, NY

May 29, 2004-Mahina Movement’s WOMEN HOLLA! at The Point; Bronx, NY, opening artists from Acentos, include Jessica Torres, Nina Parilla, and Maria.

JULY 2004
July 17, 2004-Communities Connect at St. Mark’s Church, NYC, NY

AUGUST
Aug.3 & 4, 2004-Women Center Stage Festival at The Culture Project; NY, NY

JANUARY 2003
Jan. 30, 2003-MAHINA MOVEMENT on National Radio!
PERSPECTIVE Show hosted by Louis Reyes Rivera, on WBAI 99.5 FM, Community Radio.

FEBRUARY 2003
Feb. 20, 2003-An evening of culture, National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab, and South Asian Immigrants at St. Paul & St. Andrew Methodist Church, NYC, New York. Featuring: MAHINA MOVEMENT.

February 22, 2003- Presentation and Slide Show by Li Onesto on
The Current Situation: People’s War in Nepal. Performance by Mahina Movement at Hunter College at Brookdale Campus; NYC, New York.

Feb. 23, March 1 and March 2, 2003- 3 days at The Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, New York. MAHINA MOVEMENT presents Womyn Without Borders
an (out)spoken word, musical (folk, blues & hip hop) and live painting fusion *special guests: George Aslaender, guitar; Lance KC, percussion and Ora Wise, spoken word.

MARCH 2003
March 6, 2003-THE ART HOUSE Event featuring Mahina Movement
Hosted by Christine Goodman at Victory Hall; Jersey City, New Jersey.

March 8, 2003- The Women of Resistance in Brooklyn present Roses & Bread: 8th Annual Women’s Open Poetry & Performance Event to Benefit Palestinian Women Activists at Brecht Forum; NYC, NY. Featuring MAHINA MOVEMENT, Nijmie Dzurinko, Benta Marie Coleman, Fern Tishman, Shamika Covington, Danielle Nordland, Tahani Salah, Suneel Muyabi, Eli Oberman, Emily Schaeffer and Ora Wise.

March 22, 2003-AL-Awda Cafe presents Women in the United
Struggle at Brecht Forum; NYC, New York. Featuring MAHINA MOVEMENT.

March 24, 2003- WOMON: Women’s Herstory Month and WERISE’s 4th anniversary Celebration featuring Toni Blackman, InfiniTEE, Tamar-Kali, MAHINA MOVEMENT, Morley, Rozz Nash, Imani Uzuri, and DJ’s Jeannie Hopper and Rekha at SOB’s; NYC, NY.

March 28, 2003-New Jersey Solidarity/Rutgers University Event
RESISTANCE International Solidarity with Palestine
at Rutgers University, Demarest; New Brunswick, New Jersey
An evening of speakers, music, poetry and expression in solidarity
with the people’s liberation movements in Palestine, Colombia, the
Philippines, Nepal and more! Featuring MAHINA MOVEMENT.

March 29, 2003-Demonstration & March to Defend Iraq & Palestine!
at TIMES SQUARE (42nd & Broadway) NYC, New York, featuring Speakers and Performances by MAHINA MOVEMENT, Amina Baraka and others.

March 31, 2003-New York University’s Women’s Herstory Month Closing Event! Performances by: The Femm Nameless, MAHNA MOVEMENT, Queen GodIs, Staceyann Chin and DJ Sangoma at the Ultra Violet; NYC, New York.

APRIL 2003
April 4, 2003- Workshop: Words as Weapons
Facilitators: Gabriella Callender & Vaimoana Litia Makakaufaki Niumeitolu, from MAHINA MOVEMENT at MIT; Boston, Massachusetts.
Sponsored by: MIT Social Justice Cooperative.

April 4, 2003- Peace Concert featuring Jolie Rickman, Gina Young, and MAHINA MOVEMENT at MIT; Boston, Massachusetts. Sponsored by: MIT Social Justice Cooperative, The Thistle, the Women’s Studies Dept., The Music & Theater Arts Dept & Dean Mthembu

April 5, 2003-Community Cultural Celebration of Dr. King and Mumia Abu-
Jamal! at the House of the Lord Church; Brooklyn, NY. Performances by: Imhotep Gary Byrd, Amina Baraka, Amiri Baraka, Suheir Hammad, Heritage, House of the Lord Church Gospel Choir, MAHINA MOVEMENT, Ngoma, Ngo Thanh Nhan, Pam Parker, Louis Reyes Rivera and Karen Taylor and Friends.

April 10, 2003-ACE20: Innovate Asian Culture benefit gala
20th Year *All net proceeds go to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

at Puck Building; NYC, New York.

April 11, 2003- Poetry: An Explosion of Words and Movement
featuring Mahina Movement at District Council Union Hall, NYC, New York.

April 12, 2003-International and National Demonstration in WASHINGTON DC! A GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION!! Speakers and Performers including MAHINA MOVEMENT on the Main Stage.
April 12, 2003-Casa Atabex Ache and The House Of Women’s Power
present 1st Annual Circle of Womyn Warriors Awards Ceremony
at Taller Boricua/Julia De Burgos Center NYC, New York
PERFORMANCES BY: Mahina Movement, Cinderella La Bohemia,
Tania Ramirez, Ana Ortega, Nzinga, Sandra Rodriguez, Stacey Toro, Vanessa Tricoche/Tainadelmar, Joyce Jones, and Naomi.

April 19, 2003-BALIKBAYAN-A Queer and friendly folks of color event & Fundraiser at The Brecht Forum Performers include: Letta Neely, Imani Henry, MAHINA MOVEMENT, Drag King Schtik Rick, Jayme del Rosario, Nikki Powerhouse, Rashida Bryant, Drag King Rickke Mananzala and DJ Star.

April 30, 2003-Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Conference Reception @ Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. Featuring MAHINA MOVEMENT.

MAY 2003
May 1, 2003-Moana (from MAHINA MOVEMENT) w/WAW(Edward Clapp & Rodney Terich Leonard) facilitate a free creative writing workshop entitled: With a Pen in my Hand, addressing community issues and social change via the written word at the University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire.

May 2, 2003-Moana (from MAHINA MOVEMENT) w/WAW (Edward Clapp & Rodney Terich Leonard), at the University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire for a Poetry Reading & Community Collaboration Symposium.

May 2, 2003-Lessons Across The Generations: A Conference For Women
Organizers & Activists
at Hunter College; NYC, New York

May 4, 2003-Fundraiser for Dr. Mutulu Shakur at Taller Latino Americano NYC, New York

May 4, 2003-ANGELA DAWSON BENEFIT at The Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, New York. Featuring: Latasha Natasha Diggs, MAHINA MOVEMENT, Tamar Kali, Mike Ladd, Mox Brathwaite, Carol C, Matana Roberts, and Gloria.

May 8, 2003–Beats4Peace @ SOB’s, NYC, New York. Featuring Medusa Supernatural, Blackout arts collective, DJ kuttin kandi, Jungli, Kontrast, MAHINA MOVEMENT, Second2last, Anwar superstar, Headfake, Slum village and MCs: Adrienne Brown (conscious movements collective), Toni Blackman and Jahi.

May 9, 2003-Mahina Movement Productions presents SOUL NATION & the Opening Party/Event for Bluestockings! at Bluestockings Bookstore, NYC, New York. Featuring the Bread is Rising Collective and MAHINA MOVEMENT.

May 14, 2003–The Last Word Showcase @ Downtime, NYC, New York.
Featuring Sub-Conscius, Crisis Center, The Odd Couple, Beanology, MAHINA MOVEMENT, and Emfinite Black.

May 24, 2003-Performance at Omega Holistic Center; Rhinebeck, NY

JUNE 2003
June 13, 2003- Mahina Movement Productions presents SOUL NATION at Bluestockings Bookstore; NYC, New York. Featuring: Queen Godis, Grisel, Flow Mercy, & Suneel Muyabi.

JULY 2003
July 11, 2003-Mahina Movement Productions presents SOUL NATION at Bluestockings Bookstore; NYC, New York. Featuring: Jessica Chen Drammeh’s film, Anomaly. Q & A afterwards.

AUGUST 2003
Aug. 8, 2003-Mahina Movement Productions presents SOUL NATION at Bluestockings Bookstore; NYC, New York. Featuring: Geretta/Geretta, Marta Masferrer and Gabriella Callender.

Aug. 17, 2003-Performance at Brecht Forum

Aug. 23 & 24, 2003-Charas Festival, The Next Great American Playwrights Festival at Chashama Theatre; NYC, NY.

SEPTEMBER 2003
Sept. 12, 2003-Mahina Movement Productions presents SOUL NATION at Bluestockings Bookstore; NYC, New York.
Featuring vaimoana Litia Makakaufaki Niumeitolu

Sept. 13, 2003-Ever Reviled Records presents The Last Hopeless Dregs of Humanity Show/The David Rovics CD Release Party for “Al-Awda” at the African Globe Studios, Newark, New Jersey. Featuring: Hopeless Dregs of Humanity, David Rovics, MAHINA MOVEMENT, The Saviors of the Underworld, and Chainsaw Little Kids.

Sept.20, 2003-Bamboo Girl Zine 5th Annual Benefit Party
at the Bowery Poetry Club; NYC, New York. Featuring performances & visual art by: Johanna Faith Cacho Almiron, MAHINA MOVEMENT, Tomasia aka infinite, Ree Obana, RUCKUS Safety Awareness Patricia Justine Tumang, Mathilda de Dios, Omar Telan, Taiyo Takeda Ebato, Kontrast, Regie Cabico, BJ Formento & DJ Mas.

Sept. 24, 2003-The Last Word Showcase at Downtime; NYC, New York. Featuring Gabriella Callender (from MAHINA MOVEMENT) and others.

Sept. 27, 2003-Justice Not War in the Philippines (JNW) campaign
presents RECLAIM: (Re)Affirming Our Culture of Resistance at the Brecht Forum; NYC, NY. Featuring: Monica Bauer, Margarita Garcia, Sabrina Margarita Alcantara-Tan, johanna almiron, Mathilda de Dios, G.A.ME artists, Kadena, Kinding Sindaw, MAHINA MOVEMENT, Movement in Motion, Ree Obana, and DJ sabine

OCTOBER 2003
Oct. 10, 2003- Mahina Movement Productions presents SOUL NATION at Bluestockings Bookstore; NYC, New York. This month LA HERENCIA LATINA! Featuring Mexican Visual Artist from Guadalajara, MEX. Neftali Camacho, Representin’ the Bronx from the Acentos Poetry Series: Oscar Bermeo, Fish and Rich Villar. Director, Writer, Producer from Chica Luna Productions, Elisha Miranda, and from the fabulous VIM Group: Deli, and the dance group, Cetiliztli Nauhcampa Quetzalcoatl en Ixachitlan.

Oct. 11, 2003-THE NATIONAL DAY TO EMPOWER TEEN PARENTS at La Plaza Cultural Community Garden; NYC, New York. Locally sponsored by MAMA (the Mother’s Alliance For Militant Action) and PAPA (Parenting Awareness Prevents Abandonment). Performers: Magic Frank, MAHINA MOVEMENT, DJ Joonie(a teen dad!)

Oct. 22, 2003-Moana (from MAHINA MOVEMENT) in, Columbia University presents INVISIBLE WOMEN, free at the Ding Dong Lounge; NYC, New York. Also featuring: Claudine Bryant, Susan Hyon, Areshia McFarlin, and Pandora Scooter, Lily Tung.

Oct. 26, 2003-Moana’s Collaboration weekend Performance for all first years at Columbia University directed by Anne Bogart; NYC, NY.

 

FEBRUARY 2002
Feb. 5, 2002-Dixon Place & Writers on the Ledge Series curated & hosted by Regie Cabico present Mahina Movement’s Rucan sin Fronteras / Womyn without Bordersat Dixon Place; NYC, NY.MARCH 2002
March 2 & 3, 2003-Detroit Tour Weekend: Mahina Movement, Welfare Poets and MC Flo.

March 14, 2002- India’s Monkey Man Legend Explored Through Art and Readings at Locus Media Gallery; NYC, New York. Readings and performances by: Jonathan Ames, Wayland Quintero & Co., Bram Gunther and Moana Niumeitolu (of MAHINA MOVEMENT).

March 16, 2002-QueenGodIs and Family, MAHINA MOVEMENT and Khemali Murray at Black Spectrum Theater Company; Queens, New York.

March 23, 2002- Nyabinghi Productions presents an Evening of Performances for ANOMALY, short feature film at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop; NYC, New York. Appearances by: Thaddeus Rutkowski, Sabrina Margarita Alcantara-Tan, Michelle Myers, Vaimoana Niumeitolu and Gabriella Callender from MAHINA MOVEMENT.

APRIL 2002
April 3, 2002-Blue Heights hosted by Grisel at Bluestockings Women’s Bookstore; NYC, New York. Featuring MAHINA MOVEMENT.

APRIL 5, 2002-Rivers of Honey featuring MAHINA MOVEMENT
at WOW Cafe; NYC, New York.

April 6, 2002-Evening of Expression at the Den of Cin; NYC, New York.
Featuring Moana Niumeitolu and Gabby Callender of MAHINA MOVEMENT.

April 15, 2002-Salaam! Theatre presents One People, One Earth at the Asian American Writer’s Workshop; NYC, New York. Featuring Mahesh Dattani’s radio
play, Do The Needful, Nimo from Karmacy, and MAHINA MOVEMENT.

April 27, 2002-Celebration of Feminism Conference: A match made in Hell.
Featuring MAHINA MOVEMENT at Rutgers University; New Brunswick, New Jersey.

JUNE 2002
June 4, 2002-Synonymous: Live Collab Extemp & Prepared Works in Progress–cross-disciplinary and in your face. Hosted by Lynne Procope at The Bowery Poetry Club; NYC. New York. Featuring MAHINA MOVEMENT.

June 15, 2002-The Power of Nonviolence Conference at Manhattan College; Riverdale, New York. Featuring Division X & Mahina Movement in Concert

JULY 2002
July 4, 2002-Free Palestine! Performance & Party in support of Justice & Self Determination both here and abroad at 388 ATLANTIC AVENUE, ROOFTOP; Brooklyn, New York. Performance by Danny Hoch & MAHINA MOVEMENT.

AUGUST 2002
Aug. 24, 2002-Mahina Movement’s 2nd Benefit, Our Tongue in You 2 in NYC, New York Featuring: Yellow Rage, JaHipster, Reg E. Gaines, La Bruja, Amanda Diva, Universes, Roger Bonair-Agard, Regie Cabico, Bloom, Queen GodIs…and MAHINA MOVEMENT.

Aug. 28, 2002-Mudwrestling and Poetry: Angels with Attitude vs. MAHINA MOVEMENT and Big George McKibbens vs. Moonshine Shorey with Featured Performers Shawn Randall, Stevie B and Jonathan at the Bowery Poetry Club; NYC, New York.

Aug.31, 2002-Autogeddon: No Blood for Oil at St. Mark’s Church; NYC, New York. Featuring Speakers and Performances by: Rev. Julio Torres, Bina Sharif, Renegades of Punk, Jordan Flaherty, Rebecca Murray, MAHINA MOVEMENT, Seth Tobocman, Robert Cooney, Aaimee Jolson, Martha Cameron, Vieques Puerto Rico Solidarity Movement, Theresa Byrnes, Frank Morales, Bill Weinberg, Anthony Howard, and Issar.

SEPTEMBER 2002
Sept. 13, 2002-WERISE presents the International Women Artists’ Conference “Opening Ceremony” at Barnard College; NYC, NY. Tribute to Zora Neale Hurston Featuring: Sonia Sanchez (keynote speaker), Imani Uzuri, Rha Goddess and MAHINA MOVEMENT.

Sept. 14, 2002- Across Entertainment  presents SUPREME POETS at Bowery Poetry Club; NYC, NY featuring MAHINA MOVEMENT, Amanda Diva, Kato and Ebony Washington. Hosted by MUMS DA SMEAR.

Sept. 19, 2002- LADY FEST EAST 2002 at North Six; Brooklyn, NY.
Featuring: MAHINA MOVEMENT

Sept. 20, 2002-Sept. 22, 2002-ACTIVE ARTS YOUTH CONFERENCE at Somerville Theater; Boston, MA.
Inspiring, Educating and Mobilizing the Hip Hop Generation

Sept. 20, 2002- AFSC’s Critical Breakdown & Red Eye Magazine’s AAYC Kickoff Show featuring: Medusa, Dead Prez, Suheir Hammad, La Bruja, Jahi, Davey D and MAHINA MOVEMENT.

Sept.21, 2002-Workshops and Ceremony at North Eastern University. Speakers and Performances by: Rosa Clemente, Ben Chavis, and MAHINA MOVEMENT.

Sept. 28, 2002-Voices Against Police Brutality at The Sanctuary of Madison Avenue Baptist Church; NYC, NY. Hosted by Louis Reyes Rivera. Featuring: Fay Chiang, MAHINA MOVEMENT, Ngoma and others.

OCTOBER 2002
Oct. 22, 2002- National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression & the Criminalization of a Generation. Demonstration at Union Square; NYC, NY.
Speakers and Performances by: Reg E. Gaines, Ngoma, and MAHINA MOVEMENT and others.

Jan. 27, 2001-Benefit for Street Harassment Women’s Group at Dumbo; Brooklyn, NY.

Jan.31, 2001-”Grrl’s Night Out” featuring Mahina Movement at New York University; NYC, NY.

FEBRUARY 2001
Feb. 3, 2001-”Celebration of Lesbian, Bisexual & transgender Women of Color” at The Center; NYC, NY.

MARCH 2001
March 11, 2001-”Urban Griots” featuring Rha Goddess and Willie Perdomo introduced by Mahina Movement at Joe’s Pub; NYC, NY.

APRIL 2001
April 7, 2001-Premiere of Tongue-in Paint, as a work in progress, at Dixon Place; NYC, NY.

April 27, 2001-”Verbal Ingredients” hosted by Flaco Navaja featuring Moana and Gabby at The Point; Bronx, NY.

MAY 2001
May 4 & 5, 2001-Le’o, an evening of emerging & established Pacific Islander Artists featuring Moana and Lanu’ola Art Exhibit Opening featuring Mahina Movement at SoMarts Gallery in San Francisco, CA.

May 16, 2001-Benefit for Air Gallery presented by Third Wave Foundation and WERISE featuring Mahina Movement at the Air Gallery; NYC, NY.

May 20, 2001-”Shades of Lavender” benefit for Sister Sister at The Center; NYC, NY.

JUNE 2001
June 3, 2001-Universal Spectrum Showcase featuring Mahina Movement at the West End Bar; NYC, NY.

June 11, 2001-Astraea Writers Guild Annual Event, “The Power of the Erotic” at Florence Guild Hall; NYC, NY.

June 29, 2001-Benefit Party for Estrotribe, theatre company at Meow Mix; NYC, NY.

JULY 2001
July 3, 2001-WERISE Showcase featuring Mahina Movement at Meow Mix; NYC, NY.

July 27, 2001- Universal Spectrum Showcase featuring Mahina Movement at Galapagos; NYC, NY.

July 29, 2001-SLAM hosted by Bob Holman featuring Moana and Gabby at the Marriot Hotel for participate art conference; NYC, NY.

July 30, 2001-Mahina Movement at Project VIP; Bronx, NY.

AUGUST 2001
August 17, 2001-Gabby performs for Project VIP show; Bronx, NY.

SEPTEMBER 2001
Sept. 2, 2001-”The Last Word” featuring Mahina Movement, Born Talent and DJ Pookie at CB’s Gallery; NYC, NY.

Sept. 9, 2001-LadyFest East featuring Mahina Movement, Sarah Jones and others at the Knitting Factory.
OCTOBER 2001
Oct. 20, 2001-Crystal Quilt and Ancestral African Lesbians for Social Change feature Mahina Movement for performance and panel discussion at The Center; NYC, NY.

Oct. 26, 2001-Pacific Islander Conference at New York University, featuring Moana for performance.

Oct. 27, 2001- Pacific Islander Conference at New York University, featuring Moana for panel discussion.

Oct. 30, 2001-”The Last Word” featuring Mahina Movement and others to benefit the Red Cross.

NOVEMBER 2001
Nov.1, 2001-Universal Spectrum Showcase featuring Mahina Movement at the Baggot Inn; NYC, NY.

Nov. 2, 2001-Mahina Movement performance day for Project VIP, and after-school theatre & writing program for girls, 11-14 in the Bronx; NY.

Nov. 11, 2001-The International Gathering of Hope with Mahina Movement and other artists at the Hope Garden in Battery park; NYC, NY.

Nov. 12, 2001-Benefit for Soho & Tribeca Partnership, an organization for the homeless; NYC, NY.

Nov. 13, 2001-Moana is featured on the NY Public TV show, Bronx Talk at Lehman College; Bronx, NY.

Nov. 14, 2001-Moana is a featured poet for Bronx Writers Center Showcase at the Kingsbridge Library; Bronx, NY.

Nov. 29, 2001- New York University’s INI Eclipse Showcase featuring Mahina Movement and others; NYC, NY.

DECEMBER 2001
Dec. 15, 2001-La Luna Sol Art Festival, featuring Mahina Movement’s Rucas Sìn Fronteras / Womyn without Borders.

 

JUNE 2000

June 9, 2000-Blackout Artist Showcase featuring Mahina Movement and others at Nell’s, NYC, NY.

JULY 2000
July 3, 2000-House of Women hosted by Lynne Procope and the Lil Bit Louder Arts Collective featuring Mahina Movement and Onliest

SEPTEMBER 2000
Sept. 16, 2000-Fundraiser for the Demonstrators of the Republican Convention who got arrested in Philadelphia, performances at Dumba; Brooklyn, NY.

Sept. 17, 2000-Fundraiser for the Demonstrators of the Republican Convention who got arrested in Philadelphia, performances at Meow Mix; NYC, NY.

OCTOBER 2000
Oct. 15, 2000-Benefit for Nkiru Bookstore featuring Mahina Movement, Welfare Poets, Sharise Alvarez, and others at the Asian American Writers Workshop; NYC, NY.

NOVEMBER 2000
Nov. 3, 2000-An Evening of Mahina Movement! At Bluestockings Bookstore; NYC. NY

Nov. 3, 2000-Friday Night Poetry Slam at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe—Moana is the sacrificial goat, NYC, NY.

Nov. 9, 2000-An Evening of Brooklyn Writers featuring Moana of Mahina Movement and others.

Nov. 11, 2000-Mahina Movement’s first benefit, “Our Tongue in You” featuring Staceyann Chin, Force Theory, Latasha Natasha Diggs, substantial, Rhea Vedro and emceed by George “Rithim” Martinez at Dumba; Brooklyn, NY.

Nov. 16, 2000-New York University’s INI Eclipse Showcase for Latina Heritage Month featuring Mahina Movement and others, at The Violet Cafe; NYC, NY.

DECEMBER 2000
Dec. 1, 2000-New York University’s Gallatin School’s first Friday event featuring Mahina Movement at the Salma Gundi Center; NYC, NY.
Dec. 1, 2000-Blackout Artist Showcase to benefit the after-school program, Make the Road by Walking featuring Mahina Movement, Badia Sarha, Divine Allah, Silent Honor, Amir and Ishle Park, Brooklyn, NY.

Dec. 6, 2000-Open Performance Night at Dixon Place featuring Moana and Jen

Dec. 10, 2000-Fundraiser for Women’s Education in India featuring Mahina Movement at Chelsea Hotel’s Serena’s Bar; NYC, NY.