Hey NYC!
On Saturday, February 8th 2014 the event Know Your Roots: Natural Hair and the “Movement” will be held from 1 PM to 6 PM at Dinosaur BBQ in Harlem, NY. Presented by Locs Revolution, Unveiled Unlocked and the Follicle film production team, this event aims to raise funds for the Follicle film project while engaging the community in an interactive dialogue about culture, identity and what has come to be known as “The Natural Hair Movement.”
What To Expect
This event will feature vendors selling goods and services, guest speakers, hair demos and presentations, raffle prizes, food, gift bags for the first 100 attendees and more. Special presentations include Natural Hair Styling presented by celebrity loc stylist Thando Kafele and Lock N’ Chops Natural Hair Salon, Hair Talk with Karen Tappin, founder and CEO of Karen’s Body Beautiful, and a product demonstration by Scarlett Rocourt, founder and CEO of Wonder Curl.
All proceeds from tickets sales will go directly to fund Follicle. In line with the mission of the Follicle film, Know Your Roots will be an event that sparks critical dialogue around the roll of hair in the African diaspora.
Check out this video to learn more about Follicle and the aim of its creator, Rhadamés Julián.
Whether you rock a fro, curls or locs, come on out to support Follicle! Yours truly will be there covering the event so I hope to see your face in the place. Get your tickets here!
Til next time lovelies,
xoxo
Toia B.
About FOLLICLE Follicle is a hybrid documentary film about how hair and imagery has created barriers that have limited people of African descent from reaching their true identity. With insight, humor and depth, the film will define where these barriers originated and how they’ve become ingrained in the psyche of people of color across the globe.
About LOCS REVOLUTION Locs Revolution was founded in the spring of 2013 by Niyya Teneé, a New York self-trained Loc stylist, blogger and natural hair enthusiast. The mission of Locs Revolution is to erase the social stigma of wearing locs and natural hair through education, celebration and support.
About UNVEILED UNLOCKED Unveiled Unlocked is a movement that seeks to provide an invitation to dialogue and offer people an opportunity to expand their perception of the beauty code. By presenting a variety of woman in a spectrum of ages with bare and partially bare heads we give exposure and normalize their visual and spiritual beauty.
