Friday, September 4
6 - 8 PM
Opening Celebration
Join us as the Mayor reads a City proclamation recognizing Belongings: What We Bring, What We Leave Behind. Performances by Danza Azteca, Sonoma County Pomo Dancer, Sonoma County Vietnamese Association Lion Dancers, will bless the exhibit and welcome the community. Be the first to see the exhibit and celebrate with Palestinian food!
Saturday, September 5
3- 6PM
Bringing Memories to Life
Filmmaker Danièle Wilmouth Through making art, Wilmouth explores with participants how objects, photographs, music, and other belongings can help us remember loved ones, process grief, and transform letting go into a creative act. $30 • Limited to 10–12 participants.
Saturday, September 12, 6 - 8 PM
Stories We Carry: Storytelling Gathering
An evening of community stories, connection, and celebration.
Free
Friday, September 18
6 - 8 PM
Film and Conversation with Rev. Deborah Lee
Join Rev. Deborah Lee and filmmaker and curator of this exhibit, Lina Hoshino, who collaborated on Living Along the Fenceline in 2011, for a screening of the film and a timely conversation about community safety, displacement, immigrant justice, and what genuine security can look like. Free
Saturday, September 19, 6 - 8 PM
Stories We Carry: Storytelling Gathering
A second evening of community stories, connection, and celebration.
Free
Saturday, September 26
4-6 PM
Ink & Rhythm: Chinese Painting Meets Zimbabwe Music
Large Scale Chinese Painting Meets Zimbabwean MusicA live performance where brush, sound, and rhythm come together in a shared exploration of creativity, memory, and movement.
Sliding scale: $10–$30
Sunday, September 27, 4:30-6:30 PM
Si Pudiera Quedarme / If I could stay
Meet award-winning filmmaker Theo Rigby and a surprise guest
A heart-wrenching and inspiring story of two undocumented Latinx mothers, Jeanette and Ingrid, who courageously enter local churches to evade deportation and protect their families.
Presented in collaboration with North Bay Organizing Project: Migrant Justice in Action
Sliding scale: $5–$10, (No one turned away for lack of funds.)
With Gratitude
Funding support
Cal Humanities
Sonoma County JACL
North Bay Asian American and Pacific Island Coalition
North Bay Organizing Project
Individual Donors
Canyon Sam
Nancy Weber
Shatto family
Julie Kawahara
Community & In-Kind Support
Life on Art
Alchemia
Petaluma Arts Center
Zimbabwe Cultural Exchange
Poetry of Remembrance
Cafe Puente
Petaluma Blacks for Community Development
Sprouts
Rustic Bakery
Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company
and additional community partners and volunteers