The Oakland-based People’s Kitchen Collective wants to spread a concept they call “radical hospitality,” which asks people to imagine new ways of taking care of one another and living reciprocally with the land. One way they’re fostering this concept is the Life Is Living Festival , which arrives at West Oakland’s DeFremery Park (a.k.a. Lil Bobby Hutton Park) on Saturday, Oct. 11.

Now in its 18th year, the free community event fills the park with family-friendly activities, performances and a free breakfast program inspired by the Black Panthers. As a show of solidarity with oppressed people worldwide, this year’s menu will feature cuisines from Palestine, Haiti and Congo.

Performing on the main stage is RyanNicole , a rapper and poet who co-wrote and co-starred in the recent hip-h

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