Nancy Schimmel: Author of Occupella

June 2, 2018 at 8:58 pm.

Posted by LaborSolidarityCommittee

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When:

June 6, 2018 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

2018-06-06T18:30:00-07:00

2018-06-06T20:00:00-07:00

Where:

Laurel Book Store
1423 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612
USA

Contact:

510-452-9232

Event

Meet local author Nancy Schimmel, who will discuss her work and read from her book, Occupella: Singing in the Lifeboats.

About the Book:

An account of the first year of Occupella, an activist song-leading group that grew out of song circles at Occupy Oakland and Occupy Berkeley formed by five professional singer-songwriters in 2011. Occupella is still busy leading songs at rallies, marches and meetings..

About the Author:

Nancy Schimmel is a veteran of the sixties peace movement and the women’s movement. her songs have been sung by Pete Seeger, Sally Rogers, and Grupo Raiz. She is working on a biography of her mother, Malvina Reynolds, who wrote “Little Boxes” and other songs.

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