General Plan Pop-Up | Celebrating Our HeART-filled Heritage: Pasifika Futurism, the SPULU Experience

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Through the lens of Tongan American performing artist SPULU, the audience is guided through a ninety-minute experience of dance, movement, fashion, and film. SPULU will share stories highlighting the juxtaposition between preserving Native Tongan traditions by way of immigrant parents and finding balance with the reality of life for Tongan Americans in Oakland. As first generation, he will explore what it means to act as a bridge to honor the past while embracing the challenge of establishing roots in the melting pot. The theme of Pasifika Futurism will ask the audiences to imagine what a flourishing life for Oaklanders will look like in 2045, and how we can build a city that allows all generations and cultures to flourish.