WBAI 99.5 FM Presents: Truth. Power. Resistance. — Featuring Displaced

Join WBAI Radio for a special fundraising event bringing together community voices, political education, and cultural expression in support of independent radio that continues to speak truth and serve the people.

This dynamic afternoon will feature live conversations, discussions, and programming led by Dahoud Andre, highlighting key WBAI shows and the issues they center.

Featured WBAI programs include:

• Speaking Truth to Power
• What’s Happening
• Haiti: Our Revolution Continues
• Education at the Crossroads

Produced by: Betty Davis, Charles Barron, Dahoud Andre, Mchawi Basir

As part of the program, there will be a special presentation of Displaced: We Shall Not Be Moved — an immersive art and storytelling experience that brings audiences into the realities of deed theft, displacement, and the fight to reclaim home, land, and legacy.

Presented in partnership with The People’s Coalition to Stop Deed Theft and The Black Lady Theatre Group, Displaced uplifts the voices and lived experiences of those directly impacted.

This is a fundraising event for WBAI Radio, with a portion of proceeds also supporting The People’s Coalition to Stop Deed Theft and The Black Lady Theatre Group.

📍 Location: The Dwyer Cultural Center
309 West 123rd Street, New York, NY

📅 Date: Sunday, April 26, 2026
🕒 Time: 2:30 PM

• 🎨 Curated visual art installations
• 🎭 Dramatized storytelling inspired by real experiences
• 🏠 Stories highlighting the impact of deed theft on individuals and families
• ✊🏾 An immersive environment designed to educate, honor, and activate

• Community members
• Artists and cultural workers
• Housing advocates and organizers
• Seniors and caregivers
• Legal, policy, and human rights professionals
• Anyone who believes housing theft is a human rights issue

Tickets are offered as a donation-based entry.
All are welcome — no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Proceeds support WBAI Radio and participating community partners.

Ticket Price: $55

Proceeds support:

• WBAI Radio - 99.5 FM
• Victims of deed theft
• Community education and organizing
• Ongoing advocacy addressing housing fraud and property theft

Deed theft is a largely hidden crime—one that has stolen homes, land, and generational wealth from Black and Brown families, seniors, and women.

Displaced: We Shall Not Be Moved is an art exhibit and immersive experience that brings these stories into the light.

Through visual art, sound, and dramatized performances, this experience centers the lived realities of individuals and families whose properties were taken through fraud, coercion, and deception. These are not abstract cases. These are real people. Real homes. Real harm.

Attendees will move through an immersive space that honors testimony, grief, resilience, and resistance—inviting reflection, accountability, and collective responsibility.

Support independent media. Engage with community voices. Experience storytelling rooted in truth.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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