The Grand Entry of the 2025 Annual Powwow at Stanford University (Muwekma Ohlone ancestral lands) featured an invocation and introduction, the Intertribals, the Second Round Dance Competition—Men, and the Third Round Drum Contest.
Gayle “Asali” Dickson describes how the discrimination she faced as an Afro-American girl and young woman in Oakland (California, United States) awakened within her the spirit of activism that led her to later join the Black Panther Party in 1969.
Gayle “Asali” Dickson describes the importance that the Black Panther Party (BPP) placed on members educating themselves through extensive reading and how being part of the BPP felt like being part of a family, a family rooted in caring.
Gayle “Asali” Dickson talks about being the only female artist for the Black Panther Party newspaper when she was a member in Oakland, California, and how art was a pivotal means of educating, informing, and reaching the community.
