This Saturday, June 21st: Antoine Hunter Presents: #DeafWoke With Joyce Gordon

#DeafWoke returns with a legendary conversation on legacy, cultural connection, and the power of art to unite communities.

Join Mx. Hunter PurpleFireCrow and gallery owner, arts advocate, and cultural organizer Joyce Gordon as they reflect on decades of creative leadership and intergenerational impact.

Guest Bio:
Joyce Gordon has owned and operated Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland for over 20 years, and the Joyce Gordon Foundation of the Arts—a youth-centered arts program—for the past 5 years. A longtime advocate for artists across the Bay Area and beyond, she has hosted book signings, film events, and partnered with nonprofits to amplify creative voices. Having exhibited hundreds of artists from across the U.S. and abroad, Joyce continues to use art as a tool for bringing cultures together and deepening understanding.

Born in Zachary, Louisiana and raised in Berkeley, California, Joyce studied textile design and is now in the seventh season of her life—still passionate about visual art, performance, music, and dance. Art is her lifeline.

Date: Saturday, June 21
Time: 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET
Streaming LIVE:

Watch Live: https://www.facebook.com/events/734464742883244/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UrbanJazzDanceCompany
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UrbanJazzDance

ASL/Voice interpretation and Captioning provided
#DeafWoke is a virtual consciousness-raising engaging online talk show, led by Black and Indigenous Deaf host Mx. Antoine Hunter PurpleFireCrow.
Founded as a response to isolation and misinformation experienced during COVID-19, #DeafWoke provides access to Deaf BIPOC life stories, critical coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement, education, arts, social justice, and analysis of COVID-19-related news for Deaf, DeafBlind, DeafDisabled, Hard of Hearing, Late-Deafened, and Black Hearing communities.

Our mission is to uplift BIPOC Deaf and disabled artists’ voices, contribute to the arts and larger society, and increase awareness at the intersections of audism, ableism, and racism. This includes DeafDisabled stories as a force for cultural change and collective liberation. There is also space to talk about economics, parenthood, and education.

All episodes are produced with ASL interpreters and captioning, welcoming everyone to the conversation. It’s inspiring, it’s funny, it’s beautiful with the ugly, it’s things people don’t really talk about, it’s unheard of—it’s Deaf Woke.

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The background features Pan-African unity colors: green behind Joyce Gordon on the left and red behind Mx. Antoine Hunter on the right.
At the top, yellow text reads:
Antoine Hunter Presents: #DeafWoke
Saturday, June 21, 2025 • 1 PM PT / 4 PM ET
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Join Mx. Hunter and Joyce Gordon for a rich conversation on art, cultural legacy, and intergenerational creativity. Joyce has owned and operated Joyce Gordon Gallery in Oakland for over 20 years and runs a youth arts foundation. She has hosted film screenings, book signings, and has partnered with numerous nonprofits. Her work spotlights how art can bring diverse cultures together in one space, sparking connection and deeper understanding.
On the left: Joyce Gordon, a 78-year-old Black woman of African descent with Southern roots. She has dark brown skin, a shaved head, large eyes, full lips, high cheekbones, and wears large-framed glasses. She is dressed in black and looking directly at the camera.
On the right: Mx. Antoine Hunter, a Native American African-American person with dark milk chocolate skin from his mother. He has almond-shaped eyes, long lashes, high cheekbones, a full beard, and long locs tied in a low braid. He is dressed in black and smiling.
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