Friday, February 27
6:30 – 8:00 pm
Indy Liberation Store
Start your weekend off with an important panel discussion on New Afrikan Political Prisoner Shaka A. Shakur’s first book, Manifestations of Thought: When the Dragon Comes (1804 Books).
This collection brings together Shaka’s most significant personal, theoretical, and organizational writings, offering a handbook for liberation, a love letter to the movement, and a direct call to build people’s power. As Derek Ford writes in the introduction, “The fact this book has made it to publication… is evidence that the state’s escalating efforts to silence Shaka have so far failed.”
Hear from Shaka himself and those who continue to organize through the Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign and other groups for the freedom of Shaka and all political prisoners/prisoners of war, including:
Dani Abdullah, a proud Black and queer person. As an organizer with ANSWER Indiana and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, they are heavily invested in the liberation of New Afrikan/ Black people and of all people suffering under capitalism. Dani has fought for LGBTQ+ rights, abortion access, Palestinian liberation, and to end police terror in Indianapolis. She is also a co-host of the weekly podcast, Naptown People’s Radio. Outside of their organizing, Dani is a mom, a wife, a social worker, a Certified Sexual Abuse Youth Councilor, the founder and CEO of You Are a Gift, LLC, and serves on the Board of Hear Her Voice.
Dr. Akili Sadiki-Shakur, a retired educator from Purdue University Northwest, has been involved in the struggle against the racist mass incarceration system for decades. During this work, she met and eventually married her husband, Shaka A. Shakur. Akili is currently Director of Saving Our Families (SOF) in Northwest Indiana and Treasurer of the Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign.
Seth Donnelly is an educator and activist who has known Shaka Shakur for more than 30 years. Seth is a member of the Haiti Action Committee, co-founder of the Shaka Shakur Freedom Campaign and Taxpayers Against Genocide. He is also the author of The Lie of Global Prosperity: How Neoliberals Distort Data to Mask Poverty and Exploitation (MR Press 2019).
Bridget O’Reilly is the manager of the Indy Liberation Store, a volunteer at the Indy Liberation Center, and an organizer with the Party for Socialism and Liberation. She was an assistant editor and videographer for “Across Enemy Lines,” a documentary about Shaka A. Shakur, released in late 2025. As an organizer, she fights for Palestinian liberation, Korean reunification, exonerating Vernon T. Bateman, LGBTQ+ rights, Black liberation, prison abolition, and ending IMPD terror. Bridget is also a photographer, designer, and astrologer.
Together, we’ll explore Shaka’s writings on love, masculinity, and more as we continue growing the roots of the New Afrikan Independence Movement.
Manifestations of Thought is available to purchase online or in person at the Indy Liberation Store. No prior reading required!