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SUMMARY:Sonoma County MLK/Juneteenth Community Festival Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Meet and join the 54th celebration of Juneteenth in Sonoma County. The community that has been celebrating freedom and building opportunities for others for decades in Santa Rosa. Great food\, vendors and music. See the website for more info and sponsorship opportunities.
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/sonoma-county-juneteenth/
LOCATION:MLK Park\, Santa Rosa\, California\, 1671 Hendley Street\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Festivals & Fairs,Food & Drink,Kids & Family,Music
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SUMMARY:Blasian Pride 2024 Marks Juneteenth
DESCRIPTION:The Blasian March marks its fourth annual Blasian Pride Rally to uplift Black\, Asian\, and Blasian LGBT community as a Juneteenth celebration. \nBrooklyn\, NY– The Blasian March proudly presents Blasian Pride: Juneteenth Edition on Sunday\, June 22\, 2024\, 2 PM at Cadman Plaza\, to celebrate Black\, Asian and Blasian LGBT people. Through speeches and performance art\, Blasian Pride celebrates the intersections of queer Blackness and queer Asianness through the creative and educational lens of Juneteenth. \n“I’ve often felt a little out of place at Juneteenth and other events because being part Asian has made others view and treat me as ‘less Black\,’” says Blasian March founder Rohan Zhou-Lee. “After leading Blasian March for four years\, I know that I fully belong at every Juneteenth event. I’m 100% Black. And I’m inviting everyone in my family to the cookout\, because I’m 100% Asian.” \nA direct call for unity and equity between Black\, Asian\, and Blasian peoples\, the annual Blasian Pride commemorates the organization’s New York City origins in the LGBT community. Conceived in the Bronx and incepted in Brooklyn during the 2020 lockdown\, organizers across the country have generated their own Blasian Marches in New Haven\, Chicago\, Los Angeles and Sacramento. In 2022\, The Public Advocate For the City of New York Jumaane Williams awarded a certificate to Blasian March for uniting “communities in love\, fellowship\, and support.” Blasian Pride: Juneteenth Edition seeks to also inform attendees more about the long history of Black-Asian solidarity that has been long erased\, therefore leading to auto-segregation between communities. “June 19th\, a day of Black liberation struggle\, was also the day that white supremacists attacked Vincent Chin in 1982\,” says Zhou-Lee. “To reference Dr. Raquell Holmes\, Blasian Pride will reclaim the relationships white supremacy cut to keep us apart. Rebuilding our solidarities is essential to thrive beyond colonization.” \nTo learn more about and make a tax-deductible donation to Blasian March\, visit www.blasianmarch.org \nPress members are invited to attend and interview organizers and attendees. For any further questions\, please email blasianmarch@gmail.com.
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/blasian-pride-2024-marks-juneteenth/
LOCATION:Cadman Plaza Brooklyn\, NY\, Cadman Plaza E\,\, Brooklyn\, NY 11201\, New York\, 11201
CATEGORIES:Festivals & Fairs,Music
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SUMMARY:Discord and Harmony: The Struggle for Freedom in the USA Through Blues\, Jazz\, Soul and Hip-Hop
DESCRIPTION:At 8pm ET/ 5pm PT: This will be a look at—and a listen to—the role African American music has played in embodying and inspiring the ongoing struggle for freedom and full equality in the U.S.A. The session will be a mix of music video clips (Billie Holiday\, Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder\, among others) and informal conversation led by progressive musician and composer Dan Belmont and life-long grassroots organizer and leader Allen Cox. \nFriday\, June 28\, 5-7pm Pacific / 8-10pm Eastern
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/discord-and-harmony-the-struggle-for-freedom-in-the-usa-through-blues-jazz-soul-and-hip-hop/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Music,Recording
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SUMMARY:Singing for Harriet Tubman
DESCRIPTION:6/30/2024\, 4pm PDT \nThis in-person event is a choral performance of freedom songs sung by Harmonia\, a diversity-appreciating\, community choir of mostly white folks who want freedom for all. Directed by John Maas\, Harmonia is the resident choir of Sebastopol Center for the Arts in Northern California. \nAt St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Sebastopol\, Harmonia will be joined by the amazing Benjamin Mertz—musician/composer specializing in Black Spiritual music and social justice issues. Among about 15 songs\, we will sing several of Benjamin’s\, including “I Dream” and “Hate Won’t Win\,” rousing spirituals including “Ride the Chariot” and “Ain’a that Good News\,” and a wonderful ballad by Walter Robinson celebrating Harriet Tubman. \nJohn Maas organized this choir in August 2022\, after retiring from 36 years as a Kaiser psychologist. After majoring in music at UC Berkeley 1974-1975\, John composed or arranged over 60 works for choir\, and conducted Berkeley’s La Peña Community Chorus (specializing in social justice)\, Berkeley Harmonia Chorus and Orchestra\, many choirs at Unitarian family camps\, and Handel’s Messiah sing-alongs in Sebastopol for the last 30 years. \nJohn loves leading this choir and thanks Sebastopol Center for the Arts for housing and sponsoring this all-volunteer endeavor! \nA donation of $10-20 is requested. Funds raised will benefit the World Central Kitchen\, with a donation to the Freedom Festival for its ongoing work.
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/singing-for-harriet-tubman/
LOCATION:St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church\, 500 Robinson Road\, Sebastopol\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Music,Performing Arts
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