• Play with Science & Arts

    online

    Explore experiences in and out of the classroom with tricks and tips for facilitating engagement! Bring your curiosity, presence, and authentic selves and co-create with us, through play and collaborative learning. Join the organizers of Cultivating Ensembles and experience the interactive playful activities and methodology that have built virtual ensembles and produced an interdisciplinary, inclusive, ... Read more

  • Freedom-Makers: Maroons and the Underground Railroad

    online
    Hybrid Event

    This hybrid offering will be an in-person/virtual visit to the "Underground Railroad Tree" in the Guilford Woods of North Carolina. The 300-year-old Tulip Poplar tree is a living monument and witness to the freedom-seekers who were part of this eastern seaboard launching point of the Underground Railroad during the early 19th century. The great tree ... Read more

    Free
  • Poetics of Freedom: A Poetry Reading with Christian Aldana, Rohan Zhou-Lee, and Ashna Ali

    Virtual Event

    Three poets come together to share their work and in a short moderated discussion, ask one another questions about each other's poetry, the poetics of freedom, and the relationship between poetry, resistance, and liberation 2024 America. The panel discussion will be moderated by Raquell Holmes from improvscience. Rohan Zhou-Lee, pronouns They/Siya/祂 (Tā) is a Queer/Non-Binary ... Read more

    Free
  • Black Populism in the New South: Post-Reconstruction Movement-Making

    Virtual Event

    1pm PT/ 4pm ET. Read more for zoom link. In the decade following the collapse of Reconstruction a new movement arose in the South comprising black farmers, sharecroppers, and agrarian workers—a Black Populist movement. Organized through the Colored Farmers Alliance, among other black-led labor groups, mutual aid associations, and black churches—and then expressed through the People’s ... Read more

    Free
  • Singing for Harriet Tubman

    St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church 500 Robinson Road, Sebastopol, CA, United States

    6/30/2024, 4pm PDT This 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. At St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Sebastopol, Harmonia ... Read more

  • Inspirational Ladies!

    online
    Virtual Event

      7/1/2024 Start Time 5:30 PT/8:30 ET You’re invited to celebrate inspirational ladies in your life with us.  The inspirational lady you choose may be anyone in your life. They maybe someone you know well or even someone you just heard about for a few seconds. They are ladies–women who inspired us to be the ... Read more

    Free
  • Freedom, Liberation and Independence – Creative & Emotional Playground

    online

    As part of the Freedom Festival, we invite you to join members of our Monthly Creative Playground for a special workshop to explore, perform and celebrate freedom and independence. Date: July 2nd, 2024 at 3:30 pm PDT/ 6:30 pm EDT We started the Creative Playground with a collective intent: that exploring creativity together is therapeutic. ... Read more

  • Open Forum by California Independent Voters in Conversation

    Virtual Event

    No matter where you live, you’re invited to join hosts James Newman and Catana Malinowski in this Freedom Festival event that opens conversations with California independent and independent-minded voters to all.

    Free
  • Freedom Festival: Inspiring Conversations

    Virtual Event

    Sixteen days of celebration and months and years of conversations have led to this day, Wednesday July 3rd. Starting at 12:00 pm PT/ 3:00pm ET In this 75 minute conversation, we invite participants to share and discover the conversations inspired by the Freedom Festival.  We are discovering new stories, relationships, challenges and possibilities. Festival participants ... Read more

    Free
  • What do beer, freedom and independence have in common?

    Parliament Brewing 5865 Labath Ave Ste 9, Rohnert Park, CA, United States

    6 pm PT. Parliament Brewing serves up great brews and an opportunity to test your knowledge of freedom and independence in history, song and facts. This local brewery invites us to create new traditions in celebration of freedom and independence, Juneteenth to Independence Day, through the simple act of asking questions. Join us for trivia, ... Read more

  • Freedom Festival Independence Day Finale

      10 am PT/ 1 pm ET Independence Day, July Fourth, we'll host our Freedom Festival finale! In this conversational romp, we'll dance with music, words and images through the experiences and discoveries we have made together in the festival. Whether you've attended events or only recently heard about it, come with curiosity, hopes and dreams as ... Read more

    Free
  • Freedomistas – Building together

    Virtual Event

    Are you excited, curious or interested in the Freedom Festival? In the Freedomistas zoom call, we playfully discover what each of us can do to create explorations of freedom and independence with neighbors and loved ones. Join us in a fun session. Meet people around the country and the world. Discover what others are doing ... Read more

    Free
  • Freedomistas – Building Together February

    Virtual Event

    Are you excited, curious or interested in the Freedom Festival? In the Freedomistas zoom call, we playfully discover what each of us can do to create explorations of freedom and independence with neighbors and loved ones. Join us in a fun online session. Meet people around the country and the world. Discover what others are ... Read more

    Free
  • Freedomistas – Building Together March

    Virtual Event

    Are you excited, curious or interested in the Freedom Festival? In the Freedomistas zoom call, we playfully discover what each of us can do to create explorations of freedom and independence with neighbors and loved ones. Join us in a fun session. Meet people around the country and the world. Discover what others are doing ... Read more

  • Freedom-Makers: Maroons and the Underground Railroad

    online
    Hybrid Event

    This hybrid offering will be an in-person/virtual visit to the "Underground Railroad Tree" in the Guilford Woods of North Carolina. The 300-year-old Tulip Poplar tree is a living monument and witness to the freedom-seekers who were part of this eastern seaboard launching point of the Underground Railroad during the early 19th century. The great tree ... Read more

  • Freedom Festival: Opening Conversation

    online
    Virtual Event

    What does it look like to collectively reflect on our journeys to freedom and independence, Juneteenth to Independence Day? The improvscience Freedom Festival invites people in the US and internationally to come together, to create and explore organizing for freedom and independence. What are we celebrating with Juneteenth and Independence Day? What is freedom and ... Read more

    Free
  • Juneteenth Staged Play Reading written & directed by Enid Pickett

    New Vintage Church 3300 Sonoma Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA, United States
    Hybrid Event

    A staged play reading about love. Love of Family, Faith, and Freedom. Three acts: 1865-1963-2025. A black family's journey of struggle and survival living in the USA. Performed by the Enid Pickett Players. Experience this event in person or watch it streaming live. A second reading will occur on June 20th. Enid Pickett Players, names ... Read more

  • Juneteenth Staged Play Reading, written & directed by Enid Pickett

    New Vintage Church 3300 Sonoma Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA, United States
    Hybrid Event

    What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth is a staged reading of a new play by Enid Pickett–a play about love. Love of family, faith, and freedom. Three acts: 1865-1963-2025. A black family's journey of struggle and survival living in the USA. Performed by the Enid Pickett Players. Click Read More to watch it streaming live. Or buy ... Read more

  • Marsha Pool Party

    R3 Hotel 16390 4th Street, Guerneville, Californa

    Dive into a celebration of joy, resistance, and unapologetic queer freedom at MARSHA, a pool party named after the legendary Marsha P. Johnson. Inspired by her activism, resilience, and radiant spirit, this event is more than just a party—it’s a statement of pride, community, and queer liberation. Buy your tickets to attend the pool party. ... Read more

  • The Freedom We Make : Queer Artists on Sound, Struggle, and Sanctuary Spaces

    online
    Virtual Event

    How do queer artists create spaces of freedom-not just for survival, but for creative process?   Amid the federal administration's threats to sanctuary jurisdictions, MovingGround initiated Sanctuary Spaces, an art-action network to share narratives and shed light on people's lives directly impacted through conversation, performance, and co-creating live and experiential Sanctuary Spaces together.   From Window, the ... Read more

    $5.00 – $50.00