MUSIC IS MY CHURCH! Whether in major or minor modes, Powerful healing energy always abodes. 🥷🎶♎️ MUSIC 🎶 🎶🎶 is a universal language that requires no translation. MUSIC provides energetic healing through its tones, vibrations and rhythms. I am a social worker social therapeutics practitioner performance coach and psychotherapist. Social therapeutics is not only my ... Read more
Raquell Holmes has selected paintings, photos and drawings from the art collection of LeVell Holmes, her father, who collected engaging, eclectic art from around the world, with a focus on Black culture. The select pieces will be on display at Johnny’s Java, Cotati CA, throughout the festival. Take your picture with one of the art ... Read more
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
In 2023, Raquell Holmes selected paintings, photos and drawings from the art collection of Dr. LeVell Holmes, her father. The selection focused on Jubilee and black cultures. This year, we're showcasing two Sonoma County artists associated with the Freedom Festival. Select pieces of Joanna Wheeldin and Amaya Yoshikawa will be on display at Johnny’s Java, ... Read more
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
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
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
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
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
9:15am PT | 11:15am CT | 12:15pm ET. Hosted by students and faculty from Pace University’s International Conversation Group Program Join us this summer for a reflective and uplifting virtual gathering where curiosity, connection, and community take center stage. Born from the success of Pace University's International Conversation Group & Facilitator Training Program—a vibrant program ... Read more
2:00 - 4:00 pm PDT/ 4:00 - 6:00pm CDT/ 5:00pm - 7:00pm EDT. 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, ... Read more