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  • Freedom-Makers: Maroons and the Underground Railroad

    Virtual Event

    This offering will be a 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 is ... Read more

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  • Juneteenth Staged Play Reading written & directed by Enid Pickett

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

    June 18-20th, 2026. You are warmly invited to join us for the 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. Enid ... Read more

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  • Juneteenth Staged Play Reading written & directed by Enid Pickett

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

    June 19th, 2026. You are warmly invited to join us for the 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. Enid ... Read more

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  • Juneteenth Staged Play Reading written & directed by Enid Pickett

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

    June 20th, 2026. You are warmly invited to join us for the 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. Enid ... Read more

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  • Sonoma County Dyke March & Lez-a-Palooza Street Fair on the Square

    Santa Rosa City Hall Parking Lot (Route Start) 1-49 D St, Santa Rosa, CA, United States

    Sonoma County DYKE MARCH is an inclusive, grassroots, intergenerational movement bringing together Lesbian, Queer, Transgender, Non-Binary, Sapphic people, the full LGBTQIA2S+ spectrum, and our allies to resist attacks on our rights, bodies, and lives.​​ We honor the legacy of the Lesbians and Queer women who have been the backbone of social justice movements. We uplift ... Read more

  • Discord and Harmony : The Struggle for Freedom in the USA Through Blues, Jazz, Soul, and Hip-Hop

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    Virtual Event

    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 ... Read more

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  • Art, Rhythm & Eats

    Life on Art 133 Copeland Street, Petaluma, CA, United States

    Join us at Life On Art for an exciting evening filled with food, music, creativity, and freedom! This is a first-time event hosted by your local artist, Amaya Yoshikawa, as part of Freedom Festival for this year’s Juneteenth. There will be several free interactive art stations for your enjoyment. One of these stations will be ... Read more

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  • Poetry by the Bay

    Roadhouse 1580 Eastshore Rd, Bodega Bay, CA, United States

    Let's get together and talk about freedom and what it means to each of us, using the oft forgotten power of poetry. Bring something original or something that resonates with you and share it at our first mic-less open mic poetry reading. Light snacks are provided for this after-hours event.

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    Experience improvscience Community Office Hours

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    Come play with us during improvscience Community Office Hours! The community office hours are held weekly for those who work and organize within and adjacent to Dr. Raquell Holmes and improvscience.  The  Zoom room is for people to work, plan, and create with others. If you want to collaborate with friends on projects, bounce ideas ... Read more

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    Musical Medicine

    Mokawk Blade Sebastopol, CA, United States

    Come enjoy the freedom of listening to live music in a beautiful semi-rural setting. Singer-songwriter Mohawk Blade (Ava Grail) welcomes us to her serene slice of land in Sebastopol, CA, to gather beneath the oaks for a musical celebration. You're invited to bring your own picnic, blankets and chairs to relax with your friends and ... Read more

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  • Our stories are worth listening to while we can

    Community Building through Griot Stories

    Peace and Justice, Santa Rosa, CA 467 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA, United States

    Our stories are worth sharing while we can. Join this in-person storytelling session at the Peace and Justice Center in Santa Rosa, CA. Marian Knox creator of Griot - A story game with heart! will lead us through creating new stories of our lives. Starts at 1:45 pm at 467 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa RSVP requested, ... Read more

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  • Natures Beauty: Places to inspire PEACE

    Virtual Event

    Glenn Bridgers will be hosting this event from one of his favorite public gardens – the Sarah P. Duke botanical gardens in Durham, North Carolina. He will be intermittently going live, and will have some walk-through films to present some favorite spots in the garden; He encourages any other participant to share their own peaceful ... Read more

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  • 100 Years of Gender Play: Virginia Woolf’s Orlando: A Biography

    The Sitting Room 2025 Curtis Dr, Penngrove, CA, United States

    Join us for a discussion of gender expression that spans 1928, when Woolf’s “novelography” Orlando was published, up to today. Hannah Hellman will begin with a brief discussion of her thesis on Woolf’s gender play in Orlando, focusing on Vita Sackville-West’s struggle with her own gender as the source of inspiration. In her thesis, Hannah ... Read more

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    Let Freedom Ring

    Life on Art 133 Copeland Street, Petaluma, CA, United States

    Join us for an inspiring evening of creativity, connection, and live performance at Life on Art. Enjoy an open mic featuring poetry, storytelling, spoken word, and more, alongside special performances including a ballet presentation and an original song by Jeff Ray. Whether you'd like to perform or simply enjoy the talent of our community, all ... Read more

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  • Aging for Freedom

    Virtual Event

    Join this experiential group that is open to anyone interested in shifting the experience of aging from one marked by loss, fear and stigma to one rooted in joy, connection, growth, and... yes, Freedom! Helen Abel and Martha McCoy invite all ages to join them as you discover ways to play with, explore and reshape ... Read more

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  • Freedom From Drudgery: AI as a Platform for Creativity

    Virtual Event

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already part of our daily lives — from Large Language Models like Claude.ai to image generation tools, integration with products like Zoom, and the Microsoft suite. AI is reshaping how we work, create, and express ourselves. In this hands-on session, we explore AI as a liberating platform: a tool that can ... Read more

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  • “Damn Yankee” Storytelling to Confront Slave-Owning Family History

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    Virtual Event

    Participants are invited to share stories of confronting slavery in their own families. The goal is to provide a safe, unrecorded space where people can discuss the cultural norms passed down through generations that keep us from being free of our histories. Host, Dr. Laura Peticolas, will provide her own stories of her slave-owning ancestors ... Read more

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  • Creative Playground

    Creative Playground

    Virtual Event

    You are invited to join the Creative Playground for a special Freedom Festival session to explore, perform and celebrate freedom and independence. Join us on Thursday, July 2nd, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Eastern. For free admission for Freedom Festival attendees, use this code: FREEDOMFESTIVAL The Creative Playground was born from a simple idea: exploring creativity together is ... Read more

  • One image of the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence and another of Fredrick Douglass

    What to Us is the Fourth of July?

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    Virtual Event

    Reading Excerpts from the Declaration of Independence and from Frederick Douglass We invite you to join us at the Freedom Festival for a collective reading of excerpts from both the Declaration of Independence and Fredrick Douglass’s speech “What to a slave is the Fourth of July?” We’ll explore in conversation the relationship between these documents ... Read more

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  • Echoes of Freedom

    Virtual Event

    Echoes of Freedom is an online gathering taking place on July 4, 2026, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm Pacific Time. The event was created to honor the power of the American voice and the freedoms that allow us to speak, question, create, and participate in shaping our future. As we commemorate the 250th Anniversary of ... Read more

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    The Heart Beat of Freedom

    Virtual Event

    The HEARTbeat of Freedom is based on the famous Fourth of July speech by Frederick Douglass delivered on July 5, 1852. We will present three different renditions of an excerpt from this speech. You will HEAR with your EAR this operatic ART and I know it will touch your HEART. We will begin with the ... Read more

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