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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Staged Play Reading written & directed by Enid Pickett
DESCRIPTION:June 18-20th\, 2026. 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. \nEnid Pickett Players\, names only: Bruce Rhodes\, Azalea Abrams\, Elizabeth Daye\, Sarah Baker\, Rylan Bowers-Parr\, Kafoune Diamoutene\, Sabryyah Abdullah\, ReEllis Dotson-Newman\, Zeneta Arthur-Asgill\, N’Game Gray\, Nadia Hill\, WoodRowe Farguheson Jr.\, Christopher Bowers\, Erinn Anova\, Sela Kerr\, Shaun Greenhaigh\, Keenan Webster\, Semiyah Santos\, Enid Pickett \nGeneral Admission – $20 \nStudents and Seniors – $10 \nIn-Person Event tickets can be purchased here: https://www.enidpickett.com/Juneteenth
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/juneteenth-staged-play-reading-written-directed-by-enid-pickett-2026/
LOCATION:New Vintage Church\, 3300 Sonoma Avenue\, Santa Rosa\, CA\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Enid Pickett":MAILTO:enidpickettpress@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Poetry by the Bay
DESCRIPTION: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. \nLight snacks are provided for this after-hours event.
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/poetry-by-the-bay-2026/
LOCATION:Roadhouse\, 1580 Eastshore Rd\, Bodega Bay\, CA\, 94923-9758\, United States
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SUMMARY:What to Us is the Fourth of July?
DESCRIPTION:Reading Excerpts from the Declaration of Independence and from Frederick Douglass \nWe invite you all 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 and freedom. Collectively\, we can create together our meaning of freedom and the Fourth of July. \n“The Declaration of Independence is one of America’s significant founding documents. On its face\, it is a declaration of war. A look at the structure of the document\, it follows the archetype of 18th century enlightenment thinking\, laying out fundamental principles drawn from the laws of nature and deriving conclusions based on these principles. But over all this\, the document lays out the values that the founders considered to be fundamental to the creation of a government\, and though imperfect\, the values for which the country should continuously strive. \n72 years later\, Frederick Douglass was asked to deliver an Independence Day address to the Rochesters Ladies’ Anti-Slavery Society. The address\, entitled “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” is a lament of the celebration of independence while so many in the US were enslaved. In contrast to the appeal to logic of the Declaration of Independence which strives for lofty goals\, Douglass’s address points out the hypocrisy inherent in the invitation and national celebration. Even so\, Douglass ends his speech “drawing encouragement from the Declaration of Independence [and] the great principles it contains”. \n 
URL:https://freedomfestivalusa.org/event/what-to-us-is-the-forth-of-july-reading-excerpts-from-the-declaration-of-independence-and-from-frederick-douglass/
LOCATION:online
CATEGORIES:Conversations,History
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ORGANIZER;CN="Nick Gross":MAILTO:gross@bu.edu
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