2008

• June 15, 2008 - Town Logic Media Group - Stax Recording Artist N'dambi performs at Maxwell's Lounge for a Bay Area Juneteenth celebration! The date is Sunday, June 15, 2008 from 7PM - Midnight. There will be live neo-soul music, poetry readings, talent show and a silent auction of African American articles!
   

• June 19, 2008 - East Bay Municipal Util. Dist. Black Employees - Adeline Maintenance Center - Barbecue catered by CJ's Barbecue of Richmond, CA, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  Eating, Dancing and reading of Article 3.

• June 19, 2008 - Ascension Center 50+  - Center 50+ at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral - June 19th, 2008, 11:00 A.M. - Deep South Culinary Class Featuring Gumbo and Peach Cobbler (10:00 A.M.) - East Oakland Gospel Choir (11:00 A.M.) Praise Dancing Featuring Jamar Kirton (11:30 A.M.) Millinery Fashion Show by Bertha (12:00 P.M.) Low Cost Lunch (Gumbo & Cobbler) (12:15 P.M.)

• June 21, 2008 - African American Chamber of Commerce of San Joaquin County - Juneteeth celebration 2008 at the Weber Point Event Center. Fashion Show, Raffle Prizes, food, Jumpers, Sat Jun 21, 2008 11:00 Am - 7:00 PM. Live Performances, Hip Hop,gospel, R& B. Kids 8-14 sign up to Train like the Pros with the NFL Mike Merriwether, former player Pit Steelers, New Yk Giants, Ny Jets and Vikings.

• June 14, 2008 - Taft Community Center - Taft Community is known to be the first to recognize and celebrate Juneteenth in San Joaquin County.  The celebration continues to be celebrated at Taft Park, 389 W. Downing Ave., Stockton, CA  95206.  The celebration begins Saturday, June 14, 2008 from 10AM-4PM.  The activities will include; a motorcycle show; food; vendor booths; live music and performances; youth activities; sporting events; guest speakers; presentation and much more.

• June 19, 2008 - Juneteenth Education Technology Arts Center - Juneteenth Day Reception, at the Sacramento State Library, Sacramento, CA 10:00AM - 5:00PM.  This event is to recognize the "California National Juneteenth Holiday Bill Observance. The library will have historic exhibits, (the originally signed proclamation by Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet.  The Reception will be from 5:30pm to 9:00pm with, Food, Music, and Networking and Fellowship.  This event will also be the kickoff for all the California Juneteenth Celebrations, especially the Sacramento Juneteenth Kickoff Weekend, June 21, & 22, 2008.   All events are free and open to the public.  Must R.S.V.P for the reception at due to limited space, at (909) 297-3872, Ask for Reception Event Coordinator, Trudy Coleman

• June 21 & 22, 2008 - Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau - June 21 - 22, 2008 - William Land Park - Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free Admission - Featuring: Two Stages of Live Entertainment - Vendors - Children's Area - Fine Art
  History Contest - Poster Contest - Essay Contest - Juneteenth Educational Theatre - Black Theater Performances - Golf Tournament
  Gospel Extravaganza - Presentation of "Juneteenth Community Soldier Awards"

2007

• June 16, 2007 - KRST Unity Center of Afrakan Spiritual Science - Saturday, June 16, 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, 2nd Annual KRST Unity Juneteenth Family Day festival features Outdoor Concerts, Children's Carnival, Health & Healing Workshops and Screenings, African Dance & Drumming, African Marketplace, Food & Arts & Crafts Vendors, Spoken Word & Open Mic Talent, Lectures & Movies, Radio Give-Aways, B-BQ & Red Soda Water!

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• June 16, 2007 - Macedonia Baptist Church - Macedonia Baptist Church,1751 East 114th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90059 12: Noon - 5:00 p.m. Live Jazz, Gospel & Blues music, Singers,  Choirs, Praise Dancers, Spoken Word, History, Jewelry, Clothing, Gift items, Delicious Food, BBQ, Smoothies, Peach Cobbler and much more... Free Throw Contest & Double Dutch Contest. WE ARE CALLING ALL VENDORS, CHOIRS, POETS, SPOKEN WORD ARTIST, PRAISE DANCERS, STORY TELLERS AND MORE.. FPR PERFORMANCE AND VENDOR BOOTHS CALL (323) 569-9561

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• June 16, 2007 - Paul Robeson Community Center - The Juneteenth Celebration & Bar-B-Q/Parillada will take place at the Paul Robeson Community Center, 6569 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA  90044 from 1 pm to 4 pm. There will be food, music, spoken word and crafts, including face painting and balloon decorating.  The theme will be freedom which will be carried out in the crafts w/ kids choosing something to have painted on their face symbolizing freedom to them (e.g. a butterfly or the north star).  Other Crafts will have the same theme.
   

Tuesday, Jume 19, 2007 - SisterFriends, a circle of sisters creating & The Sojourner Truth Multicultural Arts Center - Please join SisterFriends, a circle of sisters creating & The Sojourner Truth Multicultural Arts Center for the 5th Annual Sankofa Dinner & screening of the film Sankofa in celebration of Juneteenth. The event will be held Tuesday, June 19 starting  at 5:30pm at The Sojourner Truth Multicultural Arts Center, 2251 Florin Road, suite 158 & 126 (24th and Florin Rd.), Sacramento, CA 95822. The Sankofa Dinner is potluck and community members are encouraged to bring traditional soul food and stories from their ancestors.
Sankofa is an Akan (Ghanaian) word meaning "one must return to the past in order to move forward." Written and directed by Ethiopian-born filmmaker and Howard University professor Haile Gerima in 1993. Sankofa is the story of the psycho spiritual journey of Mona, a self-possessed African American woman who faces an identity crisis. From the African continent through the Middle Passage and the Americas, Mona relives her past and is transformed.  Filmed in West Africa, Jamaica, and Louisiana, it offers a rich view of the psycho spiritual baggage of the slave past. For more info, please call Toni Newman at 395-3808

June 16/2007 - Heritage Park Homeowners - We are hosting a Juneteenth Celebration with a dinner Dance, being held in our Grand Ball Room;
featuring Soul Foods contributed and served by Mimi's,in support of the Juneteenth Cultural Event, and Music by Jonah and his Band..

June 19 - CA Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation - The event is called Annual Juneteenth Educational Lunch & Fundraiser to be held on June 19, Tuesday. We will feature community youth giving presentations on the Emancipation Proclamation, and what Juneteenth means to them.
 

• June 23, 2007 - AM 1240 The Soul of San Diego Radio - 3rd Annual Gospel Festival and Juneteenth Celebration
  Market Creek Plaza Amphitheater - 310 Euclid Ave., San Diego, CA 92114 - 10am-7pm Gospel Music, Food, Kids Zone (619)527-1246

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• June 26, 2007 - AM 1240 The Soul of San Diego - AM 1240 the soul of san diego! we are sponsoring this event with some help from private sponsors, this day will be a Gospel celebration, games for kids, free medical test, everything you can think of we will do for free, that is great

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• 6-19-07 - Keiller Leadership Academy - On Tuesday, June 19 Keiller Leadership Academy will host three assemblies.  This will be our second Juneteenth celebration.  We will have an assembly on Tuesday, launch the KLA Internet Radio on Wednesday, and have a live band 'Federal Funk Command on Thursday. 

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• June 16, 2007 - Sidney Cooper Family - My uncle, Sidney Cooper, is considered the Father of Juneteenth in the beautiful city of San Diego, California.  He arrived in Diego from Red Bird, Oklahona,in 1950.  He began quietly celebrating Juneteenth in the nid-1959s when my family lived in a house across the street from the park where black people congregated on Sunday afternoon.  A few years after he and my aunt opened a barbershop, beautyshop, and small market in the not so beautiful ghetto of San Diego, he began feeding the homeless on Juneteenth.  By the 1970s his Juneteenth celebration had become an institution for the many people he helped.  Duringf the crack epidemic, the numbers of people he fed swelled.  In the nineties he moved his Juneteenth celebration to the Saturday closest to June 19th.
     My uncke passed in 2002, but his family continues the tradition he so well-popularized in San Diego.  For the last four years the city has been closing Imperial Avenue (the main thouroughfare thru the traditional black community for our celebration of slavery's end.  This year we will have a stage adjacent to my uncle's property.  The program will include speakers,dancers, two bands, etc. We always have a jumper and play area for children, artwork, and other booths.  We also continue my Uncle Sidney's tradition of feeding everyone who comes to celebrate with us.
   

2006

2005

• June 18, 2005 - Friends of WGStill Cultural Center
  On June 18, 2005, the Friends of WGStill Cultural Center will celebrate the 16th Annual Juneteenth Festival with Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Kidz Corner, food booths, Art Exhibit and Special Guests
• National council of Negro Women, inc Bethune Section - The 2nd Annual Juneeteenth Membership Luncheon on Saturday June 18,2005 1:pm Food , forum 1638 W. 127th Street, Los angeles, CA.Donation $ 35.00 RSVP (323) 753-5059
• June 17, 2005 - PCS Senior Multipurpose Center: Program with testimonies, songs and reflections by our senior citizens. 
• African American Committee Local 660 - SEIU Local 660  June 18, 2005, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM - Storytelling, short movie, fashion show, and the history of Juneteenth.
• June 18, 2005  - City of Refuge - A city-wide festival on the grounds of the City of Refuge Church featuring a youth talent and stepshowcase, free food, The John Salley Block Party from 100.3 The Beat and a variety of vendors from the community.  Call 323-750-0523 for more information.
• June 18, 2005 - GLC/MANUAL ARTS HIGH - Manual Arts High School - 4131 S. Vermont, 11am-4:30pm God's lil Cleaners and Manual Arts will have food games, contests. We will have bike racing, speed skating, 3-legged race, and other vendors. Free food (hot dogs and soda pop) for kids, also BBQ dinners will be sold (fund raiser).

• Cosumnes River College, 8401 Center Parkway, Sacramento, CA, 95823, on the Fountain Quad area of the campus. Monday, May 9, 2005, from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The Black History Month Committee is hosting a lecture on the history and significance of Juneteenth, the reading of the 13th and 14th Amendments, pictorial display, and college students participating in a bar-b-q picnic with lawn games. While Juneteenth is celebrated in June, May 9th is the last day that students can participate in co-curricular events on campus. The committee is using this opportunity to further the education of the community about Black History with the hope of developing this event into an academic year-end tradition.
• Sunday, June 19: Sister Friends and City of Sacramento Neighborhood Services Area II presents-- Annual Juneteenth Sankofa Dinner ( Traditional Soul Food potluck dinner), from 5-7pm at Belle Cooledge Community Center, 5699 South Land Park Dr., Sacramento, CA.  Please wear white to symbolize the solidarity of our people.  Cultural program with speakers, poetry, family stories and music. For more info. contact Toni Newman Ritchards at (916) 271-4270 or Faye Kennedy at (916) 484-5025
• On June 15, 2005 at 2000 K Street, Sacramento, CA Golden Rule Services will hosting its 1st Annual Juneteenth Celebration.  Entertainment will include a live performances from jazz vocalist Gayle Von and female impersonators Danielle, Kima LaRue and Gena. DJ Cedrick will be spinning the best of house musitic.
  Authenthic soul food (good enough to slap somebody) will be provided as well. Admission is $5.  All proceeds will benefit Golden Rule Services and the Samaritan Center, two local nonprofit organizations.

On June 4, 2005, the Tracy African American Association (TAAA) will celebrate freedom during its annual Juneteenth Festival between 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. at Lincoln Park (Eaton & Holly Streets) in Tracy. This marks the 11th year TAAA has created the community event inviting every neighbor to come celebrate freedom and enjoy! This year, the Buffalo Soldiers will join the celebration, there will be a Health Pavillion, and you could even win a 2005 Mustang! A community event full of food, entertainment, vendors, and crafts, TAAA encourages everyone to come and experience the celebration.
Entertainment features Lenny Williams and former Tower of Power members, DJ David Hicks, Buffalo Soldiers, Comedienne Robin Cee, Steel Drumming by The Harmonics, and much more!

Where: Lincoln Park in Tracy – 20 East Eaton, Tracy, CA 95376

Public Info: 209.249.6644

• The City of Compton will celebrate Juneteenth with an all-day bash featuring former Temptation Ali Woodson and Latino R&B legends Tierra on Saturday, June 18, from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m., at Lueders Park, 1500 East Rosecrans Avenue, in the City of Compton. You don’t want to miss this fun-filled all day bash, which will include free carnival rides, a dominoes competition, basketball tournament, food and vendor booths, face painting and free watermelon and red soda water. The event is free to the public. For more information, contact Virginia Cruz in the City of Compton Recreation Department at (310) 605-6323.
• The Story Project - The students of The Story Project at Communities in Schools of Southbay in Compton, California will celebrate Juneteenth Day by exhibiting their photography and poetry with the theme of freedom and education. Location: Communities in Schools of South Bay Inc. 1610-B Rosecrans Ave. Compton, CA 90220 Date: June 14th Time: 6:00-8:00. Join the Story Project students as they exhibit their photography and hold a poetry cafe for the community

• Blacks in Government/U.S. Department of HUD - Location of the event:  600 Harrison St., San Francisco, CA on June 16, 2005, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. - Educate and inform participants re the meaning and history of Juneteenth.  Presentations re Juneteenth, Display table re Civil War/Slavery and Lunch to a very diverse group.
• June 18, 2005  - San Francisco Juneteenth Committee - Featuring Grand Marshalls Mr. Hyacinth C. Ahuruonye, CPA, Principal of HCA & Co. & Mrs. Renel Brooks Moon of KISS-FM 98.1 Radio, the parade will start at 11:00 a.m. on June 18, 2005.  Location: Duboce Park, Steiner at Herman St., we will match through the Western Addition and end at the reviewing stand on Fillmore and Turk Streets. There will be music, live entertainment, giveaways.