JUNETEENTH...2007

WE BELIEVE in the RESURRECTION ...such divine genealogical order... when they stole U Father, Brother, Husband...they stole us & WE! WE ARE PROGENY OF DIVINE*DIASPORA ...jes' like the DIS*EAZE of capture is as nothing when laid 'side a enslavement... WE ARE UNIFIED IN THE RESURRECTION ...same ol' GOD*WILL...them baldhead dog maken we cullum new name... WE ARE SELF*DETERMINED IN THE RESURRECTION ...ALL ways new memory come long side ALL old... WE ARE COLLECTIVE WORKERS IN THE RESURRECTION ...naming our chirren by the light of the harvest moon... WE ARE ECONOMICALLY COOPERATIVE IN THE RESURRECTION ...praying down the true roots old & faded culture, remixing that with the new... WE ARE PURPOSEFILLED IN THE RESURRECTION ...knowing in born witness, cain't no parent be no child... WE ARE CREATIVE IN THE RESURRECTION ...ol' stank Massa say them mangy back porch dogs do better learning than We... WE ARE FULL of FAITH IN THE RESURRECTION ...jes/ me a WE linger lil' lil' bit longer 'round larnin's doe... WE ARE PROGENY OF DIVINE DIASPORA ...passing on the precious true roots knowledge, centered in the ALL with love & heART ear to hear & listen... WE ARE UNIFIED IN THE RESURRECTION ...we name hOUR chirren in the voice of the ancestor, on the day of the weak, in the seasons of time, in the years & years, & years, & years, & years, & years & years of some enslaver's symbionic bondage... WE ARE SELF DETERMINED IN THE RESURRECTION ...on that longtime gone, gone presentime coming Day of JU-JU-JUBILEE... WE ARE COLLECTIVE WORKERS IN THE RESURRECTION ...check out how we be rejoicing in new heART FATHER"S DAY * JUNETEENTH celebration... WE ARE ECONOMICALLY COOPERATIVE IN THE RESURRECTION ...them true roots soldiers made them baldheads read us listenin' to what they was fear in lettin' us know to write... WE ARE FULL OF PURPOSE IN THE RESURRECTION ...allala time knowing WE peoples is 1one... WE ARE CREATIVE IN THE RESURRECTION ...trusting & believing & knowing... WE ARE FILLED WITH FAITH IN THE RESURRECTION ...as WE are the essence of the beauty of ALL beings Afrikan, free in the GODWILL, and blessed to be at least THIS Black... ...as WE are the Resurrection which surely cometh in the mourning... ...and YOU & I dear heART... IN TIME"S DIVINE FULLNESS scratchd out FREEDOM'S map on the plantation cabin slaveship flo' ###

ULTRA YOUth!
INTERGENERATIONAL
Agri CULTURAL Arts
COOPERATIVE
COMMUNIVERSITY

celebrates

JUNETEENTH

Jubilee * Sunday
HONORING

...survivors & descendants of the Middle Passage...

Father's Day

17 June 07

8a & 10a Congregational Services

@

Reno 1st Methodist Church

209 West 1st Street

featuring

...the spoken word offered by...

IiYAH*ISHA

&

Sher'on Jackson

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JUNETEENTH

19 June 07

Agri*CULTURAL*Arts

Dawn to Dusk

REDEDICATION

Bar*B*Que

potluck

DRUM*CIRCLE

Paradise Park, Reno

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DROP in the BUCKET

...community sustenance service...

23 June07

9a

209 West 1st Street

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23 June 07

R.E.A.L.

*Responsibility *Earth *Art *Learning

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City of Reno

Block Party

12p - 5p

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24 June 07

JUNETEENTH*TALES

@

The HOLLAND Project

hollandreno.blogspot.com

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25 June 07

7p

1st METH*BOOK Club

(Seeing in the Dark)

775.544.6907

renofirstmethodist.org

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PREVIOUS CELEBRATIONS

BUFFALO SOLDIERS
...heroes & heroines unsung...
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FRIDAY
16 JUNE 06
Boy's & Girl's Girl's Club, Truckee Meadows
2680 E 9th St.
4p ASSEMBLY
(...arts & crafts...stories & songs...genealogy...)

SHARING OurStory!
Intergenerational JUNETEENTH Tales
BUFFALO SOLDIER TALES

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SUNDAY
18 JUNETEENTH 06
10:00a
209 West First Street

(HONORING PATRIARCHS, FATHERS, BROTHERS via FREEDOM SONGS & PRAYERS)

775.322.4564
www.RenoFirstMethodist.org

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MONDAY
19 JUNETEENTH 06
2:00 - 4p
DOWN TOWN Reno Library
301 S. Center Street
AUDITORIUM

(gospel...world music...jazz...blues...soul food...genealogy...oral histories...)

INTERGENERATIONAL AFTERNOON OF MAKING COMMUNITY ART, CHAUTAUQUA & SONGS of FREEDOM!

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19 JUNETEENTH 06
REDEDICATION CEREMONY
17 S. Virginia
SIERRA ARTS GALLERY
6:00 - 8p

*** CULTURAL Marketplace * SOULFUL Tastings * ORAL History * SILENT Auction * ART & Entertainment * GENEALOGICAL Investment * FAMILY Reunion * Sharing OURstory ***

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CELEBRATING THE VERY BEST OF YOU IN YOUth!
P.O. Box 40754, 89504
ultrayouth.org
775.544.6907
ultrayouth@blackplanet.com
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ASANTE SANA!
(thank YOU very much!)
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