2022 Sacramento Black Womxn Festival

08/13/2022

08/09/2022

The Black Womxn Festival is THIS SATURDAY AUGUST 13th!
If you haven’t already, register now on our Eventbrite page!

The festival will include amazing panilest, music and performances, wellness activities such as yoga, vendors, and a kid zone.

What are you most excited about for the festival? Let us know in the comments!

Where: William Land Regional Park 3800 W Land Park Drive, Sacramento, CA 95822 at the amphitheater (across from Fairytale Town).

08/01/2022

Honor your mind and body by signing up for a mindful yoga session at the Black Womxn Festival!
Don't have a mat? Don’t stress! Mats will be provided by Yoga Moves Us.
Register for yoga in the park using this QR code!
Also, register now on our Eventbrite page and for the next 100 people who sign up, we have a free Sacramento Black Womxn’s Festival” gift for you!
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07/29/2022

Dr. Haggins will do the honor of pouring libations at Black Womxn Festival!

Dr. Kristee Haggins (she/her/hers) is a community healer, African-centered psychologist,
consultant, and professor who takes a holistic approach to healing mind, body, spirit and
community.
Dr. Haggins is the Executive Director and a founding member of Safe Black Space, a developing non-profit focused on helping Black people heal and thrive in the face of racism and anti-Blackness.
Dr. Haggins provides consultations, trainings and workshops to agencies,
organizations, and universities on topics such as: Black racial stress, trauma and healing;
trauma informed care with a racial lens; mental health and self-care.

Learn more about Safe Black Space: IG
Visit their website: safeblackspace.org

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07/28/2022

Calling all yoga lovers to the Black Womxn Festival!
Kirsten Johnson will be teaching mindful yoga at the Black Womxn Festival on August 13th at 10:35!

Kirsten is the founder of In Her Voice, a community yoga and wellness practice that promotes body positivity and mindfulness in order to encourage healing and healthy habits for long lasting physical and mental health.

Connect with Kirsten:
# inhervoices

07/27/2022

Want to get a professional headshot of yourself taken for free?
Our , Chioko Grevious (she/her/hers,) will provide photography (headshot photos) for the Black Womxn’s Festival!
Chioko is a woman of many talents and passions. She is a photographer and a public health practitioner in both community health organizations and in the state public health department, she is an Associate Marriage Family Therapist (AMFT)and an Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC).

Chioko is the founder of The Click Photography, a photography business that focuses on photographing people of color, in natural lighting, to showcase the beauty in all of us. Her specialties are individual headshots; family and bo***ir photography.

Connect with Chioko:
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Visit her website- https://www.theclickphotography.com/

07/25/2022

Need to identify the personal roadblocks in your life?

Practicing Hoodoo practitioner and Divination Counselor, Iris Divine will be at the Black Womxn Festival!

Iris believes that her purpose is to help connect her community to their spirituality and life purpose, one card at a time.

Let Iris be a healing guide to you at the Black Womxn Festival August 13 10am-3pm.

Connect with Iris-
IG: Irisdivinemessages

07/22/2022

Blogger, podcaster, humorist, womanist, and full time human being, Malikka Rogers-Owens will be one of our panelist at the Black Womxn Festival!
Born and raised in Sacramento, Malikka is finding ways to advocate for black Womxn through writing and speaking about unpopular truths.
Hear Malikka speak to empower Black Womxn on August 13th at the Black Womxn Festival from 10-3pm!
Connect with Malikka: IG-
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07/20/2022

For , BWU would like to highlight Toni McNeil, who will be one of our guest speakers at the upcoming Black Womxn Festival!
Toni is a mother, ordained elder, an entrepreneur and community organizer with a strong passion for healing and empowerment within communities of color through the means of active listening, training, and educating.

She is the Founder and Host of Anti-Black Conversations, which is a virtual platform that is a Space where People of Color can challenge each others conditioned mindsets via emotionally intelligent conscious dialogue to reveal the film of White Supremacy which clouds the lenses of how we perceive ourselves and others.

Don't miss out on hearing Toni speak at the Black Womxn Festival on August 13th!

07/18/2022

Looking to learn a new dance routine? Come to the Black Womxn Festival where entrepreneur and choreographer, Malii Osborne-Wash (Grace) will be teaching a dance on stage!!!

Grace is the owner and Director of Mosaic School of Integrated Arts, Master Choreographer and dance leader for Center of Praise
Ministries and Artistic Director/Choreographer for Images Theatre Company.

Follow Grace
FB: Mosaic School for the Performing Arts

Be sure to check out the Black Womxn Festival on August 13th 10am-3pm at William Land Park Amphitheater

07/15/2022

The one and only Dr. Teah Hairston will be a guest speaker at the Black Womxn Festival!

If you don’t already know, Dr. Hairston is a mother, a holistic health and wellness coach,a, certified holistic nutritionist, a community caregiver, sociologist and the founder of Be Love Holistic, LLC, a philanthropic organization which offers holistic health and wellness services to equip Black women with information, education, and resources intended to improve and optimize mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical wellbeing.

Dr. Hairston is also a professional research data specialist and grant program evaluator, a trained Emotional Emancipation Circle (EEC)SM facilitator, and a Black women's grief and loss group program coordinator, specializing in pregnancy loss, early infant death, and infertility. As a self-trained fitness enthusiast and former fitness instructor, Dr. Hairston emphasizes in her work the mental, emotional, and spiritual benefits of exercise/physical fitness, and its therapeutic value in self- and community-care.

Dr. Hairston serves as Vice President of Safe Black Space, a non-profit organization that exists to nurture Black wellness by creating intentional healing space for Black people, providing tips and strategies for understanding and dealing with racial stress and trauma, and engaging in culturally relevant restorative practices. She is also the Vice President of Sacramento Area Congregations Together (Sac ACT), a grassroots multi-faith organization dedicated to creating more just and equitable communities.

Dr. Hairston uses her personal background combined with her diverse professional, educational, and community experiences to empower Black women and communities using a holistic approach.

Come listen to Dr. Hairston at the Black Womxn Festival on August 13th at Carroll Amphitheatre
William Land Park from 10am-3pm.

07/11/2022

Sacramento Black Womxn's Festival Weekly Updates:
As we get closer to the date of the Black Womxn Festival, we would like to provide updates on the event and highlight some of our guest speakers, activities and performers. This week we are highlighting Demi Gooch!

Demi is an educator, advocate, and a public servant. She is a longtime friend and supporter of BWU. As a Black woman of trans experience, she is dedicated to fighting for representation in education.

Come listen to Demi speak—on August 13th at William Land Park Amphitheater!

06/29/2022

In case you missed it, BWU wants to invite you to elevate and celebrate Black womxn and girls. The theme is Money, (Em)power, Respect. Come out and enjoy guest speakers, performances, and vendors. Link in bio for further information on how you can participate. We hope to see you there!

06/28/2022

Black Womxn United was founded in 2017. Our organization is known for producing our signature event, the first-ever Black Womxn's March in Sacramento! This year, we will move in an exciting new direction for our signature event. Introducing the first-ever Sacramento Black Womxn’s Festival. Our theme, Money, (Em)Power, Respect!, offers a plethora of summertime fun for all Black womxn and girls. We can’t wait to see you there!