Black Cultural Festival Program

The Black Cultural Festival is an opportunity for people of Afro descent, our families, and close friends to join together in celebration of our vibrant culture and community. It is an event created for us by us, and supported by organizations, companies, and people like you – who want to aid in unifying and uplifting our local Black community. We encourage you to join us on August 20, 2022 for this amazing family friendly event!

DOWNLOAD PROGRAM

MAIN STAGE SCHEDULE

MAIN STAGE

Raffle Table:
Win Memberships, Airline Vouchers, & Gift Cards!
Raffle Winners Announcement
1:30 | 2:35 | 3:50

Market of Choice Pop-Up:
Meet The Maker (FREE Samples)

REI Co-Op Pop-Up:
Want FREE Gear? Demo & Giveaway
1:00 | 3:00 | 4:30

Willamette Riverkeeper Pop-Up:
Sign up for a FREE guided river tour!
Paddling 101 & Guided River Tour
2:00 | 4:00

YOUTH ZONE (OPEN 1 – 4)

CHILDREN PICK UP YOUR FREE SWAG BAGS!
Collect your FREE family meal vouchers at the Youth Zone entry.

Youth Zone Schedule:
1:00 – Create! Craft Time
1:30 – Aerial Silks Demo – Bounce Gymnastics
2:00 – Crown Making – Bobby Fouther
2:30 – Aerial Silks Demo – Bounce Gymnastics
3:00 – Art In All Mediums – Zina Allen

Youth Zone Activities:
Equine Therapy – Meet A Horse!
Toddler Play Place
Adventure! Children’s Museum
Archery
Obstacle Course
Games
Instrument Petting Zoo – Eugene Symphony
Cascades Raptor Center

ARTS & CULTURE

Museum Without Walls:
Ongoing Museum Showings
Meet the Artists! (Artist Pavilion)

Eugene Public Library:
Explore Collection of Things
Free Wellness Books
Sign up for a library card!

Rest as Resilience:
2:00 – Adult’s Guided Meditation
4:00 – Children’s Guided Meditation

Chess Area:
Ongoing Chess Games
Chess Club Sign Up

Sensory Zone Space:
Relaxation & Sensory Centering Activites

WORKSHOP PAVILION

Food For The Mind:
1:30
“Creating a Healthy Black Identity”
Panel Discussion

2:30
“Prosperous Communities Require Prosperous Families”
Financial planning for the entire family!
Presented by Ujamaa Financial Literacy Collective

3:30
“Financial Q & A”
Ask the professionals!
Presented by Ujamaa Financial Literacy Collective

MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS

FOOD COURT

Irie Jamaican Kitchen
Once Famous Grill
Makeda’s Ethiopian Cuisine
JustIce Shave Ice
Stewart’s Soul Fusion

BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES

Hillside Academy:
Childcare

Anansi Beat:
Handmade African drums

Tranont Independent Associates:
Whole-food supplements & health education

Yarbs & Roots:
Botanical-based hair care products

Artistic Ambush Soul:
Art & home décor

Made with Sol:
Crochet & embroidered goods, soaps & cards

Healthy Moves 501c3:
Physical movement & activities for kids & families

Reachable Wellness:
Herbal skin care products & wellness education

Black Wolfe Homestead:
Jams & jellies

The Soul Garden Vegan Soul Food:
Prepackaged food sales, book sales & catering

Country Financial Representative:
Insurance services

Dorotheaa:
Handmade apparel & acrylic canvas paintings

Earthie Candles & Essentials:
Candles, soaps, wax melts, & shea butters

Lela Sky Healing:
Healing products, self-care & gifts

KTZ Closet:
Hair care, bonnets, jackets, slides & hair care

Brees Yoga:
Yoga, holistic therapy, & hypnotherapy

Elegance by Miss Lady:
Handmade soy candles & handmade skin care

Sumareh Trading Co.:
Vintage indigo, straw baskets, beaded chairs & beads

Black Rural Network:
Advocating for the Black rural community

OG Custom Threads:
Clothing

Stitchy Finds:
Mother-daughter fiber art crochet-duo

Really Bad Art by Me:
Art & plant hangers

The Noble Choices:
T-shirts, African Art & jewelry

Black Joy Oregon:
Nonprofit

Ujamaa Financial Literacy Collective:
Financial Planning

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”

~Rosa Parks

“Healing is a practice. It’s not a one-time thing.”

~Marnita Schroedl

“Healing must be collective.”

~William Oliver

“The triumph can’t be had without the struggle.”

~Wilma Rudolph

“Turn your wound into wisdom.”

~Oprah Winfrey

“Sometimes you have to raise a little hell to get some heaven.”

~Joe Madison

“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.”

~Malcolm X

“To sit back and do nothing is to cooperate with the oppressor.”

~Jane Elliott

“You need not carry the heavy, hollow burden of racism any longer.”

~Jesse Williams

“Life is full of pain. Let the pain sharpen you.”

~Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah

“Nobody’s free until everybody’s free”

~Fannie Lou Hamer

“I love my people. And I love all people.”

~Black Elder

“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.”

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

“I love being Black! Racism and white supremacy is what it is. I still love being Black.”

~Kokayi Nosakhere

“Healing is not just about what we experience in the present, it’s also about how we understand the past, how we name our histories and frame the times in which we live.”

~Susan Raffo

“In the world you know, there’s a million boys and girls who are young, gifted and black, and that’s a fact.”

~a Nina Simone song, from Lorraine Hansberry’s play

“Healing isn’t fully healing if it doesn’t in some way connect the individual to the community.”

~Susan Raffo

“Give light, and people will find the way.”

~Ella Baker

“The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.”

~James Baldwin

“I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect.”

~June Jordan

“When I dare to be powerful — to use my strength in the service of my vision — then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

~Audre Lorde

Black Cultural Festival Program

MAIN STAGE SCHEDULE

MAIN STAGE

YOUTH ZONE (OPEN 1 – 4)

ARTS & CULTURE

WORKSHOP PAVILION

MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS

FOOD COURT

BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES

PREMIER SPONSOR

TIER 3 SPONSORS

TIER 2 SPONSORS

TIER 1 SPONSORS

ANGEL DONORS

PARTNERS

SPECIALS THANKS TO

PRODUCED BY BLACK CULTURAL INITIATIVE