7th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Day of Service

Sunday, January 24, 2016, 1-3pm, the Black United Fund of Sacramento Valley (BUFSV) and the Sacramento Area Black Caucus (SABC) will host their 7th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Day of Service at the BUF office located at 4104 44th St, Sacramento, CA 95820. We are collecting new and unworn winter clothing for adults and children such as: hats, gloves, scarves, sweat shirts, and socks to donate to homeless shelters. We will sort and package the items in preparation for dissemination in early February 2016. 

To RSVP and for more info contact: (916) 484-3750.

2015 Kwanzaa Celebrartion, Sunday, December 27, 2015 from 6-9pm

 

Save the date

 

‎2015 Kwanzaa Celebration

 Sunday, December 27, 2015 from 6-9pm

Kujichagulia, (Self-determination): To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves

 Join the Black United Fund of Sacramento Valley (BUFSV), the Brickhouse Art Gallery (BAG) and the Sacramento Area Black Caucus (SABC), Sunday,  December 27, 2015  from 6-9pm at the Brickhouse Art Gallery, 2837 36th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817.

The year’s program will feature Karamu (feast), African drumming, music, libation, unity cup and candle lighting ceremonies; and much more.  

 

We are asking participants in this year’s Kwanzaa to bring a dish for the Karamu or feast, and bring NEW, UNWORN caps, neck scarves, and gloves for infants, children, women and men. On our MLK Day of Service in January 2016, we will assemble them into packets to be distributed to local homeless shelters.

For more info contact: Black United Fund of Sacramento (916) 484-3750 or e-mail:fayek@springmail.com.

Thank you for your continued support and participation!!!

Urgent: 911 Report to the Movement/Community on Mumia Abu–Jamal, Sunday, October 18, 2015

Sacramento will host

 

       2012                                2015

    Stop the Medical Execution of Mumia Abu–Jamal!!!

                     Free Mumia Now!!!

Join us and come hear from

Pam Africa, International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu –Jamal

Ramona Africa, The MOVE Organization

Thought–Provoking Poetry by Straight Out Scribes

 Jeff Mackler, Director, Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal

Sunday, October 18, 2015 from 3-5pm

2251 Florin Rd, Sacramento, CA 95822

(24^th St &Florin Rd)

For more info please contact: fayek@springmail.com OR (916) 484-5025

We are seeking volunteers to assist with set-up and breakdown.  Donations will be gladly accepted to help defray the costs of the traveling speakers with International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal

 

Mumia Abu-Jamal is:

• an internationally celebrated Black writer and radio journalist
• author of six books and hundreds of columns and articles
• organizer and inspiration for the prison lawyers movement
• former member of the Black Panther Party and supporter of Philadelphia’s radical MOVE organization

who has spent the last 30 years in prison, almost all of it in solitary confinement on Pennsylvania’s Death Row.

His demand for a new trial and freedom is supported by:

• heads of state and prominent politicians worldwide (France, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and elsewhere)
• Nobel laureates Nelson Mandela, Toni Morrison, Desmond Tutu
• the European and Japanese Parliaments
• city governments from San Francisco to Detroit to Paris and its suburbs
• distinguished human rights organizations such as Amnesty International
• the Congressional Black Caucus and other members of the U.S. Congress
• prominent civil rights groups such as the NAACP
• numerous labor unions such as

and by scholars, religious leaders, artists, scientists and countless others who cherish democracy, human rights and justice.

For more info about Mumia please visit: http://www.freemumia.com

Second Annual Sacramento Black Book Fair (SBBF), June 5-7, 2015

2^nd Annual Sacramento Black Book (SBBF) will include book signings, talks by each featured writer, cultural vendors, foodtrucks, workshops, a book discussion by each writer listed in the program, children’s activities, poetry readings, and art displays.

 
SBBF will feature more than seventy authors of African descent showcasing and highlighting a diverse spectrum of authors and literature, from contemporary and historical fiction, to anthologies, poetry, academic books; children’s stories and books, non-fiction to biographies, self-help, and inspirational, and religious.

 
SBBF headquarters check-in and general information will be located at the Women’s Civic Improvement Club/Center (WCIC), 3555 3rd Ave., Sacramento, CA 95817.  Community members can pick-up a FREE SBBF Event Program @ WCIC-Saturday, June 6, from 9:00am-5:30pm, and Sunday, June 7 from 11:30am -5:30pm.          
This is a “Walkable Event” with nine different venues throughout historic Oak Park.

 

 

For more info please visit. http://www.sacramentoblackbookfair.com.

 

 

 

Black History Month Program, Sunday February 22, 2015

For more info contact: Donna: (916) 627-8650 or fayek@springmail.com.

 

 

 

For

SABC's 2015 scholarship info

The Sacramento Area Black Caucus’ 2015 scholarship and the application deadline is March 7th, 2015. To download the application and for more info visit: http://www.blackparallelschoolboard.com/16.html; and scroll down to the Sacramento Area Black Caucus’ 2015 scholarship application info.

“BLACK HISTORY MONTH” (BHM), Sunday, February 22, 2015

 

 

 

Save the date for the Sacramento Area Black Caucus (SABC) Annual Black History Month program scheduled for Sunday, February 22, 2015 from 2-4pm at Women’s Civic Improvement Center, 3555 3rd Ave., Sacramento, CA. The 2015 theme is: “Racism and Education Then- Racism and Education Now”. The event is free and open to the public. The program will feature speakers, youth and Black History display. For more info contact Donna at (916) 627-8650.

 

6th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Day of Service, Sunday, January 25, 2015

 

 

The Black United Fund of Sacramento Valley
and

The Sacramento Area Black Caucus

We are seeking donations of unworn winter clothing such as: hats, gloves, scarves, sweat shirts, and socks. On Sunday, January 25 at 2:00pm, we will assemble packages of new, unworn winter clothing to distribute to local homeless shelters. This year, we will also be collecting warm blankets to distribute along with the clothing. Join us at the BUF Office of the Black United Fund, 4104 44th Street, Sacramento CA. 95820.

Your generous donations will be distributed to: the Center for Community Health and Well Being, Wellspring Women’s Center, Next Move (formerly Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Center) and Loaves and Fishes, all of which provide services to individuals and families that are homeless.

To attend and participate, please RSVP to Faye at fayek@springmail.com or call (916) 484-3750~~~Parking is available on 44^th Street.

6th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Day of Service Commemoration of Dr. King’s Legacy

6th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Day of Service Commemoration of Dr. King’s Legacy, Sunday, January 25, 2015 from 2pm—4pm.To attend and participate, please RSVP to Faye at fayek@springmail.com or call (916) 484-3750

2014 Kwanzaa Celebration

 

 2014 Kwanzaa Celebration

2014 Kwanzaa Co-sponsors: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Sigma Delta Omega Chapter, The Talking Drums News, Toni Newman & Family, and African Research Institute

 

Sacramento Black Pages

New 2014-15 Sacramento Black Pages is a directory of Black owned and operated businesses & resources in the Sacramento region.  $5.00 compiled by The Black Group (tbg). You can purchase the Sacramento Black Pages @ underground books, 2814 35th Street, Sacramento, CA. 95817. 916.737.3333.

The 24th Annual Africa & Diaspora Conference

The Center for African Peace & Conflict Resolution (CAPCR)

 

Presents

The 24^th Annual Africa & Diaspora Conference:

The Contemporary African Family: Traditions, Transitions and Transformation

 April 23 – 25, 2015

AT: California State University, Sacramento, USA

CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS

 

Deadline for submission of proposals is DECEMBER 1, 2014

Email your proposal to: Prof. Ernest Uwazie, Director, Center for African Peace & Conflict Resolution   at Uwazieee@csus.edu (916) 278 -6282.  For more information visit us at: www.csus.edu/org/capcr

 

Annual Old Fashion Fish Fry, Saturday, September 27, 2014

 

 

The Sacramento Area Black Caucus

Presents 

Annual Old Fashion Fish Fry

Saturday, September 27, 2014

 11:00am - 2:00pm

 SABC’s office, 4413 18^th Ave., Sacramento, CA 95820

(Cross streets: 44th Street & 18th Ave.)
Please go online for directions

 Our menu:

Delicious fish sandwich with your choice of salads: green salad,

potato salad, macaroni salad or coleslaw.  

 Donation:  only $5.00

 

To place order your and/or for more information please call

(916) 484-5025 or on the day of the Fish Fry please call (916) 453-0665.

 

Thank you for your support and participation

Sacramento Black Book Fair (SBBF)

Commemorating Brother Malcolm X, Monday, May 26, 2014 at 6:30pm

SACRAMENTO AREA BLACK CAUCUS 

PRESENTS

A Film on

The Life of Malcolm X

 

A Reception “Honoring Women Veterans of African descent and their contributions in the military during war and peacetime.” March 22, 2014

In 1945, Maj. Charity Adams (r.) and Capt. Abbie Campbell (l.) review members of the Women's Army Corps in in England during World War II.

Women’s History Month Celebration

 

A  Reception “Honoring Women Veterans of African descent and their contributions in the military during war and peacetime.”

 

Unsung Heroes Living History Project (UHLHP)

&

Sacramento Area Black Caucus (SABC)

 

1^st Annual Veterans Outreach/Community Volunteer Recruitment Day

 

Saturday, March 22, 2014 from 2:00-4:00PM

 

You are cordially invited to the Community Volunteer Recruitment Day, Saturday, March 22 from 2:00PM-4:00PM - the Women’s Civic Improvement Center, located at 3555 3rd Avenue Sacramento, CA 95817.  The event is FREE and OPEN to the public.

 

This event is hosted by the Unsung Heroes Living History Project (UHLHP) & the Sacramento Area Black Caucus (SABC). This veteran’s outreach and community volunteer recruitment day, honors the legacy of veterans of African descent and their contributions in the military during war and peacetime.

For additional information ,please contact Co-hosts-Lisa Daniels at (916) 629-4691 (e-mail): unsnghros@yahoo.com or Donna Lynem at (916) 627-8650 (email): dlynem@yahoo.com.

 

SABC honors the legacy of veterans of African descent and their contributions in the military during war and peacetime

 

Unsung Heroes Living History Project (UHLHP) and Sacramento Area Black Caucus (SABC) hosted 1^st Annual Veterans Outreach/Community Volunteer Recruitment Day Saturday, February 22, 2014 at the historic Women’s Civic Improvement Club/Center.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Join us Saturday, March 22 from 2-4pm

 

“Honoring Women Veterans of African descent and their contributions in the military during war and peacetime.”

 

For more info contact:  

 Co-hosts-Lisa Daniels at (916) 629-4691 (e-mail): unsnghros@yahoo.com or Donna Lynem at (916) 627-8650 (email): dlynem@yahoo.com.