Celebrated in June 2024, our 17th Annual Oakland Juneteenth Street Festival & Celebration brought the heart of Oakland to life with over 200 community members,
leaders, performers, and vendors. Under the theme
“Reaching for Wholeness: One Love, One Liberation”.
We celebrated the richness of our diversity and the strength of our unity. Thank you to our incredible sponsors. Your ongoing support made this event possible!
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B-H Brilliant Minds Project, Inc. came together for the 17th Annual Oakland Juneteenth Celebration and Street Festival, Freedom Day. Now deemed as a Federal Holiday! It was a day of affirming, The Brilliance, Resilience, and Love of African Diaspora People. We presented our past, present and future accurately by showcasing a wide range of talent, art, music through cultural traditions and family fun.
This year’s theme was “Reaching for Wholeness, One Love, One Liberation!”
For the last 16 years, B-H Brilliant Minds Project, Inc., Oakland Juneteenth Celebration has CLOSED OUT, the Bay Area Juneteenth Events. We have brought people from all over Oakland and the Greater Bay Area together to acknowledge the affliction and affirm the effects, the trauma of slavery has had on our people. Juneteenth gives us the opportunity to educate our communities in order, to breakdown, barriers that stops movement towards healing oneself and our communities. Knowing our mental health & spirituality plays a significate roll in healing. Over the years over 1,500 people or more, has enjoyed the street festival that includes live music, free health screenings, oral history presentations, exhibits, workshops, quilting display, food, and many other symbolic activities to commemorate our African American Heritage.
We continue to create community inclusion by fostering relationships with neighbors, communities, and business owners alike. B-H Brilliant Minds Project Inc. uplift and showcasing local artist, businesses owners, and organizations.
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The Festivities included:
▪ Live DJ’s (2 Stages) ▪ R&B, Jazz, Rap & Gospel Performances ▪ Local Vendors Displays and Sales/Community Resources ▪ MADE*MEN Bay Area’s Finest Motorcycle Club ▪ HOMIES Empowerment (Freedom Booth) ▪ Health Zone/Mental Wellness/Health Screenings/Resources |
Healing Circles ▪ Martial Art Demo ▪ Fashion Show ▪ Financial Literacy Workshops ▪ HHREC/YAB/TAY Zone ▪ Little Genius Kid Zone ▪ Food Vendors |
Oakland is one of the most diverse cities in the Bay Area. Thank you for coming together, community members from all different heritages to celebrate One Love and One Liberation.
Warm regards,
Ms. Barbara Howard
Founder/Coordinator of Oakland Juneteenth Celebration & Festival
Founder/Executive Director of B-H Brilliant Minds Project, Inc.
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