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Current Challenges to Voting Rights & the Role of League of Women Voters 
Del Norte Hall, Room 1004, California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819; program is free, but a small campus parking fee may apply
Fully vaccinated card, properly worn masks, and social distancing required...
Event Date: Fri, Jun 3, 2022 10:30am PDT
Posted: Sat, May 21, 2022 1:01pm PDT
Discover the Historic Gold Mining Town of Negro Bar, Sacramento County, California 
Since the California Gold Rush Era, the Gold Mining Town of Negro Bar, Sacramento California remains a crown jewel along today's American River Parkway; the debate will preserve or erase all authentic aspects of people of African Descent from California History....
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2022 2:55pm PDT
Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. at Negro Bar State Historic Park 
Enslaved and Free, people of African Descent played a profound role in authentic California History. US Army Corp of Topographical Engineers led by John C. Fremont testimony shows the placement of the "African Founding Father of California" and so many "hidden figures" soon valued and preserved at Negro Bar State Historic Park in a good way. Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar, Gold Mining Towns on the way to California Statehood, September 9, 1850....
Posted: Mon, May 16, 2022 3:45pm PDT
California YIMBY Endorses Republican Joe Patterson for State Assembly 
Pro-luxury development group California YIMBY has endorsed real estate broker Joe Patterson, a Republican candidate for State Assembly in District 5 in the June 7 primary election. Additionally, California YIMBY Victory Fund PAC has contributed $2,500 to Patterson's campaign. In California, YIMBY organizations are well known for attacking socialist candidates, and those on the left, in favor of moderate Democrats. This endorsement of Patterson for state assembly, a bread and butter Republican...
Posted: Sat, May 14, 2022 10:28pm PDT
Florida Approves Risky Release of Billions of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes in Scientifically Flawed Experiment FDACS' approval came despite unresolved public health and environmental concerns raised by scientists, public health experts and environmental groups about potential impacts of the release....
Posted: Fri, May 13, 2022 1:05pm PDT
2022 World Trade Month - Expanding California African Global Trade 
Since 1938, the United States has recognized May as World Trade Month and used it as an opportunity to celebrate the importance of international trade to the U.S. economy. 2022 Africa Unity Week is helping organize and promote The World Conference of Mayors and Black Towns and Historic Settlements Alliance in California as we build global unity. Together, we must build greater awareness and highlight the role of international business and trade in our communities....
Posted: Sun, May 8, 2022 5:19pm PDT
Sacramento: Bans Off Our Bodies! March & Rally for Roe at CA State Capitol 
California State Capitol- west steps, 10th St and L Street and N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814...
Event Date: Sat, May 14, 2022 11:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, May 5, 2022 6:39pm PDT
Discover the Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar Burial Ground Project 
Our California Gold Rush Era burial grounds for people of African Descent, from both before and after the Civil War, are in a state of disrepair or inaccessibility due to overgrowth of vegetation, crumbling structures, and other racial challenges seeking to erase, distort or forever destroy the salient contributions of our ancestors must be systemically challenged....
Posted: Wed, May 4, 2022 10:16am PDT
2022 Africa Unity Week - highlighting the "African Founding Father of California" 
Discover the Maritime Legacy of the "African Founding Father of California" as master of the ship Julia Ann, trading throughout the Pacific Rim and became the leading financial figure in the development of San Francisco. Leidesdorff aquired a 35,521 acre called Rancho Rio De Los Americanos from the Mexican Government while acquiring a vast array of international business pursuits throughout the Pacific Rim. The 1849 historic town of Negro Bar, Sacramento County is poised for global consider...
Posted: Wed, Apr 27, 2022 9:22pm PDT
UC Davis: UC Green New Deal Climate Rally 
Mrak Hall north steps at UC Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616...
Event Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2022 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Apr 18, 2022 2:27pm PDT
University of California Campuses Rally in Support of UC-wide “UC Green New Deal” 
Students, faculty, and staff who are part of the UC Green New Deal Coalition, along with members of environmental organizations, campus Sustainability Offices, and concerned individuals on all ten UC campuses, conceived of the idea of an “Intercampus Earth Day” to draw inspiration from each other and to share resources and events that promote more climate awareness and climate action. Nine UC campuses are rallying on Earth Day to promote climate action. Several campuses, in addition to their...
Posted: Fri, Apr 15, 2022 1:56pm PDT
Metropolitan Water District Board Votes to Fund Sites Reservoir 
In response to the vote, Caty Wagner, Sierra Club California SoCal Water Organizer, stated, “We are disappointed that MWD decided to fund the next phase of Sites. This irresponsible decision directly harms Californians and increases Southern California’s dependence on the already-strained Bay-Delta."...
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2022 7:30pm PDT
Preservation of salient contributions by people of African descent too egregious for some. 
Persevere, is the new elevated standard to hold fast upon in the latest round of efforts to erase all authentic record of people of African Descent along today's American River Parkway. If "they" are successful, it will not be for the lack of presenting authentic primary source documentation since the turn of the century. "White Male Only" remains the current methodology, to arrive at the desired "need" and foul process utilized in a cloaked private notion. Spring 2022, a new public proces...
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2022 5:33pm PDT
United States Colored Troops Congressional Gold Medal Act 
The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to the African Americans who served with Union forces during the Civil War, collectively, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service during the Civil War....
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2022 9:12pm PDT
2022 California Armed Service Day - Tribute to United States Colored Troops 
AB 1655, is on the way to an official California Juneteenth Holiday to begin sharing our authentic contribution toward saving the Union while fighting for freedom. In July of 1862, Congress passed the Militia Act of 1862. It had become an “indispensable military necessity” to call on America’s African descent population to help save the Union....
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2022 7:50pm PDT
Gold Mining Town of Negro Bar Cemetery and 2022 Armed Forces Day Celebration 
The Negro Bar Cemetery was originally associated with the Negro Bar Gold Rush Era Mining Town, which is a California State Historical Site. Across Lake Natoma, a newly developed project area set aside within the vast Folsom Lake Recreational Area managed by California State Parks to honor early pioneers of African Descent along today's American River Parkway during the California Gold Rush Era (1840-1875) is under another round of effort to distort, destroy and/or disregard authentic Califo...
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2022 12:37am PDT
Official State of California Juneteenth Holiday - First Hearing for AB 1655 
Juneteenth is an important day in American history not only to celebrate the end of slavery, but to acknowledge the great injustices done to Black people in this country. While we celebrate the emancipation of slaves on Juneteenth, it's a reminder we must continue to strive to provide equity for Black members of our community in order for all of us to experience freedom in the same way.
Glenda Humiston, Vice President, UCANR...
Posted: Sat, Mar 26, 2022 8:23am PDT
MLK’s Beyond Vietnam speech-Public Readings 
Online Event...
Event Date: Mon, Apr 4, 2022 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2022 5:41am PDT
The Soul of a Cyclist: Virtual Screening and Q&A with Filmmaker 
Virtual...
Event Date: Sun, May 22, 2022 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Mar 12, 2022 3:23am PST
2022 Africa Unity Day - San Diego Waterfront and African Museum 
Our "California Grown" gift to the world, the United Nations was founded in San Francisco, California, August 1943 and may help serve as “a featured platform for improving the safety and quality of life and livelihoods of people of African descent” and ensure the full political, economic and social inclusion in the societies where they live....
Posted: Fri, Mar 11, 2022 9:48am PST