Sunday, September 1, 2013 * 10 a.m.—6p.m.

Jimi Hendrix Park and Sam Smith Parks at the Northwest African American Museum

2400 South Massachusetts Street  (Handicap Accessible)

The Breakfast Group, in partnership with The NW Black Pioneers,  Seattle Parks and Recreation, and the ROOTS Committee is sponsoring the 2013 ROOTS Family  Picnic.

This event is a social gathering in support of Closing the Generation Gap to strengthen family and community ties.

FREE Admission, Mini Museum Tours

Activities: Face Painting, Field Games, Mini Museum Tours, Live Music by Area Musicians, Special Community Appreciation Awards, Periodic Raffle Drawings for Fantastic Prizes,  Voices Oral History Project and A Special Food Table will be Hosted for Senior Citizens and MORE!!!

Features: Wheelchair Accessible, Supervised Parking, ROOTS T-shirts for sale, Tax-deductible donations are welcomed, and No alcoholic beverages permitted!

Contact: Paul Mitchell, Breakfast Group

Committee Chairman: 206-329-6893

Visit us on Facebook at: ROOTS Family Picnic

Jimi Hendrix Park Foundation will be on site at this year’s Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Music & Arts Festival at Seattle Center from August 31 – September 2. Be sure to stop by our booth (T18) in the INDIE MARKET section near Bagley Roadway and purchase limited edition Jimi Hendrix Park goods. See you soon.

To learn more about the development of Jimi Hendrix Park, please visit our web page: www.jimihendrixparkfoundation.org

Join us on Saturday, September 21, for the second annual NAACP Run Your Race, an event featuring a health and education fair and 5k walk/run to raise money for middle schools. The event will take place at Judkins Park in Seattle from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.  Our goal is to promote healthy living and educational excellence in Seattle’s communities of color, and all the proceeds support middle schools to promote a college-bound culture.

The health and education fair is free and open to the public, and the 5k walk/run has a registration fee, which will go to support middle schools in King County. We need your help to ensure this event is a success and to make an impact. Register to walk/run, attend the fair, share this information with your friends, or sign up to volunteer! There’s something for everyone.

For more information, contact Rachael DeCruz at [email protected] or go to http://naacprunyourrace.wordpress.com/.

EXTRA EXTRA WATCH ALL ABOUT IT!!!

Yours truly, Africatown Innovation Center :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syo4bDsRKkg

“Education IS a community institution …we need to build our OWN schools for OUR children…it should be run, supervised, implemented and administered BY the community” – Dr Umar Abdullah Johnson [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2Mw2jeRzvQ]

Africatown Innovation Center is a vibrant hub and resource with many types of programs for all people of African-descent. This video serves the purpose of bringing greater awareness to the need for such an “Africatown Innovation Center” and the types of programs currently housed in the center.

We’d like to thank all of those who helped with the production of this video: interviewer, interviewees, production team, community etc….Those who were filmed shared candid comments courageously and approved the use of their comments for this video. Those who helped put the film together spent a great deal of time and energy in doing so. And a special thanks to Africatown Innovation Center for being in existence and allowing us to be apart of such a groundbreaking movement.