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Black-and-white illustration of an African American man standing at a podium addressing a seated group of Black and white individuals in a wooden meeting house, symbolizing a historical moment of teaching or gathering during the Reconstruction era.

Honoring Juneteenth 2025: Learning from the Past, Building Toward the Future

Happy Juneteenth! 

Juneteenth marks the date—June 19, 1865—when the last enslaved African Americans in Texas learned they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Now a national holiday, Juneteenth represents a delayed but powerful moment of liberation in U.S.

  • Jun 13-24, 2025 @ 12:00am - 12:00pm
  • Event Details
Evening scene at UC Davis with a large "UC DAVIS" sign and a person walking on the sidewalk.

“The Talk: Your Colleagues Speak”

Guest Speakers:

  • Feb 27, 2023 @ 4:00pm - 5:30pm
  • Virtual
  • Event Details
Illustration of three silhouetted figures against a vibrant backdrop celebrating Black Futures Month 2023 with the words "Pride, Power, People."

Game Night & Dancing!

🌟 Presented by The Center for African Diaspora Student Success

Come bowl, play spades, throw some dominos and do the electric slide!

  • Feb 24, 2023 @ 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  • UC Davis Games Area
  • UC Davis Games Area
  • Event Details
Cup of coffee on a wooden table with text reading "Coffee and Conversation."

Coffee Conversation with Ceasor Dennis

🌟 Presented by African American Faculty and Staff Association (AAFSA)

  • Feb 2, 2023 @ 11:30am - 12:30pm
  • UC Davis Health Campus
  • Event Details
Profile of Natasha McPherson with text about her work on black concubines after slavery.

“She was his Concubine”: The Archive and the Lives of Black Concubines After Reconstruction

🌟 Presented by UCD Humanities Institute 

  • Feb 1, 2023 @ 4:30pm - 6:00pm
  • Social Science & Humanities Building
  • Andrews Conference Room, Social Science & Humanities Building
  • Event Details
2025 Juneteenth Cookout

2025 AAFSA Health and Campus Juneteenth Cookout!

🌟 Presented by African American Faculty and Staff Association (AAFSA) Health and UC Davis Campus

 

  • Jun 24, 2025 @ 5:00pm - 7:30pm
  • Betty Irene Moore Hall Room 1800
  • Betty Irene Moore Hall Room 1800
  • Event Details
2025 Juneteenth Flyer

City of West Sacramento Juneteenth 2025

🌟 Co-sponsored by Yolo Juneteenth, Yolo County Library, Cultural Competence Committee, Washington Unified School District West Sacramento, Yolo County Health & Human Services Agency, VIA, and SACTOMOFO 

  • Jun 13, 2025 @ 5:30pm - 8:30pm
  • 3650 Southport Parkway, West Sacramento
  • Bridgeway Lake Community Park
  • Event Details
2025 Black Graduation Recognition Ceremony

2025 Black Graduation Recognition Ceremony

 🌟 Presented by Center for African Diaspora Student Success

 

  • Jun 14, 2025 @ 6:30pm - 8:30pm
  • Mondavi Center
  • Mondavi Center
  • Event Details
5A Wine and Jazz 2025

5A Wine & Jazz Social 2025

 

🌟 Presented by UC Davis African and African American Alumni Association (5A)

Join fellow Aggie alums, friends, family and students for our annual jazz and wine social during the celebration of Black Family Day.

  • May 24, 2025 @ 4:00pm - 6:00pm
  • UC Davis Coffee House
  • UC Davis Coffee House, Memorial Union, 1 Shields Ave
  • Event Details
Black Family Day 2025: Book Talk with Author Psyche Williams-Forson

Black Family Day 2025: Book Talk with Author Psyche Williams-Forson

🌟 Co-sponsored by Cross Cultural Center, Department of African American and African Studies, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Office or Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Thinking Food @ the Intersections and UC Davis Library. 

 

 

  • May 24, 2025 @ 1:30pm - 3:45pm
  • Shields Library, Room 167
  • Shields Library, Room 167
  • Event Details

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