Circle Dance (Tune Up Music Download)
UP-COMING PEW/AAHA EVENTS / ACTIVITIES
Featuring Ayo Handy-Kendi the Breath Sekou, founder, Optimum Life Breathology (O.L.B.) and Black love Day, Feb. 13th
with John Davies 3 and ELTUC Sacred Sound
PEW speaks and facilitates workshops (breathshops) and sessions using breathology, breathwork and other transformative practices to heal BIPOC's mental health and emotional feelings of in-equality due to race-based trauma, so we can move forward without stress, in peace and love.
Learn about the "power of the breath" for countless, life-changing possibilities. Breathe better, Live better.
We celebrate Black Love Day, every Feb. 13th
We practice the 5 Black Love Tenets everyday:
Love for the Creator, Love for Self, the Black Family, the Black Community and the so-called Black Race. Whites show love in action towards Black people.
PEW/AAHA (African American Holiday Association (AAHA) work together to use culture and healing using holidays, celebrations and rituals for social change, self-help and economic empowerment. View www.AfricanAmericanHolidays.org
Learn about the "power of the breath" for countless, life-changing possibilities. Breathe better, Live better.
We celebrate Black Love Day, every Feb. 13th
We practice the 5 Black Love Tenets everyday:
Love for the Creator, Love for Self, the Black Family, the Black Community and the so-called Black Race. Whites show love in action towards Black people.
PEW/AAHA (African American Holiday Association (AAHA) work together to use culture and healing using holidays, celebrations and rituals for social change, self-help and economic empowerment. View www.AfricanAmericanHolidays.org
UP-COMING EVENTS
THE PositivEnergy Show for Sage-ing Baby Boomers (SBB) & Those Who love Us. Good news, amazing guests, inter-generational dialogue, PositivEnergy wellness breathology, movement & FUN
You are invited to a Zoom Gathering for The Premiere
When: June 10, 2025 11:00- 12:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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IF You are one of the 360 Breathologist who certified in 2010 - 2022, , the course has changed a lot and it's time for you to consider the Recertification as a COLB. Special discounts ave available for you, so don't delay, Catch up to the fastest growing health trend - breatholody and breathwork. Learn from Ayo Handy-Kendi, the Breath Sekou, as master teacher of 50 + years of breathing and wholistic health experience, founder of Optimum Life Breathology (OLB) and Relearn How to Breathe Systems, Author, Applied Breathology (OLB).
New website is under - construction so send an email to [email protected] FOR REGISTRATION INFO . View course descriptions at https://www.positivenergyworks.com/pew-servicesregistrations.html
New website is under - construction so send an email to [email protected] FOR REGISTRATION INFO . View course descriptions at https://www.positivenergyworks.com/pew-servicesregistrations.html
At the black health matters conference featuring Sekou Mama Ayo
SCHEDULING NOW FOR JUNETEENTH FREEDOM SAGAS
JUNETEENTH NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY GOES ON DESPITE.....
JUNETEENTH NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY GOES ON DESPITE.....
SCHEDULING NOW FOR JUNETEENTH FREEDOM SAGAS
SEE WEBSITE FOR "BOOKING PRESENTATIONS"
SEE WEBSITE FOR "BOOKING PRESENTATIONS"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_JfpzCBxJE
Ayo at World Breathing Day on the National Mall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agmhDfPWSIo
Teaching a 3 year old how to breathe
Ayo at World Breathing Day on the National Mall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agmhDfPWSIo
Teaching a 3 year old how to breathe
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On, July 17 @ 9 a.m. Ayo Handy-Kendi was interviewed on The Daily Huddle. On the REPLAY, learn how Optimum Life Breathology (O.L.B.) offers breath techniques that enable one to transform for quick and long-lasting self-development, mental health and wellness. Also, Ayo Handy-Kendi, the Breath Sekou, founder/Certified Breathologist, of O.L.B. and CEO of PositivEnergyWorks is opening a wellness office in Capitol Heights, Md. along with offering July, on-line and off-line programs and an up-coming silent retreat in the Poconos Mountains. 202-667-2577, [email protected] or "come breathe along with her" on her website: www.PositivEnergyWorks.com
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Hear the replay:
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yes, we all breathe, Everything in life has breathe. Yet, it has been estimated by wellness practitioners, and the medical community, that 9 of 10 people are not breathing efficiently, and putting their health at great risks.
If you are a wellness practitioner, teacher, counselor, minister or just want to Breath better to live Better, consider learning the system of Optimum Life Breathology (O.L.B.) with the foundation of "relearning how to breathe". OLB is the art and science of breath awareness, breath mechanics and the application of fundamental breath techniques (breathology and breathwork) that advance Spirit, Mind and Body. OLB was developed from ancient, African trainings, and as 'breathwork" is trending again, this modality is being heralded as the easiest concept available 24/7, that doesn't cost anything, to make the most significant difference for modern day best health, wellness, joy, productivity, anti-aging, mental, physical and spiritual daily living and transformation
Gain 2 Certifications over this exclusive weekend retreat in the beautiful Pocanos Mountains. Join the over 250+ Certified Optimum Life Breathologist, taught and certified by Sekou Mama Ayo Handy-Kendi, 50+ year Master Teacher of the "breath and wholistic practice", ---shared by her to millions in the media, and over 9 countries.
see tHIS VIDEO
https://youtu.be/n5j3egAoE_A?si=oVfBsPIjZnHexS_E
If you are a wellness practitioner, teacher, counselor, minister or just want to Breath better to live Better, consider learning the system of Optimum Life Breathology (O.L.B.) with the foundation of "relearning how to breathe". OLB is the art and science of breath awareness, breath mechanics and the application of fundamental breath techniques (breathology and breathwork) that advance Spirit, Mind and Body. OLB was developed from ancient, African trainings, and as 'breathwork" is trending again, this modality is being heralded as the easiest concept available 24/7, that doesn't cost anything, to make the most significant difference for modern day best health, wellness, joy, productivity, anti-aging, mental, physical and spiritual daily living and transformation
Gain 2 Certifications over this exclusive weekend retreat in the beautiful Pocanos Mountains. Join the over 250+ Certified Optimum Life Breathologist, taught and certified by Sekou Mama Ayo Handy-Kendi, 50+ year Master Teacher of the "breath and wholistic practice", ---shared by her to millions in the media, and over 9 countries.
see tHIS VIDEO
https://youtu.be/n5j3egAoE_A?si=oVfBsPIjZnHexS_E
This certification and program is offered as the launch of Rashida Wright's Mountain Dream Help Retreat Center. Space is limited, so reserve yours now.
TO RECEIVE YOUR APPLICATION AND ALL DETAILS:
EMAIL: [email protected] OR CALL 202-667-2577
TO RECEIVE YOUR APPLICATION AND ALL DETAILS:
EMAIL: [email protected] OR CALL 202-667-2577
Missed Ayo's Daily Huddle Podcast Interview - here is the Re-Broadcast link
D.C. HEALTH ALLIANCE BREATH SHOP
experience the "Power of the breath"
JULY 19
FROM 2 - 4 P.
cAPITOAL vIEW lIBRARY,
wASHINGTON, d. c.
experience the "Power of the breath"
JULY 19
FROM 2 - 4 P.
cAPITOAL vIEW lIBRARY,
wASHINGTON, d. c.
Experience "Juneteenth Freedom Sagas", Ayo Handy-Kendi's "Juneteenth Freedom Sagas" Celebrates, Heals the Lingering Effects of Enslavement and Brings Attention to Modern Day Liberation Issues”
Experience "Juneteenth Freedom Sagas", a one-woman in-person, story-performance and “breath-shop” which re-enacts the ending of enslavement for American Blacks, during the times of D.C. Emancipation Day, April 16, 1863 and Juneteenth, 1865 and brings us to modern-day liberation issues, such as racism, demand for reparations, prison industrial complex after 13th admendment, and D.C. Statehood.
All performances are FREE, but some require per-registration at the website LINKS:
June 15 at 3:30 p.m. at the Annual Juneteenth Celebration Festival, Locust Shade Drive Triangle, Va. 22172, starting @12noon – 6 p.m. , sponsored by Prince Williams NAACP: SOLD OUT;
June16 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Creative Suitland, 4719 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Md. 20746 part of a 3 day Juneteenth Festival, sponsored by Joe’s Movement Emporium. See the festival schedule link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/family-matters-a-juneteenth-summit-tickets-904976758847?aff=oddtdtcreator;
LAST SHOW: June 19 Juneteenth Freedom Day from 6 to 8 p.m, at the Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 “S” Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008, 202-792-5807 Edith Michel, [email protected] or: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/woodrowwilsonhouse/items/555383/calendar/2024/06/?flow=325401&full-items=yes
The “story sagas” for racial and diversity healing, are presented, through the lens of enslaved men, women and those who held them in bondage, woven together by Negro Spirituals, with audience participation”. They were created by Ayo Handy-Kendi, internationally renowned as the Breath Sekou and founder of Black Love Day, Feb. 13th, As a Storyteller/Re-enactor, her. performances have delighted and uplifted countless lives for over 30 years.
Added this year to the “saga” performances, the audience is asked to explore their feelings in a compassionate technique, Handy-Kendi calls “silencing”. Silencing is a contemplative, inner-dialogue in which you meditate briefly on your feelings, honor them by writing them down and on a sub-conscious cellular level, breathe through them for deep release and effective reconciliation of inter-generational and present-day emotional trauma.
After the healing session, the finale encourages a talk-back dialogue about the historical emancipation, portrayals that speaks to current emancipation issues like D.C. Statehood, racism, the prison industrial system impact on men and the effects of enslavement with continued need for “Black Love” as self-care.
Presented by :
African American Holiday Association (AAHA) to preserve culture by creating a trade union of traditional and non-traditional holidays, celebrations and rituals, connecting health with culture, loveology and empowerment for social change and PositivEnergyWorks which enco urages us "to breathe better, to live better"
VIDEO CLIP OF A PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE AT VIRGINIA :
https://youtu.be/YiUfDCdGLgQ?si=rv1pGKvWkThULqXH
PHOTOS OF JUNETEENTH FREEDOM SAGAS (ABOVE)
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR BOOKINGS/MEDIA APPEARANCES
https://www.positivenergyworks.com/up-coming-events.html
SCHEDULE OF IN PERSON PERFORMANCES OR TO PRE-REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE:
https://www.africanamericanholidays.org/cultural-holiday-features.html
[email protected]
202-667-2577
BIO OF AYO HANDY-KENDI
Ayo Handy-Kendi, is the Breath Sekou, a 50+ year master teacher/practitioner of breathing practices, Certified in Transformational Breathing, Reiki, RaSeiki, QiGong, Laughter Yoga, Breathology and Diversity Training, She is the founder of the system, Optimum Life Breathology (OLB) which has certified over 250 Breathologist. Further, she is the founder of Black Love Day, Feb. 13, the Ritual of Reconciliation and African American Holiday Association (AAHA), a non-profit, that connects culture with health. Her company, PositivEnergyWorks (P.E.W.) has breathed with millions in the media, featured on Steve Harvey's Morning Show, Roland Martin's Hour, CNN, and most recently, the Boris P. Henson Foundation, CEO, Taraji P. Henson; the New York Times; and Washington Post. She is a sought-after breath facilitator/diversity trainer; speaker/storyteller/reenactor ; author/playwright; sound healer/compose; degreed counselor/life coach; and community organizer/entrepreneur, who has thrived, not just survived, through many of life's adversities, due to breath training. Breathe to Feel to Heal at http://www.PositivEnergyWorks.com, 202-667-2577
Experience "Juneteenth Freedom Sagas", a one-woman in-person, story-performance and “breath-shop” which re-enacts the ending of enslavement for American Blacks, during the times of D.C. Emancipation Day, April 16, 1863 and Juneteenth, 1865 and brings us to modern-day liberation issues, such as racism, demand for reparations, prison industrial complex after 13th admendment, and D.C. Statehood.
All performances are FREE, but some require per-registration at the website LINKS:
June 15 at 3:30 p.m. at the Annual Juneteenth Celebration Festival, Locust Shade Drive Triangle, Va. 22172, starting @12noon – 6 p.m. , sponsored by Prince Williams NAACP: SOLD OUT;
June16 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Creative Suitland, 4719 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Md. 20746 part of a 3 day Juneteenth Festival, sponsored by Joe’s Movement Emporium. See the festival schedule link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/family-matters-a-juneteenth-summit-tickets-904976758847?aff=oddtdtcreator;
LAST SHOW: June 19 Juneteenth Freedom Day from 6 to 8 p.m, at the Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 “S” Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008, 202-792-5807 Edith Michel, [email protected] or: https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/woodrowwilsonhouse/items/555383/calendar/2024/06/?flow=325401&full-items=yes
The “story sagas” for racial and diversity healing, are presented, through the lens of enslaved men, women and those who held them in bondage, woven together by Negro Spirituals, with audience participation”. They were created by Ayo Handy-Kendi, internationally renowned as the Breath Sekou and founder of Black Love Day, Feb. 13th, As a Storyteller/Re-enactor, her. performances have delighted and uplifted countless lives for over 30 years.
Added this year to the “saga” performances, the audience is asked to explore their feelings in a compassionate technique, Handy-Kendi calls “silencing”. Silencing is a contemplative, inner-dialogue in which you meditate briefly on your feelings, honor them by writing them down and on a sub-conscious cellular level, breathe through them for deep release and effective reconciliation of inter-generational and present-day emotional trauma.
After the healing session, the finale encourages a talk-back dialogue about the historical emancipation, portrayals that speaks to current emancipation issues like D.C. Statehood, racism, the prison industrial system impact on men and the effects of enslavement with continued need for “Black Love” as self-care.
Presented by :
African American Holiday Association (AAHA) to preserve culture by creating a trade union of traditional and non-traditional holidays, celebrations and rituals, connecting health with culture, loveology and empowerment for social change and PositivEnergyWorks which enco urages us "to breathe better, to live better"
VIDEO CLIP OF A PREVIOUS PERFORMANCE AT VIRGINIA :
https://youtu.be/YiUfDCdGLgQ?si=rv1pGKvWkThULqXH
PHOTOS OF JUNETEENTH FREEDOM SAGAS (ABOVE)
CONTACT INFORMATION FOR BOOKINGS/MEDIA APPEARANCES
https://www.positivenergyworks.com/up-coming-events.html
SCHEDULE OF IN PERSON PERFORMANCES OR TO PRE-REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE:
https://www.africanamericanholidays.org/cultural-holiday-features.html
[email protected]
202-667-2577
BIO OF AYO HANDY-KENDI
Ayo Handy-Kendi, is the Breath Sekou, a 50+ year master teacher/practitioner of breathing practices, Certified in Transformational Breathing, Reiki, RaSeiki, QiGong, Laughter Yoga, Breathology and Diversity Training, She is the founder of the system, Optimum Life Breathology (OLB) which has certified over 250 Breathologist. Further, she is the founder of Black Love Day, Feb. 13, the Ritual of Reconciliation and African American Holiday Association (AAHA), a non-profit, that connects culture with health. Her company, PositivEnergyWorks (P.E.W.) has breathed with millions in the media, featured on Steve Harvey's Morning Show, Roland Martin's Hour, CNN, and most recently, the Boris P. Henson Foundation, CEO, Taraji P. Henson; the New York Times; and Washington Post. She is a sought-after breath facilitator/diversity trainer; speaker/storyteller/reenactor ; author/playwright; sound healer/compose; degreed counselor/life coach; and community organizer/entrepreneur, who has thrived, not just survived, through many of life's adversities, due to breath training. Breathe to Feel to Heal at http://www.PositivEnergyWorks.com, 202-667-2577
Mother's Day AND Father's Day is everyday - give the gift of mental health and healing - the gift to last a life-time. See P.E.W. services
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D.C. EMANCIPATION DAY citywide calendar [Hat-tip to Ms. BRENDA SAYLES for compiling this information.]
April 16, 1862 ~ April 16, 2024
FIRST FREED, LAST FREE!
Native Washingtonian LORETTA CARTER HANES spent her life fighting for educational equality and for the official recognition of APRIL 16th as EMANCIPATION DAY in the District of Columbia.
Loretta Carter Hanes posed with a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation
in front of the Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park in Northeast D.C.
READ MORE ABOUT THE REVIVER OF D.C. EMANCIPATION DAY:
Loretta Carter Hanes
By Katrina Ingraham, D.C. History Center, April 14, 2021
The Freedom Parade's Driving Force
Historian Loretta Hanes Worked 10 Years for Emancipation Day Event
By Jennifer Frey, The Washington Post, April 16, 2002
Emancipation Celebration
After 101 Years, Parade Again Marks Liberation of D.C. Slaves
By Sylvia Moreno, The Washington Post, April 16, 2002
(Photos by Elvert Xavier Barnes, D.C. Emancipation Day, April 16, 2007)
EVENTS COMMEMORATING D.C. EMANCIPATION DAY
Thursday, April 11th: 7-8 pm - D.C. Emancipation Day Public History Talk webinar presented by Ford's Theatre (FREE)
Saturday, April 13th: 10-11:30 am - Beyond the Battlefield: A Civil War Walking Tour of Alexandria - Lee-Fendall House Museum and Garden, 614 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, VA. Walk around and learn the stories of soldiers, citizens and self-liberated African Americans during Civil War Alexandria. General Public ($15) | Museum Members (FREE)
Saturday, April 13th: 11 am - 12:30 pm - D.C. Emancipation: Observing the Day and Honoring the Ancestors - Mount Zion - Female Union Band Society Cemeteries, 2501 Mill Road NW. Libation ceremony, reading of the names and a conversation to learn about Mount Zion - FUBS ancestors with "caretakers" Lisa Fager and Patrick Tisdale. SOLD OUT!
Sunday, April 14th: 2-4 pm - D.C. Emancipation Day: From Franklin Park to Mount Vernon Square - Hear why D.C.’s enslaved persons were granted freedom nine months before nation-wide emancipation occurred and where annual celebrations were held. The walk concludes inside the D.C. History Center, where participants can view DC Home Rule 50, a photography exhibit that explores the themes of free elections, self-governance, full citizenship and D.C. statehood.
Sunday, April 14th: D.C. GOVERNMENT EVENTS
2 pm - PARADE - Pennsylvania Avenue & 10th Street NW
3 pm - CONCERT - Freedom Plaza - Pennsylvania Avenue NW (between 13th & 14th streets)
8:30 pm - FIREWORKS - Freedom Plaza
Tuesday, April 16th: 10 am - 5 pm - District Day Trunk Show, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Heritage Hall, 1400 Constitution Avenue NW. Live performances, conversations and a special District Day menu from the Sweet Home Café.
Tuesday, April 16th: 12 noon - Franklin Square - Remembrance of Ms. Loretta Carter Hanes - Friends of D.C. Emancipation Day will gather to remember Ms. Hanes, Wesley Hanes, Peter Hanes (and Cynthia "Cindy" Hanes who is still with us), as well as the 2,989 enslaved persons emancipated on April 16, 1862. All "Foot Soldiers" are welcome to attend.
Tuesday, April 16th: 2 pm - D.C. Emancipation Day Talk - African American Civil War Memorial, 1925 Vermont Avenue NW (U St/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro).
[Hat-tip to Ms. BRENDA SAYLES for compiling this information.]
THE HISTORY OF D.C. EMANCIPATION DAY
On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act ending slavery in D.C. Passage of this law came 8 1/2 months before President Lincoln issued The Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.
The District of Columbia has the unique distinction of being the only part of the United States to have compensated slavers for freeing the enslaved persons they owned.
The act provided for immediate emancipation, compensation to former slave owners who were loyal to the Union of up to $300 for each freed enslaved person, voluntary colonization of formerly enslaved persons to locations outside the United States and payments of up to $100 for each person choosing emigration. The Board of Commissioners appointed to administer the act approved 930 petitions, completely or in part, from former slave owners for the freedom of 2,989 formerly enslaved persons.
African-Americans greeted emancipation with great jubilation in the District of Columbia. For many years afterward, they celebrated D.C. Emancipation Day – APRIL 16th – with parades and festivals.
D.C. Emancipation Day has been an official public holiday
in the District of Columbia since 2005.
COUNCIL OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NOTICE D.C. LAW 15-288
"District of Columbia Emancipation Day Amendment Act of 2004"
Effective April 5, 2005
To amend the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, to make April 16th, the District of Columbia Emancipation Day, a recognized legal public holiday.
FIRST FREED, LAST FREE
Before D.C. Emancipation Day became a public holiday in the District of Columbia, Loretta Carter Hanes and @StandUp_FreeDC Members @AyoHandyKendi, Harold Hunter, @MsFreeDC, Marilyn Preston Killingham, Brenda Sayles, @FreeDCnow and Henry "Tabu" Taylor actively lobbied for this historical day to be recognized in conjunction with our own 223-year-old fight for D.C. statehood.
#FreeDC #DCStatehood #FirstFreedLastFree #FootSoldiers #Yebo
Carolyn N. Graham (left), the Deputy Mayor for Children Youth, Families and Elders, applauds with members of the Stand Up! for Democracy in D.C. Coalition who came to the John A. Wilson Building in hopes that someone from the mayor's office would read the bill which was signed by the mayor in 2000 making April 16th D.C. Emancipation Day. Before the group went to the Wilson Building, Stand Up! Members Marilyn Preston Killingham, Ayo Handy Kendi and Anise Jenkins performed a short skit on Freedom Plaza on April 16, 2003.
(Photo by Sarah L. Voisin, The Washington Post, April 17, 2003)
Executive Assistant Chief Michael J. Fitzgerald (left), Protective Services Police Officer F. Watkins and Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey. Even though the police chief was just walking by the group, he took the time and was able to make arrangements for a deputy mayor to read the proclamation for the group on April 16, 2003. Stand Up! Members pictured (left to right): Karen A. Szulgit, Marilyn Preston Killingham (in wheelchair), Ayo Handy Kendi, Anise Jenkins and Henry "Tabu" Taylor (in chains).
(Photo by Sarah L. Voisin, The Washington Post, April 17, 2003)
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April 16, 1862 ~ April 16, 2024
FIRST FREED, LAST FREE!
Native Washingtonian LORETTA CARTER HANES spent her life fighting for educational equality and for the official recognition of APRIL 16th as EMANCIPATION DAY in the District of Columbia.
Loretta Carter Hanes posed with a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation
in front of the Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park in Northeast D.C.
READ MORE ABOUT THE REVIVER OF D.C. EMANCIPATION DAY:
Loretta Carter Hanes
By Katrina Ingraham, D.C. History Center, April 14, 2021
The Freedom Parade's Driving Force
Historian Loretta Hanes Worked 10 Years for Emancipation Day Event
By Jennifer Frey, The Washington Post, April 16, 2002
Emancipation Celebration
After 101 Years, Parade Again Marks Liberation of D.C. Slaves
By Sylvia Moreno, The Washington Post, April 16, 2002
(Photos by Elvert Xavier Barnes, D.C. Emancipation Day, April 16, 2007)
EVENTS COMMEMORATING D.C. EMANCIPATION DAY
Thursday, April 11th: 7-8 pm - D.C. Emancipation Day Public History Talk webinar presented by Ford's Theatre (FREE)
Saturday, April 13th: 10-11:30 am - Beyond the Battlefield: A Civil War Walking Tour of Alexandria - Lee-Fendall House Museum and Garden, 614 Oronoco Street, Alexandria, VA. Walk around and learn the stories of soldiers, citizens and self-liberated African Americans during Civil War Alexandria. General Public ($15) | Museum Members (FREE)
Saturday, April 13th: 11 am - 12:30 pm - D.C. Emancipation: Observing the Day and Honoring the Ancestors - Mount Zion - Female Union Band Society Cemeteries, 2501 Mill Road NW. Libation ceremony, reading of the names and a conversation to learn about Mount Zion - FUBS ancestors with "caretakers" Lisa Fager and Patrick Tisdale. SOLD OUT!
Sunday, April 14th: 2-4 pm - D.C. Emancipation Day: From Franklin Park to Mount Vernon Square - Hear why D.C.’s enslaved persons were granted freedom nine months before nation-wide emancipation occurred and where annual celebrations were held. The walk concludes inside the D.C. History Center, where participants can view DC Home Rule 50, a photography exhibit that explores the themes of free elections, self-governance, full citizenship and D.C. statehood.
Sunday, April 14th: D.C. GOVERNMENT EVENTS
2 pm - PARADE - Pennsylvania Avenue & 10th Street NW
3 pm - CONCERT - Freedom Plaza - Pennsylvania Avenue NW (between 13th & 14th streets)
8:30 pm - FIREWORKS - Freedom Plaza
Tuesday, April 16th: 10 am - 5 pm - District Day Trunk Show, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Heritage Hall, 1400 Constitution Avenue NW. Live performances, conversations and a special District Day menu from the Sweet Home Café.
Tuesday, April 16th: 12 noon - Franklin Square - Remembrance of Ms. Loretta Carter Hanes - Friends of D.C. Emancipation Day will gather to remember Ms. Hanes, Wesley Hanes, Peter Hanes (and Cynthia "Cindy" Hanes who is still with us), as well as the 2,989 enslaved persons emancipated on April 16, 1862. All "Foot Soldiers" are welcome to attend.
Tuesday, April 16th: 2 pm - D.C. Emancipation Day Talk - African American Civil War Memorial, 1925 Vermont Avenue NW (U St/African-Amer Civil War Memorial/Cardozo Metro).
[Hat-tip to Ms. BRENDA SAYLES for compiling this information.]
THE HISTORY OF D.C. EMANCIPATION DAY
On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed The District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act ending slavery in D.C. Passage of this law came 8 1/2 months before President Lincoln issued The Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863.
The District of Columbia has the unique distinction of being the only part of the United States to have compensated slavers for freeing the enslaved persons they owned.
The act provided for immediate emancipation, compensation to former slave owners who were loyal to the Union of up to $300 for each freed enslaved person, voluntary colonization of formerly enslaved persons to locations outside the United States and payments of up to $100 for each person choosing emigration. The Board of Commissioners appointed to administer the act approved 930 petitions, completely or in part, from former slave owners for the freedom of 2,989 formerly enslaved persons.
African-Americans greeted emancipation with great jubilation in the District of Columbia. For many years afterward, they celebrated D.C. Emancipation Day – APRIL 16th – with parades and festivals.
D.C. Emancipation Day has been an official public holiday
in the District of Columbia since 2005.
COUNCIL OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NOTICE D.C. LAW 15-288
"District of Columbia Emancipation Day Amendment Act of 2004"
Effective April 5, 2005
To amend the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978, to make April 16th, the District of Columbia Emancipation Day, a recognized legal public holiday.
FIRST FREED, LAST FREE
Before D.C. Emancipation Day became a public holiday in the District of Columbia, Loretta Carter Hanes and @StandUp_FreeDC Members @AyoHandyKendi, Harold Hunter, @MsFreeDC, Marilyn Preston Killingham, Brenda Sayles, @FreeDCnow and Henry "Tabu" Taylor actively lobbied for this historical day to be recognized in conjunction with our own 223-year-old fight for D.C. statehood.
#FreeDC #DCStatehood #FirstFreedLastFree #FootSoldiers #Yebo
Carolyn N. Graham (left), the Deputy Mayor for Children Youth, Families and Elders, applauds with members of the Stand Up! for Democracy in D.C. Coalition who came to the John A. Wilson Building in hopes that someone from the mayor's office would read the bill which was signed by the mayor in 2000 making April 16th D.C. Emancipation Day. Before the group went to the Wilson Building, Stand Up! Members Marilyn Preston Killingham, Ayo Handy Kendi and Anise Jenkins performed a short skit on Freedom Plaza on April 16, 2003.
(Photo by Sarah L. Voisin, The Washington Post, April 17, 2003)
Executive Assistant Chief Michael J. Fitzgerald (left), Protective Services Police Officer F. Watkins and Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey. Even though the police chief was just walking by the group, he took the time and was able to make arrangements for a deputy mayor to read the proclamation for the group on April 16, 2003. Stand Up! Members pictured (left to right): Karen A. Szulgit, Marilyn Preston Killingham (in wheelchair), Ayo Handy Kendi, Anise Jenkins and Henry "Tabu" Taylor (in chains).
(Photo by Sarah L. Voisin, The Washington Post, April 17, 2003)
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WORLD BREATHING DAY, april 11, the annual recognition day for breathing on a global level was simply amazing. I, Ayo Handy-Kendi, was so proud to be a member of the World Breathing Day Team for the 4th year, to help bring this event to the global community with over 30 presentations out of Europe and North America. . If you missed it, you can see the replay in several days at the International Breathwork Foundation (IBF Youtube page: The small team is taking a breather, so stay tuned.
www.youtube.com/@ibfinternationalbreathwork3714
www.youtube.com/@ibfinternationalbreathwork3714
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LAST EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION DATE FOR THIS CERTIFICATION IS MONDAY, APRIL 15TH LATE REGISTRATION TIL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17TH. REGISTER AT THE LINK BELOW
Enjoy these links as Black Love Day delivered MANY powerful messages as we returned to love to heal all of our relationships
OFFICIAL BLACK LOVE RELATIONSHIP CEREMONY - FROM BALTIMORE
https://www.youtube.com/live/DgKjPzNwAn0?si=XgO7t37vc58cRGI9
Elevate Love: A Black Love Day Hangout!, From the Boris L. Henson Foundation
Featuring Sekou Mama Ayo Handy-Kendi, founder of BLD:
https://youtu.be/EXQkWjafrA8?si=Ik5AigKq03UQ2M5K
New York Times Article "WHAT IS BLACK LOVE DAY" by Nia Decaille:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/style/black-love-day-ayo-handy-kendi.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VE0.4ogi.6CybJ7JZlb4a&smid=url-share
KanuLove Podcast Speech from Jabang Media from the UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbuLDie4MB
wwww.youtube.com/watch?v=cbuLDie4MBw
The Wood Year - the Jabang's Celebrate 6 years of Marriage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5giMH8i0sAU
KanuLove Interview of Ayo Handy-Kendi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iexZHIVLLKk&t=120s
interview ON BLACK HOLIDAYS with Doshon Farad
AAHA WEBSITE LINK FOR INFO ON BLACK LOVE DAY:
THANKS TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, SPONSORS, MEDIA
https://www.africanamericanholidays.org/click-here-for-black-love-day-31st-info.html
OFFICIAL BLACK LOVE RELATIONSHIP CEREMONY - FROM BALTIMORE
https://www.youtube.com/live/DgKjPzNwAn0?si=XgO7t37vc58cRGI9
Elevate Love: A Black Love Day Hangout!, From the Boris L. Henson Foundation
Featuring Sekou Mama Ayo Handy-Kendi, founder of BLD:
https://youtu.be/EXQkWjafrA8?si=Ik5AigKq03UQ2M5K
New York Times Article "WHAT IS BLACK LOVE DAY" by Nia Decaille:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/style/black-love-day-ayo-handy-kendi.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VE0.4ogi.6CybJ7JZlb4a&smid=url-share
KanuLove Podcast Speech from Jabang Media from the UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbuLDie4MB
wwww.youtube.com/watch?v=cbuLDie4MBw
The Wood Year - the Jabang's Celebrate 6 years of Marriage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5giMH8i0sAU
KanuLove Interview of Ayo Handy-Kendi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iexZHIVLLKk&t=120s
interview ON BLACK HOLIDAYS with Doshon Farad
AAHA WEBSITE LINK FOR INFO ON BLACK LOVE DAY:
THANKS TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, SPONSORS, MEDIA
https://www.africanamericanholidays.org/click-here-for-black-love-day-31st-info.html
To continue to post BLACK LOVE MOVEMENT EVENTS (BLM) events, and/or to post your own Black Love event or activity go to www.AfricanAmericanHolidays.org
SEE OUR MARKETPLACE SELECTION OF KWANZAA CD'S AND VIDEOS. BOOKS ON BLACK LOVE DAY & OF COURSE BREATHOLOGY & MORE.
PEW/AAHA MARKETPLACE SELECTION OF KWANZAA CD'S AND VIDEOS.
BOOKS ON BLACK LOVE DAY & OF COURSE BREATHOLOGY & MORE.
BOOKS ON BLACK LOVE DAY & OF COURSE BREATHOLOGY & MORE.
SONGSTRESS, RICKIE BYARS GRACING US WITH LOVE MUSIC FOR THE SPIRITUAL SOUL AT THE 2021 BLACK LOVE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE,
CHECK OUT THE REPLAY ON UTUBE AT P.E.W./AYO HANDY-KENDI CHANNEL AND PLEASE SUBSCRIBE
CHECK OUT THE REPLAY ON UTUBE AT P.E.W./AYO HANDY-KENDI CHANNEL AND PLEASE SUBSCRIBE
SAGE-ING BABY BOOMERS SHOW IS: The good-news show that highlights people born between 1946 and 1964 renown as the Baby Boomers. Now, you can enjoy all of the wellness, fun, culture and guests of all ages, ON ZOOM AROUND THE WORLD & YOUTUBE.
Get the zoom link for the Sage-ing Baby Boomers Show (SBBS) here
Sage-ing Baby Boomers Show (sbbs)
Get the zoom link for the Sage-ing Baby Boomers Show (SBBS) here
Sage-ing Baby Boomers Show (sbbs)
Raise Your Vibration - Breathe
BREATHE EASIER IN 2024-25
BREATHE EASIER IN 2024-25
During these times,you want to let go, have some fun, breathe, laugh and play. If you missed this "breathshop" here is the replay. :
https://youtu.be/-FrvhsO6jy4?si=HVq3tH1jN1KKAd80
REGISTER HERE
https://youtu.be/-FrvhsO6jy4?si=HVq3tH1jN1KKAd80
REGISTER HERE
Uniting and Inspiring People through Conscious Breathing “The purpose of the IBF is to promote a heart-centered approach to breathwork, its theory and practice, for the expansion of consciousness and for personal and global transformation.”
COME TO THE WEBSITE TO LEARN ABOUT THE MANY BREATH RELATED INITIATIVES OF THE IBF
https://ibfbreathwork.org/
GLOBAL INSPIRATION CONFERENCE
You can read the report from the on-line Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Details can be found on the following link
Let's keep the world breathing!
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YOU CAN SUPPORT PositivEnergyWorks AND Ayo Handy-Kendi, the Breath Sekou's BY PURCHASING HER APPEARANCE at THE 4th BREATHWORK SUMMIT. A PURCHASE OF THE UPGRADE PACKAGE with her presentation and all of the 40+ speakers plus bonus materials is still available . This summit will continue to educate for a long time, with valuable information and demonstrations on the "power of the breath" so get this Upgrade Package. Use this REFERRAL LINK which will credit commissions to P.E.W.
We so appreciate breathing with YOU and serving. Purchase your package using the following link:
https://shiftnetwork.infusionsoft.com/go/bws22a20807/a20807
STOLEN
a Book, a Play & a Workshop
coming in 2024
Trailer for "STOLEN"
ENJOY THE "TRAILER for "STOLEN", the PLAY about 1619 and lingering trauma of enslavement and oppression for 400 years by Ayo Handy-Kendi, the Breath Sekou aka Mama Ayo the Storyteller.
PositivEnergyWorks' racial/diversity healing services/programs, include our newest project "Stolen".
This is a dramatic story performance through the eyes of one of the first Africans bought to Virginia, in 1619 and the impact, 400 years later. With the re-enactment, our goal is to make this history come alive with many truths so that we can deal with the Ancestral collective trauma of slavery and the wounds that still linger today.
STAY TUNED
THE BOOK IS BEING BIRTHED SLOWLY BUT IN IT'S LAST TRI-SEMESTER
PLEASE SUPPORT THE 1619 PROJECT FROM BEING TAKEN OUT OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
ENJOY THE "TRAILER for "STOLEN", the PLAY about 1619 and lingering trauma of enslavement and oppression for 400 years by Ayo Handy-Kendi, the Breath Sekou aka Mama Ayo the Storyteller.
PositivEnergyWorks' racial/diversity healing services/programs, include our newest project "Stolen".
This is a dramatic story performance through the eyes of one of the first Africans bought to Virginia, in 1619 and the impact, 400 years later. With the re-enactment, our goal is to make this history come alive with many truths so that we can deal with the Ancestral collective trauma of slavery and the wounds that still linger today.
STAY TUNED
THE BOOK IS BEING BIRTHED SLOWLY BUT IN IT'S LAST TRI-SEMESTER
PLEASE SUPPORT THE 1619 PROJECT FROM BEING TAKEN OUT OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
for DANIEL'S CHILDREN, an O.L.B. healing space for Orphans IN LIBERIA WEST AFRICA.
for DANIEL'S CHILDREN, an O.L.B. healing space for Orphans IN LIBERIA WEST AFRICA.
HELP PositivEnergyWorks expand Optimum Life Breathology (O.L.B.) for Trauma Relief in LIBERIA thru this Fundraiser for Daniel's Children Orphanage - a Healing Space . We are now seeking DONORS through United Success Network and GO FUND ME for this international healing project.
Today, we ask for your donations to help support TUITION FOR SCHOOLING FOR 12 orphans living now in Grand Basa County, Liberia, West Africa.
" Daniel's Children" is the name of a small orphanage in Liberia, West Africa that requests community support through donations to sustain it's current operations and vision for expansion to become a center for healing family trauma in this country that has experienced so much P.E.W.'s goal is to continue to offer trauma release services to the children of Liberia and their parents who have had to cope with Covid, Ebola, civil war, poverty and hunger in Liberia, a country formed by freed Black folk from America sent back home to the continent.
. Please read and share this story of one brother efforts to make a difference. POSITIVENERGYWORKS, founded by Ayo Handy-Kendi, the Breath Sekou and founder of Black Love Day and John P. Davies, III is stil FUNDRAISING FOR STUDENT TUITION, REGISTRATION AND ACTIVITY FEES FOR 7 of “Daniel's Children", A Healing Orphanage in Liberia. West Africa.
We requests community donations to support education for 12 orphans, from, 1st to 10th grades who will receive 2 semesters of private schooling with your small, collective contribution of $25. Our FUNDRAISING GOAL IS $1200, SO ANY DONATION AMOUNT IS A BLESSING..
YOUR DONATION TODAY CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. . Donations are being accepted on our GO FUND ME PAGE or CAN BE MADE TO PAYPAL: [email protected] or CASH APP: $AyoHandyKendi
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READ THE ENTIRE STORY AND DONATE TO GO FUND ME CAMPAIGN: CLICK THE LINK BELOW
https://www.gofundme.com/f/daniel039s-orphanage?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1
https://www.gofundme.com/f/daniel039s-orphanage?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1