Released on = April 9, 2006, 7:33 am

Press Release Author = Universal Negro Improvement Association & African Communities
League

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Richmond Grassroots Festival Launches in the Spirit of
Marcus Garvey to commemorate it\'s fourth year. Happily Natural Day is a not for
profit pro-african grassroots festival focusing of raising consciousness in the
african community through music, lectures and workshops.

Press Release Body = (Richmond, VA) The Universal Negro Improvement Association &
African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) will present the Fourth Annual Happily Natural
Day - In the Spirit of Marcus Garvey on Saturday, August 26th, 2006 @ Muhammad's
Mosque #24 at 104 Cowardin Ave. Richmond Virginia in celebration of African Heritage
Month. Hosted by the UNIA-ACL Gabriel Prosser-Sojourner Truth Division #456, Happily
Natural Day is a not for profit festival dedicated to raising black consciousness
and breaking down inferiority complexes in the Afrikan community. Being held the
last weekend in August; BLACK FREEDOM WEEKEND, satellite programming includes an
Ancestral Libation Ceremony to give honor & praise to those freedom fighters who
came become us on Friday, August 25th, 2006 and a Raising Black Consciousness
Seminar featuring pro-conscious lectures & workshops exclusively on Sunday, August
27th, 2006 at Nubian Village Academy @ 2022 Sledd Street Richmond Virginia.

Happily Natural Day is a means through which people of African descent can raise
their collective consciousness & awareness by uniting in the effort to demolish the
inferiority complexes that have developed throughout the African Diaspora due to our
ever-present war with the ideology of white supremacy. It is also an opportunity for
other cultural groups to be enlightened. Happily Natural Day is a celebration of
black consciousness whose main purpose is promoting the importance of raising black
consciousness and African awareness throughout the Black Diaspora to combat the
debilitating psychological effects of the white supremacy on African people
worldwide. Happily Natural Day is designed to do away with the damaging mindsets
that have been created by conformity, assimilation and acceptance of and to the
tenets of white supremacy in the United States and abroad.

Join us for a three-day celebration/lecture series with emphasis on black
consciousness, natural hair care and holistic health, spoken word poetry, hip-hop,
and neo-soul edutainment. Special guests include M'Bwebe Aja Ishanji of Da Ghetto
Tymez & ConsciousHipHop.com, Umar Abdullah Johnson Garveyite & Certified School
Psychologist & Malaika Tamu Cooper founder of the Baltimore Natural Hair Care Expo &
Dreadz & Headz. Special musical guests include the A-Alikes, P.O.W., Reality Speaks,
Dead Prez, Jhunnipuz Elite Poetry Organization, Derek 320 & many more.

If you have any questions or would like more information on Happily Natural Day &
Black Freedom Weekend, please contact Duron Chavis at 804-622-9364. Also log on to
Happilynaturalday.com for vending fees, directions and sponsorship opportunities.



Web Site = http://happilynaturalday.com

Contact Details = Contact: Duron Chavis
Founder of Happily Natural Day
Universal Negro Improvement Association & African Communities League
Tel: 804-622-9364
Web: http://Happilynaturalday.com
Email: hndsupport@gmail.com