Happily Natural Day and More!

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Message from Brother Manifest
Happily Natural Day (HND) is a grassroot pro-afrikan not for profit festival dedicated to breaking down the inferiority complex instilled in afrikans throughout the globe as a result of 500 plus years of slavery & colonization. Simultaneously, Happily Natural Day is dedicated to raising the political, social, spiritual and cultural consciousness of not only those in attendance, but of all afrikans throughout the globe. Happily Natural Day was founded in 2003 by UNIA-ACL member Duron Chavis aka Brother Manifest and launched successfully at the Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia. Since 2003, Happily Natural Day has become one of the fastest growing grassroot pro-afrikan festivals in the state of Virginia and was held at Nubian Village Academy, & Muhammad's Mosque #24 in subsequent years.

Happily Natural Day Overview
Happily Natural Day is a vehicle through which afrikans regardless of religious ideology, political frame of reference, economic status, gender, or age can come together for the sole purpose of celebrating the fact that they are afrikan and proud of their ethnicity. Happily Natural Day specifically focuses on natural hair because women of afrikan descent throughout the globe have been taught to straighten their hair in order to conform to a european standard of beauty. To this phenomenon, HND responds "Black is Beautiful" and encourages all afrikans to "Love Thyself" with the overstanding that a nation can only rise as high as its women primarily and that aesthetic plays a major part in the development of a people's positive self perception. Utilizing the twin pillars of informative lectures and conscious musical expression, HND achieves it's purpose annually by fusing together the most dynamic spoken word, hip-hop and soul artists of this era with leading natural health & haircare experts and afrikan scholars in the diverse realms of black consciousness. As a result of this specific focus on brigding the gap between information and entertainment and elder and youth, annually Happily Natural Day becomes an incubator of revolutionary thought and a catalyst for social change.

Happily Natural Day News

Interested in Vending @ Happily Natural Day?

Vending @ Happily Natural Day is Easy

If you are interested in vending at Happily Natural Day please see the attached application. Your financial support has allowed Happily Natural Day to be successful, and we vow to continue providing economically affordable opportunities for small businesses to promote their products and services. However, vendor spaces are limited and will be reserved only upon completion of the full application & remittance of application fee.

Vendor Fees

1 day: $75.00 per space

2 days: $125.00 (Happily Natural Day & Black Freedom University)

Table size: 6 ft (provided at additional cost of $10.00)

Deadline: July 31st, 2007 prices subject to increase after deadline

Early Bird Special: $50.00 per space before May 1st, 2007

Past Vendors in Attendance have been from Chicago, Brooklyn New York, North Carolina, Washington DC, Baltimore MD, Philadelphia Pennslyvania, Newark NJ, Palm Beach FLA, Atlanta Georgia.

Product types that do well at Happily Natural Day: Natural Hair, Skin & Body Products, Original Fashions, Books, Informative DVDS, Independent Magazines, Spa products, Liberation Music, African Art, hand crafted jewelry, Massage therapists, Handcrafted Soaps, Home Decor, On Site Natural hair Care Stylists, Wholistic Health products & Services including Consultations

Happily Natural Day is Now Hiring Paid Volunteers

Position Description: This position reports to the event coordinator & fundraising committee. Work at your own pace position for well connected African Oriented Ad Sales Representative. Duties include finding black & latino owned businesses to take out ads in the Happily Natural Day journal.

Skills: Excellent phone and writing skills are key, as this position requires heavy e-mail communication with customers & HND Staff. Ability to handle several tasks at the same time in a proficient manner with high level of organizational skills. Previous Attendees & Volunteers of Happily Natural Day preferred.

Compensation: Volunteer Ad sales Representatives will receive 10% of all ads procurred for teh Happily Natural Day Ad journal. Payment will be remitted into your Paypal Account upon receipt of payment for ad by the particular business you secured.

Please Email HNDsupport@gmail.com for more information and how you can help Happily Natural Day raise money & make money for your self simultaneously.

UPCOMING EVENTS
The Continuing Media Assassination of Dr. King
a Presentation by Jared A. Ball, Ph.D.

Date: February 13, 2007
Time: 6:00 pm -7:30 pm
Location: Nyumburu Cultural Center Room 0130 (Multi-purpose Room)
University of Maryland, College Park
Admission: Free

Join us for a presentation and discussion of the true politics of Dr. King, his relationship to international freedom struggles and the pre/post-assassination of his image in US mainstream press. The presentation illustrates King's suppressed politics and the fears they instilled among this nation's power structure. All is traced through the lenses of King's own words then via the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) statements followed up by a look at mainstream US press coverage of King as exemplified by the Washington Post.

For more information, please contact Solomon Comissiong, Asst. Director of Student Involvement and Public Relations, Nyumburu Cultural Center at (301) 314-8439 or solomon@glue.umd.edu.
NationHouse presents
The Pan Afrikan Extravaganza...
Part II
featuring

S.T.O.R.M. Reggae Band
Live From Kingston, Jamaica

and

DJ 2-Tone Jones
on the 1 and 2s
Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Doors Open: 9 pm
• Free Food • Juice Bar •
• Health and Wellness Vendors • Marketplace •
NationHouse
770 Park Road, NW • Washington, DC
a smoke-free and alcohol-free environment
Admission: $20 in Advance • $25 @ the door
Click the Link Below to Purchase Tickets Online NOW!

www.Nationhouse.org/events -extra.htm


Tickets also available at the following locations:
NationHouse - 202.291.5600
Blue Nile Herb and Spice Company - 202.232.3535
Join us in an International Auction of Beautiful Artifacts and Wares

Topic of Discussion: Affordable Land for Sale in Africa

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Program starts at 10:00 a.m.



MUHAMMAD MOSQUE #24

104 COWARDIN AVENUE RICHMOND, VA 23224


Vendors & Sponsors for The 5th Annual Happily Natural Day
If you are interested in being a sponsor or vendor for this years Happily Natural Day, please visit Happilynaturalday.com. Happily Natural Day prides itself on an intense promotional campaign with a focus on web and print media. In 2006, our promotional campaign included 20,000 flyers distributed throughout Richmond, Baltimore, DC, Norfolk, Hampton, and Raleigh- Durham. As a sponsor and/or vendor we can ensure that your product/business/organization will benefit by being a part of Happily Natural Day and related satillite programming in a very dynamic and innovative way. Please contact us for more information on how you can be a part of Happily Natural Day!!

Think Conscious dot Com
The Myspace, You Tube & webblog explosion has generated a serious shift in how we as a people communicate, network and interact. As a result it is our effort to use the technology at our disposal to futher close the gaps we allow to keep us disconnected. At Think Conscious dot Com users can register as new members, post blogs, announce events and you tube clips.

New Happily Natural Day Mailing List
Our newest online feature allows you to subscribe or unsubscribe on your own to our email list for Happily Natural Day and related events. Our email list is over 1500 strong. With that many emails it is hard to remove or add people to the list manually. When you visit this link http://happilynaturald ay.com/hndlist you will be provided the option to suscribe or unsubscribe to the mailing list.

What do we send on the Happily Natural Day Mailing list?

* Events happening in the Conscious Community
* Articles and Information the Black Community Needs to Know
* Updates on Happily Natural Day

If you have an announcement please send an email to brothermanifest at gmail.com and we will post it as soon as possible.

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I went to last year's event and it was Blacktastic! However it saddened me because our people only unite during these events,when we should be united constantly! We are the cause of our own genocide and we should do so much more to save oursleves for the sake of future generations!