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17th Annual Juneteenth Ritual of Remembrance

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Sunday, June 8, 2025 - 11:00 am to 1:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
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Lake Merritt Boathouse Picnic Area | 562 Bellevue Ave., Oakland, CA

Event Details

Our Juneteenth Ritual of Remembrance is a prayerful honoring of the enslaved people who didn’t live to see freedom come. It begins with a procession of drums and chant for the ancestors by Wakan Wiya and Awon Ohun Omnira, followed by prayers in the religions and traditions of the enslaved people from the Americas and Africa including Ifa, Palo Mayombe, Vodun and the Abrahamic religions of Judaism. Christianity, Islam.

 

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Cost: FREE*
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Categories: **Annual Event**, *Top Pick*, In Person, Juneteenth
Venue: Lake Merritt Boathouse Picnic Area
Address: 562 Bellevue Ave., Oakland, CA