Friday reception at Sacramento Black Book Fair

Featured author Marvin X
photo Adam Turner

Blue Nile Press and Community Partners
invite you to the opening events for the
Second Annual Sacramento Black Book Fair

All on Friday, June 5, 2015

6:00PMOpening Reception to meet and greet the featured writers
at underground Books,2814 35^th Street, Sacramento CA 95817

6:45PMOpening Panel Discussion by the featured writers

at The Guild Theater
2828 35^th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817
(Next door to underground books)
9:00PMPost Panel Mixer
Live jazz, refreshments, and opportunity to converse with
featured speakers and participating authors
at the Brickhouse Art Gallery, 2837 36^th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817

Please RSVP by Sunday, May 31, 2015 to Faye Wilson Kennedy (916) 484-3749 or emailing:Faye at Faye@bluenilepress.com

2015 Co-Sponsors/Community Partners:

African Research Institute

Black United Fund of Sacramento Valley

Black Arts Movement 27 City Tour

Black Bird Press

The Black Group

Brickhouse Art Gallery

Blue Nile Press

City of Sacramento – Neighborhood Services Department

Friends of the Sacramento Public Library

Jtenterprise

Roberts Family Development Center

Sacramento Area Black Caucus

Sacramento City Councilmember Allen Warren

The Sacramento City Teachers Association

Sacramento City Councilmember Steve Hansen

Teichert Foundation

The Talking Drums News

Colonial Heights Library Affiliated Friends

Kakwasi Somadhi

Underground Books

Sacculturalhub.com

Drexel University Sacramento

Sacramento Juneteenth, Inc.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.,Eta Gamma Omega Chapter

Sacramento Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated

Fred and Ruth Foote

ZICA Creative and Literary Guild

Center for African Peace & Conflict Resolution, CSUS

Black Humanists and Non-Believers of Sacramento

Sacramento Section- The National Council of Negro Women

Mary McLeod Bethune Readers are Leaders Club

Tracy & Symia Stigler

Young Scholars –Calvary Christian Center

Sacramento Poetry Center

Sister to Sister Book Group

100 Black Men of Sacramento

Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services

Felicia Armelin

Brenda’s Mane Event

Black Parallel School Board

Literary Ladies Alliance

The Merritt Law Clinic

Sisters Quilting Collective

NIA –Women of Purpose

Leslie Wilson Kennedy

Sacramento Chapter-Black Child Development Institute

Pam Haynes

Black Images Book Club

The Borden Family

OBBC (Book Club)

Sacramento Black Chamber of Commerce

Allegro Book Club

Sacramento Public Library Foundation

The California Endowment

The Office of Campus Community Relations, University of California, Davis

Los Rios Community College District

Roy Kaufman

Sacramento Observer Newspapers

California Black Chamber of Commerce

 Endorsed by:

Mayor Kevin Johnson

Women's Civic Improvement Club

Oak Park United Methodist Church

Guild Theater

Sacramento City Unified School District

Sacramento Public Library

Assembly member Kevin McCarty

California Legislative Black Caucus

916Ink

Crocker Art Museum

Sacramento Area Youth Speaks (SAYS)

Thank you and join the celebration!!!