Make sure to also check out the official Seattle Black Pride 2006 "Mocha Reign" Website!
Seattle Black Pride 2006 "Mocha Reign" on July 21-23 was an absolute success. Thank you to all who made it
happen, and thanks to all of you who attended.
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that was shown at the Friday show. It's a retrospective of the year.
Saturday was packed with workshops, movies, and the "It's Going Down" party at night!
Sunday was time our special Gospel Praise & Worship, featuring the Seattle Black Pride Choir! Plus,
we had an additional round of films, and finished with a free BBQ—and ran out of food. More than 200
people showed up at our BBQ in Pratt Park, even with the blazin' heat.
Schedule
Friday
8PM: SBP Kick-Off / Opening Night Celebration
Fashion show, drag performances, meet Mr. & Ms. Seattle Black
Pride and the Executive Board. Guest speakers & more live entertainment!
10PM: Friday Youth Dance (16+)
Hip-hop / R&B. ID Required. 16 & over.
Saturday
11AM: Panel Discussion
"Equal rights in Washington: why people of color don't matter" with Human Rights Campaign,
National Black Justice Coalition, Entre Hermanos, Equal Rights Washington.
1PM: Workshops
"HIV/AIDS: Does anyone care anymore?" with POCAAN.
Free HIV & STD testing by POCAAN Know where you stand. "Woman's health: sister help thyself" with Verbena.
"Diabetes: the debilitator." w/ Steven Stein, M.D.
3PM: Film Festival (Part 1 of 2)
"Jumpin' the Broom: The New Covenant", "The DL Chronicles", "Dani and Alice", and "Brooklyn Bridge to Jordan".
9PM: The Big Party:"It's Going Down!"
2 rooms: hip-hop/rnb & House. Go-Go dancers & more!
with DJ Kun Luv!
Sunday
10AM: Gospel Praise & Worship
With the Seattle Black Pride Choir!
12PM: Sunday Film Festival
"Walk in the light", "Inclinations", "St. Martin de 4th Street", "On the Low" and "The Ski Trip"
2PM: BBQ in Pratt Park (Free Food!)
Free food & family-friendly.
If you missed Seattle Black Pride 2006 "Mocha Reign", check out our post-pride press release!
Announcing Deidra Fiddler & Jesse Nelson, Mr. & Ms. Seattle Black Pride 2006
Deidra Fiddler & Jesse Nelson
We are honored to have Ms. Deidra Fiddler as our very first Ms. Seattle Black Pride, and
are equally as honored to have Mr. Jesse Nelson as our first Mr. Seattle Black Pride!
You were lucky to see them in the streets at June Pride Parade as well as all along the Black Pride event.
Thanks to All of You!
The Seattle Black Pride Executive BoardKiantha, Isaac, Robert, Harnik, Trammell and Derrickwould like to
thank the following community members for volunteering and for their individual support:
A BIG THANK YOU to Public Health Seattle King County, all community members who have attended SBP community
meetings, donated via the SBP website, supported SBP financially and supported SBP fundraising events. Also
thanks to all LGBTQ Community Allies, SBP Security Team, Langston Hughes staff and Seattle Asian Art Museum
staff.
If your name is inadvertently missing from this list, we apologize, and ask that you charge it to the head,
not the heart...
Finally, thank you to all of you who have lent a hand, and participated in the success of this memorable week-end.
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