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Happily Natural Day is about loving ourselves as African people, and changing our community as a result of that love.

The Mission

Happily Natural Day is an afrikan summer festival dedicated to holistic health, cultural awareness and social change.

For The People

Bringing communities together through arts and culture while serving as a platform for black liberation movements from all across the globe.

Why Happily Natural Day?

One of a kind vendors and exhibitors
Socially conscious artists and performances
Educational lectures and interactive workshops
Networking opportunities with grassroots advocates and community activists
Urban agriculture learning experiences on the farm
17 Years of Dedicated Service To the Afrikan Community

Happily Natural Day Vending Opportunity

Food Vendor

$250⁰⁰

Non Profit Booth

$75⁰⁰

Merchandise Vendor

125⁰⁰

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Toxic Communities: Environmental Racism, Industrial Pollution, and Residential Mobility

$24.94

Uncovers the systemic problems that expose poor communities to environmental hazardsFrom St. Louis to New Orleans, from Baltimore to Oklahoma City, there are poor and minority neighborhoods so beset by pollution that just living in them can be hazardous to your health. Due to entrenched segregation, zoning ordinances that privilege wealthier communities, or because...

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Eat Plants Lift Iron

$15.99

Eat plants, Lift Iron "Stronger than Ever, Never Felt Better!" -stic of dead prez The Wait is over! Finally, a straightforward book that truly understands the skinny man's challenges and offers a realistic and natural way to gain healthy weight and muscle! This is not about becoming a humungous body builder; it's about...

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White Privilege Unmasked

$21.95

All white people understand cultural differences from a platform of relative privilege, affecting their personal and professional interactions. How should they respond when confronted with this knowledge? This introductory book looks at the concept of whiteness, and shows how individuals can 'unmask' their own whiteness and take meaningful steps to break down unconscious bias...

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The Death Gap: How Inequality Kills

$13.43

We hear plenty about the widening income gap between the rich and the poor in America and about the expanding distance separating the haves and the have-nots. But when detailing the many things that the poor have not, we often overlook the most critical—their health. The poor die sooner. Blacks die sooner. And poor...

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The Racial Contract

$19.99

The Racial Contract puts classic Western social contract theory, deadpan, to extraordinary radical use. With a sweeping look at the European expansionism and racism of the last five hundred years, Charles W. Mills demonstrates how this peculiar and unacknowledged "contract" has shaped a system of global European domination: how it brings into existence "whites"...

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What Does It Mean to Be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy – Revised Edition (Counterpoints)

$41.95

What does it mean to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless, yet is deeply divided by race? In the face of pervasive racial inequality and segregation, most white people cannot answer that question. In the second edition of this seminal text, Robin DiAngelo reveals the factors that make this question so...

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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

$16.56

The New York Times and USA Today bestseller!"Layla Saad is one of the most important and valuable teachers we have right now on the subject of white supremacy and racial injustice."―New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth GilbertBased on the viral Instagram challenge that captivated participants worldwide, Me and White Supremacy takes readers on a...

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This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work

$11.99

Who are you? What is racism? Where does it come from? Why does it exist? What can you do to disrupt it? Learn about social identities, the history of racism and resistance against it, and how you can use your anti-racist lens and voice to move the world toward equity and liberation.“In a racist...

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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (National Book Award Winner)

$15.29

The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. Some Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America--it is more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X....

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How to Be an Antiracist

$14.79

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a “groundbreaking” (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society—and in ourselves.“The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind.”—The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE BEST...

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The Traphouse Vegan, Lifestyle Guide

$24.99

Vegan Traphouse specializes in worldwide catering and holistic services. It is co-owned by Eboni Washington, a teacher from Bronx, NY and Michele Simmons, a counselor from Washington, DC. The way that we prepare food is just as important as the food itself. Our food is soul food because it comes from our hearts. We...

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Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic: A Materia Magica of African-American Conjure

$13.97

This is the first book of its kind, presenting accurate botanical information about roots and herbs employed in conjure, with sample spells that will show you how to make and use your own mojo bags, spiritual baths, and incenses. 224 pages 500 herbs, roots, minerals, and rare zoological curios, 750 traditional spells, tricks, and...

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Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora (Blacks in the Diaspora)

$31.16

Mangrove rice farming on West Africa's Rice Coast was the mirror image of tidewater rice plantations worked by enslaved Africans in 18th-century South Carolina and Georgia. This book reconstructs the development of rice-growing technology among the Baga and Nalu of coastal Guinea, beginning more than a millennium before the transatlantic slave trade. It reveals...

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Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern Politics (Princeton Studies in Political Behavior)

$27.99

The lasting effects of slavery on contemporary political attitudes in the American SouthDespite dramatic social transformations in the United States during the last 150 years, the South has remained staunchly conservative. Southerners are more likely to support Republican candidates, gun rights, and the death penalty, and southern whites harbor higher levels of racial resentment...

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Vegetable Kingdom: The Abundant World of Vegan Recipes

$19.49

“Phenomenal . . . transforms the kitchen into a site for creating global culinary encounters, this time inviting us to savor Afro-Asian vegan creations.”—Angela Y. Davis, distinguished professor emerita at the University of California Santa CruzMore than 100 beautifully simple recipes that teach you the basics of a great vegan meal centered on real...

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Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm

$11.99

Activists and change agents, restorative justice practitioners, faith leaders, and anybody engaged in social progress and shifting society will find this mindful approach to nonviolent action indispensable.Nonviolence was once considered the highest form of activism and radical change. And yet its basic truth, its restorative power, has been forgotten. In Healing Resistance, leading trainer...

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Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party (The George Gund Foundation Imprint in African American Studies)

$17.49

Notice: The California Department of Corrections has designated this book dangerous contraband. All CA prisoners are prohibited from purchasing or reading this book. Winner of the American Book AwardThis timely special edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, features a new preface by the authors that places...

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Pink & Black Laundry Bags

$14.90 – $21.90

These durable, high quality laundry bags will make an amazing addition to any household. Made from spun polyester, they feature a natural colored shoulder strap, cinch cord and grommet openings for the drawstring. Spot clean only.

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Feed the Resistance: Recipes + Ideas for Getting Involved (Julia Turshen Book, Cookbook for Activists)

$9.49

From favorite cookbook author Julia Turshen comes this practical and inspiring handbook for political activism—with recipes. As the millions who marched in January 2017 demonstrated, activism is the new normal. When people search for ways to resist injustice and express support for civil rights, environmental protections, and more, they begin by gathering around the...

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Protest Kitchen: Fight Injustice, Save the Planet, and Fuel Your Resistance One Meal at a Time

$2.72

2018 Foreword Book of the Year Awards Bronze WinnerProtest Kitchen is an empowering guide to the food and lifestyle choices anyone can make for positive change in the face of the profound challenges of our time.Our food choices have much more of an impact than most people imagine. They not only affect our personal...

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Racism as Zoological Witchcraft: A Guide to Getting Out

$16.22

In this scintillating combination of critical race theory, social commentary, veganism, and gender analysis, media studies scholar Aph Ko offers a compelling vision of a reimagined social justice movement marked by a deconstruction of the conceptual framework that keeps activists silo-ed fighting their various oppressions―and one another. Through a subtle and extended examination of...

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Veganism in an Oppressive World: A Vegans-of-Color Community Project

$10.48

What would it take for veganism to spread further than ever before? Through the voices of vegans of color, Veganism in an Oppressive World will revolutionize the way you see our movement. A must read for new vegans and seasoned nonhuman animal activists alike, this community-led effort provides in-depth, first-hand accounts and analyses...

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We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement

$25.00

Winner of the 2014 Anna Julia Cooper-CLR James Book Award presented by the National Council of Black StudiesWinner of the 2014 PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in LiteratureIn We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement, Akinyele Omowale Umoja argues that armed resistance was critical to the Southern freedom struggle...

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Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society

$14.39

Sistah Vegan is a series of narratives, critical essays, poems, and reflections from a diverse community of North American black-identified vegans. Collectively, these activists are de-colonizing their bodies and minds via whole-foods veganism. By kicking junk-food habits, the more than thirty contributors all show the way toward longer, stronger, and healthier lives. Suffering from...

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Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking: A Cookbook

$23.25

“A celebration of African American cuisine right now, in all of its abundance and variety.”—Tejal Rao, The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The New Yorker • NPR • Chicago Tribune • The Atlantic • BuzzFeed • Food52 Throughout her career, Toni...

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Africanizing Vegan Food: All Your Favourite Nigerian Foods Veganized.

$22.43

Logline:Over 50 easy plant-based Nigerian recipes for a stress-free life in the kitchen!Summary: Nigerian food and the time it takes can be overwhelming especially for those dedicated to a vegan diet. Whether you’re a beginner wishing for alternatives to your favorite Nigerian dishes or a family member searching for recipes to include loved ones...

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Flava My Plate: Your Tasty Vegan Guide to Health-Wealth (Flava Series)

$23.95

Endorsed by renowned Internal Medicine and Critical Care Physician, Milton Mills, MD (featured in What the Health documentary) and acclaimed Physician and Author, Sunil Pai, MD, Flava My Plate: Your Tasty Vegan Guide to Health-Wealth, moves veggies, fruits, grains, beans, legumes and aromatics to the forefront while keeping your taste buds swimming in an...

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Caribbean Vegan: Meat-Free, Egg-Free, Dairy-Free Authentic Island Cuisine for Every Occasion

$16.77

Spice up your life with over 200 authentic Caribbean recipes—veganized! Welcome to the Caribbean, home to an incredibly rich cooking tradition. Here, African, French, Asian, and Spanish influences combine with the local flavors of Barbados, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and more. You’ll discover:Sweet and Savory Breakfasts: Cassava Pancakes, Herbed Sada RotiTraditional Mains:...

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Ageless Vegan: The Secret to Living a Long and Healthy Plant-Based Life

$18.39

Harness the healing power of plant-based foods for vibrant health and longevityVegan lifestyle expert Tracye McQuirter teams up with her mother Mary to share their secrets for maintaining radiant health for more than 30 years (hint: it's all in the greens), and 100 of their favorite plant-based recipes that have kept them looking and...

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Vegan 100: Over 100 Incredible Recipes from Avant-Garde Vegan

$18.69

Tempted to try your hand at vegan food but don't know where to start? Or even just to make meat free Monday a regular thing? Long gone are the days of vegan food being dull and worthy: Vegan 100 is bold, vibrant and gorgeous. The emphasis in Gaz's 100 tempting vegan recipes is first...

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Happily Natural Day Venue: 5th District Mini Farm

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Happily Natural Day Event Calendar

Drums in The Garden

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The 18th Annual Happily Natural Day

August 29

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