Events

THE SOUTHEAST BLACKOUT is a Vendor Expo aimed towards black owned businesses or brands wanting and needing positive exposure. This is a great way for our community to network and for our local entrepreneurs to get their name out in the surrounding areas of San Diego, CA. This event will take place at the Jacobs Center September 15th from 12pm-5pm. We are looking for all types of vendors but we will cap at 40 vendors. Once you have purchased your Vendor Ticket, you will receive a Vendor Application to fill out and send back ASAP. Vendors with food, or alcoholic beverages please email southeastblackout@gmail.com before purchasing a booth.

Not looking to be a vendor but looking forward to attending and supporting these small businesses? No worries! Tickets are only $10.00-$15.00 online or $25.00 at the door (while supplies last). This event will cap at 500 attendees. Tickets include admission, 1 raffle ticket, 1 drink ticket to the bar (valid 12pm-2pm), access to vendors, and food stations. EARLY BIRD TICKETS END JULY 15TH.

LIVE DJ, GAMES, GIVEAWAYS AND MUCH MORE!

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to email us at southeastblackout@gmail.com

We’re taking over the STK Rooftop again for an end of summer blowout! Sounds by Mister Hek, Dauche, and more!

This event will SELL OUT! Get your ticket early and end your summer right.
General admission seating will be EXTREMELY limited- reserve your VIP Tables/Cabanas asap at sandiegomelanin@gmail.com.

Interested in sponsoring? Email us at sandiegomelanin@gmail.com.

DRESS CODE: Grown and sexy. No t-shirts, gym shoes, jerseys, ball caps or flip flops will be permitted

CELEBRATE, PARTY AND WHILE YOU ARE AT IT GET YOUR HAIR CUT. WE ARE HAVING A GRAND RE-OPENING TO INTRODUCE THE NEW HOTNESS! PREPARED TO GET YOUR PICTURE TAKEN AND TO BE APART OF GREATNESS ON THE RISE.

Kids Couture Runway Show
About this Event
About this Event

Join us for an Outstanding Youth Fashion Show at

Queen Bees Cultural Center this event will be showcasing couture fashions

that will highlight the design & expression of the designer, and shine light on the talent and energy of our youth music and sophistication.

Our venue involves:

– Fashion Show
– Youth Models
– Food
– Music
– Live Performances
– Raffles and Gift bags
– Vendors
Purchase your tickets today and share part in an amazing show brought to you by our local youth and up and rising Designer

Tickets are limited to this event so get your Tickets today!

Date: September 15th 2019

Venue: Queen Bees Cultural Center

3925 Ohio St, San Diego, California 92104

Time: 3-5

Advance Tickets: $5

At the Door: $7

Parking is on the streets and parking nearby, there is a large parking garage less than 2 blocks away. The garage is located at the intersection of 29th Street and North Park Way; rates are just 50 cents an hour and never more than $5 a day/night. Location: 3829 29th St, San Diego, CA 92104 For more information on parking garage rates and hours, please call (619) 294-250

Akae Beka is the current manifestation of an evolving consciousness. Following a quarter of a century as lead singer and co-founder for the legendary, St. Croix-based band, Midnite, Vaughn Benjamin was inspired to intensify his light when life situations led him to revisit the Book of Enoch. He then realized his preparedness to answer the calling of a sacred oath described therein, the Akae, the Beka, one and the same. Much like the archangel Michael who was responsible for the truths pertaining to the secrets of creation, so does Benjamin today accept his role in a parallel time of rampant deception and broken taboos in the arenas of world leadership. Always rooted firmly in the teachings of His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie I, his personal evolution and reaffirmed purpose is manifested in his newly declared name.

Vaughn and his brother Ron Benjamin, sons of Antiguan music legend Ronnie Benjamin, Sr., together sowed the seeds of Midnite in 1989. During the mid-1990s, the band embarked on a 5-year sojourn in Washington DC, where they became area legends for their nightly 3-5 hour sets. Albums such as the debut Unpolished (1997), Ras Mek Peace (1999) and the seminal third release, Jubilees Of Zion (2001), collectively set the tone for what would become more than 60 albums leading up to 2014. That year, their album Beauty For Ashes (a Midnite I Grade collaboration) was named Reggae Album of the Year by iTunes.

Though his signature voice and edifying poetry graces an incredibly vast catalog of recordings, Akae Beka was unleashed by Fifth Son / VPAL Music in November 2015 with the debut album, Homage To The Land. The sophomore follow up, Portals, was released in collaboration with I Grade Records in April 2016. Livicated, released October 2016 on the Zion High Productions label, is the third and most recent project continuing Benjamins reputation for prolific output. JahSayDo, the fourth release under Akae Beka, will be released on March 31, 2017. Still, he explores and introduces ancient, esoteric knowledge in ways applicable to present day realities.

Akae Beka is accompanied by the following players of instruments: Christian Sly Molina-Curet (drums and percussions), Lyndon Ras L Williams (bass), Edmund Fieulleteau (guitar), Edwin Kenny Byron (guitar) and Suren Fenton (keyboards). Consisting mostly of former Midnite band members, the Akae Beka sound builds on a strong foundation of trance-inducing performance experiences across five continents and countless festivals such as Bonaroo, Outside Lands, Reggae on the River, Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, Summerjam, Rototom Sunsplash and Reggae Jam.

Chance the Rapper Announces North American Tour

Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am, here:
https://www.eatmytickets.com/en/artist/chance-the-rapper/

This year, we had the honor of graduating the fourth cohort of our Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute and the 14th class of our Students for Economic Justice Fellowship.

Over the course of six months, 13 community leaders expanded their skills to serve on commissions and seven students learned and practiced organizing skills in on-the-ground organizing campaigns led by local labor and community partners.

Now it’s time to celebrate these visionary leaders!

We invite you to join us—and City of San Diego Councilmember Monica Montgomery—to recognize their achievements and celebrate our growing community of leaders and organizers working to create a more equitable San Diego region.

Record clearing event with the San Diego Public Defenders Office and job fair with employers who are willing to hire individuals who may have been touched by the criminal justice system,