Community Events
Join us for a series of engaging community events that celebrate diversity, foster dialogue, and promote social awareness. Our events are designed to inspire, educate, and unite people from all backgrounds as we work together to create stronger, more inclusive communities. They almost always have food too!
Explore our upcoming events and be part of the positive change we're making in the Bay Area.
Juneteenth Festival
Summary
We are excited to announce our 5th annual Juneteenth Festival! Check out the video to see a recap of last year's event! We had over 2,300 people join us throughout the day, and this year the festival will be even bigger and more beautiful than last!
Is this event for me?
Yes! This free event is for everyone to celebrate progress, joy, and connections between communities across the Bay - and to have a great time!
Celebrate the community with music, dancing, art, performances, speeches, food, desserts, BBQ, drinks and more!!!
Date & Time
Saturday, June 22 - 12pm-5pm PST
Community Movie Night, Dinner, and Art Show
Come join us for a fantastic evening of entertainment and creativity at our Community Movie Night, Dinner, and Art Show! Get ready for a fun-filled event where we premiere our solo documentary Midnight train. There will be delicious food, artwork from local artists including Emory Douglas, the original Black Panther artist, and more!
Our event promises to be an impactful experience for everyone in the community. We have dedicated the last five months filming, researching, and editing this film and are so excited for you to come and see it. Whether you're a history buff, education fanatic, engaged community member, or just wanting something to do, we have something for you.
We are excited to share that we will be serving food from Back-a-yard Caribbean Grill. Food will be $20 per person. There will be vegetarian options available.
In addition to the films and dinner, we are proud to showcase an art show featuring the incredible talents of our community members.
So mark your calendars and gather your friends and family for an unforgettable night of entertainment, good food, and artistic wonders. We can't wait to see you at the Community Movie Night, Dinner, and Art Show!
Halloween Community Night
Join us for a Spooky Season Halloween Party! Vote on our Instagram to pick what movie we will be watching! Come in your favorite costume and enjoy a night of food, games, a movie and more! Make sure to RSVP to hold your spot!!
Art Show, Movie & Dinner - JV x Haiti Action Committee
Welcome to the first of our new series of Community Events!
Moving forward we will only have 5-6 movie nights a year. Each will offer a unique experience with art, food, music, film and special guests. Seating is limited, make sure to hold your spot by RSVPing!
This Movie Night is partnered with Haiti Action Committee.
There will be fresh hand made food provided by Tal Palo, a local Mexican Restaurant in Los Altos.
Art from Emory Douglas the Black Panther Artist and other local artists.
Films from Justice Vanguard and a documentary, Harvest of Hope.
A panel with Justice Vanguard, Haiti Action, and special speakers from Haiti.
JV DeYoung Field Trip for Kehinde Wiley
Join us on Saturday August 5th at the De Young Museum for the Kehinde Wiley Exhibit.
Get your free tickets here.
American artist Kehinde Wiley’s new body of paintings and sculptures confronts the silence surrounding systemic violence against Black people through the visual language of the fallen figure. It expands on his 2008 series, Down — a group of large-scale portraits of young Black men inspired by Hans Holbein the Younger’s The Dead Christ in the Tomb (1521–1522). Wiley investigates the iconography of death and sacrifice in Western art, tracing it across religious, mythological, and historical subjects. In An Archaeology of Silence, the senseless deaths of men and women around the world are transformed into a powerful elegy of resistance. The resulting paintings of figures struck down, wounded, or dead, referencing iconic paintings of mythical heroes, martyrs, and saints, offer a haunting meditation on the legacies of colonialism and systemic racism.
BlacKkKlansman
Join us for another incredible FREE movie night in partnership with the city of Los Altos Rec! Bring your comfy clothes, blankets and bean bag chairs. There will be free popcorn, snacks and waters for for all!
About the Movie
Ron Stallworth is the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a name for himself, Stallworth bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. The detective soon recruits a more seasoned colleague, Flip Zimmerman, into the undercover investigation of a lifetime. Together, they team up to take down the extremist hate group as the organization aims to sanitize its rhetoric to appeal to the mainstream.
JV Movie Night! Across the Spider-verse
We are doing it again! We have rented out a majority of the seats at Century 16 Movie Theater this Friday for the showing of Spiderman Across the Spider-verse! Seating is limited and tickets are handed out first come first serve day of. Make sure to fill the form out below to reserve your tickets.
We are asking a $20 minimum donation per ticket.
Barbershop
Join us for another incredible FREE movie night in partnership with the city of Los Altos Rec! Bring your comfy clothes, blankets and bean bag chairs. There will be free popcorn, snacks and waters for for all!
About the Movie
A smart comedy about a day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin (Ice Cube), who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and a waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, Calvin slowly begins to see his father's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out.
Juneteenth Festival
Join us for the 4th annual Juneteenth Festival at Hillview Park! Join us for our 4th Annual Juneteenth Festival! An afternoon of art, music, food, rum punch, wine, beer, singers, speeches, dancers, vendors and more!
Soul
Join us for another incredible FREE movie night in partnership with the city of Los Altos Rec! Bring your comfy clothes, blankets and bean bag chairs. There will be free popcorn, snacks and waters for for all!
About the Movie - This is for all ages!
Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz -- and he's good. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.
SJUEC x JV Movie Night
Join us for a special edition movie night in partnership with San Jose Unified Equity Coalition. The film that we will be showcasing is about: A group of Black and Latin women activists in San José, California, drive a grassroots movement to remove police from their children's schools.
Following the movie there will be a panel and discourse around current efforts, growing engagement, re-imagining safety, and mental health of our youth.
RSVP below!
Detroit
Join us for another incredible FREE movie night in partnership with the city of Los Altos Rec! Bring your comfy clothes, blankets and bean bag chairs. There will be free popcorn, snacks and waters for for all!
About the Movie
In the summer of 1967, rioting and civil unrest starts to tear apart the city of Detroit. Two days later, a report of gunshots prompts the Detroit Police Department, the Michigan State Police and the Michigan Army National Guard to search and seize an annex of the nearby Algiers Motel. Several policemen start to flout procedure by forcefully and viciously interrogating guests to get a confession. By the end of the night, three unarmed men are gunned down while several others are brutally beaten.
Hidden Figures
Join us for another incredible FREE movie night in partnership with the city of Los Altos Rec! Bring your comfy clothes, blankets and bean bag chairs. There will be free popcorn, snacks and waters for for all!
About the Movie
Three brilliant African-American women at NASA -- Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson -- serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence, turned around the Space Race and galvanized the world.
People’s Agenda
Justice Vanguard will be giving their Black Representation Presentation to the community!
Glory
Join us for our free Community Movie Night. For Black History Month, we will be showing Glory. As always there will be popcorn, snacks, waters and great vibes. Hope to see you all there!
About the Movie
Following the Battle of Antietam, Col. Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick) is offered command of the United States' first all-African-American regiment, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. With junior officer Cabot Forbes (Cary Elwes), Shaw puts together a strong and proud unit, including the escaped slave Trip (Denzel Washington) and the wise gravedigger John Rawlins (Morgan Freeman). At first limited to menial manual tasks, the regiment fights to be placed in the heat of battle.
Building Community Fundraiser
We are excited to announce that Front Porch Mountain View, a local group that believes in building and supporting communities as much as we do, will be hosting a fundraiser for us on January 15th. There will be a DJ, light food, drinks and more! Please share the flier on social media, with your friends and family and more! RSVP below!
Cool Runnings
MOVIE NIGHTTTT! We have popcorn, snacks, water and vibes! Hope to see you all there!
Cool Runnings - Four Jamaican bob-sleighers dream of competing in the Winter Olympics, despite never having seen snow. With the help of a disgraced former champion desperate to redeem himself, the Jamaicans set out to become worthy of Olympic selection, and go all out for glory. RSVP by filling out the form below!
Blurring The Color Line
Join us for a special edition movie night in collaboration with AAPI Silicon Valley. For this movie night we will be watching a documentary, Blurring the Color Line:
What did it mean to be Chinese in Black space during segregation? Following director Crystal Kwok's personal journey of discovery, she digs into how her grandmother's family navigated life as grocery store owners in the black neighborhood of Augusta, Georgia. The film weaves personal family stories with memories from the larger Chinese and Black communities, opening up uncomfortable but necessary conversations around anti-black racism and the deeply rooted structure of white power and Chinese patriarchy that contributed to this. Which fountain did the Chinese drink from? Where did they sit on the bus? An entrance into our connected histories we never knew or dared speak about as told through the woman's lens. - Crystal Kwok
Our movie nights are indoors at the brand new Los Altos Community Center. We have seating and tables for everyone. For extra comfort we recommend that you bring a lawn chair, a comfy sweatshirt, and if you feel like a little more - a blanket. We will have free snacks and water.
Wakanda Forever
Join us at Century Cinema 16 in Mountain View for a special movie night! Limited seating available, RSVP with your info to hold your seat!
Wakanda Forever - Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M'Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T'Challa's death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with Nakia and Everett Ross to forge a new path for their beloved kingdom.
Alice
Join us for another incredible movie night in partnership with the city of Los Altos Rec! Bring your comfy clothes, blankets and bean bag chairs.
Alice - Alice yearns for freedom as an enslaved woman under iron rule by the brutal owner of a rural Georgia plantation. After a violent clash, she flees through the neighboring woods and stumbles onto the unfamiliar sight of a highway, soon discovering the year is actually 1973. Rescued on the roadside by a disillusioned political activist, Alice quickly comprehends the lies that have kept her in bondage.
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