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BOOKING FORM

AFRICAN AMERICAN HOLIDAY ASSOCIATION (AAHA)
Perpetuating and preserving culture through traditional and non-traditional holidays, celebrations & rituals

Offices: Washington D.C. / Capitol Heights, MD 
Phone: (202) 667-2577 
Email: [email protected]  
Website: https://AfricanAmericanHolidays.org  




Booking FORM and COMMITMENT CONTRACT 

LIST Presentation Story/Workshop/Lecture INTEREST: _____________________________________

 
PRESENTER:  Ayo Handy Kendi, Founder/Director, African American Holiday Association (AAHA), Founder, Black Love Day; BA, Community Organizer, Author, Speaker, Practitioner, Diversity Trainer, Life Coach, Storyteller
 
PROPOSED DATE/TIME:  _________________________________________________________
PROPOSED TIME OF PRESENTATION:  ___________________________________________
 
SUBJECT OF PRESENTATION:_________________________________
PROPOSED LOCATION:  ____________________________    
(Specific directions to be returned with contract)
 
CONTRACTEE DESCRIBE AUDIENCE:  Size, Characteristics, etc., LIST
PARTICIPANT SPECIAL NEEDS, i.e. Disabilities:  _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 
PRESENTER SPECIAL NEEDS REQUESTED / GRATUITIES REQUESTED: 
Provide "boom box" with CD/ Cassette capability (if possible)
Presenter will have available pledges, books, and CDs for sale. Will need table space and assistance with sales, after session (if possible).  

AUDIO VISUAL/SPECIAL  EQUIPMENT REQUESTED/ ROOM SET-UP: ___

No audio or visual taping of the session is permitted, unless agreed upon by the Presenter.
If taping/recording is agreed upon, Presenter must be given a copy of all tapes. 

Contractee must agree NOT to sell audio or video recordings without written agreement from the Presenter.  
 
CONFIRMATION TO BE MADE BY:  LETTER /  INVOICE /  ANNOUNCEMENT:  Circle one     
 
HONORARIUM COMMITMENT:  Commitment Amount________ Waiver/Sliding Fee____________
Deposit Required:  Yes_X__(50% preferred or request waiver) 
Balance at end of service: _______Barter/Exchange_____   Gate/ticket sales Split: ____ 
Pre-Sales of Product(s):  ___   Agreement to Day of Event sales:  Yes _____ NO____.
(Payments can be made by check, m.o,  cash or credit card, via PayPal)   
 
CONTRACTEE NAME: ________________________________________________________________
Address:  ___________________________________________________________________________________
Tel:  __________________________________________ (D)________________________________(E)
Fax: ________________________________________ Email: __________________________________
 

OR SEND IN REQUEST:  How-to-Request AAHA’s Services.  (See Section on Waivers)

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AFRICAN AMERICAN HOLIDAY ASSOCIATION (AAHA)
Perpetuating and preserving culture through traditional and non-traditional holidays, celebrations & rituals

Washington D.C./Capitol Heights, MD 
Phone: (202) 
667-2577 
Email: [email protected]  
Website: https://AfricanAmericanHolidays.org
 
 

CONTRACT AGREEMENT: 
 
The signature attached here, between workshop contractee:  __________________________ and Ayo Handy-Kendi  c/o African American Holiday Association (AAHA) Presenter/Contractor which constitutes a contractual agreement between the parties to host/provide a workshop/demo/story performance to the public within the conditions stated and agreed upon, under the agreed upon honorarium commitment/sliding fee or waiver. 
 
The presenter is not responsible for anything not implied in this agreement, and is responsible to carry forth the services to the best of his/her ability. Only under extreme weather conditions, meriting that the participants would be at risk, can this presentation, as scheduled, be canceled. Any other cancellations on the part of the presenter/contractor would constitute a breach of contract. Cancellations on the part of the contractee, 1 week prior to the workshop, without a legitimate excuse, like extreme inclimate weather (a hurricane, snow blizzard or natural disaster, rain not considered nor facility repair) would thereby constitute a breach of contract on the part of the workshop contactee. In such instance, honorarium/ sliding fee payment to the presenter will be still due in part at 50% to organization, for setting aside the date.  AAHA further reserves the right to decline to fulfill the service contract, if stated conditions of the presentation have been changed, altered or not truthfully represented, i.e. stated WAIVER requests indicates a small intimate grassroots group of 25, but 150 people in a corporate setting show up.
 
 
Signature for Workshop Contractee: ____________________________________________
DATE: ________
 
Signature for African American Holiday Association (AAHA) :
 
_______________________________________________DATE: ________ 
 
(CALL THE ABOVE NUMBER TO FAX THE FORM BACK TO SENDER or EMAIL WITH ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE)


Habari Gani,  on this day of Ujamaa, as the Director of the African American Holiday Association (AAHA), I have prayed over this decision, and have thought best to POSTPONE THE first UJAMAA Virtual Conference on Using Holidays, Celebrations & Ritual for our Empowerment planned for Monday, December 29, 2025. 


The conference is being rescheduled for Sunday, January 18 from 3-6 p.m. EST, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, who believed in self-help and our culture.  

 To be authentic, I must take personal responsibility in not adding in the correct links for people to sign up for the conference on the webpages indicated.  And due to our limited outreach to the presenters, we have not heard the responses that we had anticipated for a great presentation.  

Here now is the link to sign up by registering for the new date of the conference, and please spread the word. 
We must use the resources of our own holidays, celebrations and rituals in 2026 to create our own self-determination, as a people for wealth generation, as well as for healing, a goal, I believe Dr. King would believe in

Please attend:  
REGISTRATIONS TO THE CONFERENCE IS FREE.  DONATIONS ARE TRULY APPRECIATED

Hi there, 

You are invited to a Zoom meeting. 
When: Sunday, Jan 18, 2026 02:30 - 6  PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 

Register in advance for this meeting:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HiWwM7XTSrWbTJJa-3xrow


After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.


For further information, please contact:  Sekou Mama Ayo Handy-Kendi,  202-667-2577 or [email protected] 


ALSO, IF YOU KNOW OF OTHERS WHO YOU BELIEVE SHOULD BE INVITED TO THIS CONFERENCE, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AND SHARE THIS MESSAGE.   

aND PREPARE FOR BLACK LOVE DAY, FEB. 13TH 5TH VIRTUAL RELATIONSHIP CONFERENCE & RITUAL OF RECONCILIATION


with Deepest Breath in the up-coming NU Year,

Sekou Mama Ayo Handy-Kendi,


GOALS OF THIS CONFERENCE.

You are invited to gather at the 1st UJAMAA VIRTUAL CONFERENCE on "HOW WE MUST CREATE "UJAMAA" WITH OUR HOLIDAYS, CELEBRATIONS & RITUALS".  A gathering of holiday founders, organizers, event producers, creatives, service providers, historians, product developers, and spiritual, cultural leaders, etc., who will discuss the critical importance of and advocate for a collective response to using our holidays, celebrations & rituals for cooperative economic change, self-help and healing, using our own cultural commemorations.


The ultimate goal of the conference is to continue the creation of The Union of African Centered Holidays, Celebrations & Rituals, a private, cooperative membership. and trade union organization, with an administrative board to spear-head direction and galvanize advocacy for it's members for the public good and empowerment.  The conference is the culmination of the 5 year plan envisioned by myself, as the founder director of the African American Holiday Association (AAHA). The new organization will be a sister organization to AAHA, and has collected some members already, I hope that it will be officially launched at this conference with its official name adopted and the membership structure approved.


Hosted by African American Holiday Association (AAHA), stewarded by Sekou Mama Ayo Handy-Kendi, founder of AAHA, Black Love Day, Feb. 13th, and the Black Love Movement Month . 
Conference is FREE & Open to the Public, But MUST PRE-REGISTER FOR THE ZOOM Broadcast by Thursday, Jan 19, 2026, 5 p.m..  To pre-register.  http://www.AfricanAmericanHolidays.org  or Call for info:  202-667-2577


CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

We are calling on AAHA Members and Interested persons who want to make 20 to 30  minute presentations on this topic

Some presentations already suggested include:

Ayo Handy-Kendi - How Holidays Affect People of African Descent and Why We Must Empower Ourselves With Them Today

Adria Muhammad - Holidays for Black Folks - a Data--base and Initiative that Enables Us to Know Ourselves

Obi Holly (Oisanichiban),  Professor Kez and  Alicia Lyttle - How AI Changes the Game for Organizing and Telling Our Own Stories of Our Celebrations.

OTHER CONCEPTS THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED; 

​What So Important about the history of our events; 
Promote Before You  Organize, 
Harnessing's and Empowering Our Wealth Thru Our Culture;  
Unity and Working Together - How Celebrations Creates the Bonds that Heal; 
Product Development Using our Events; , 
Celebrate Despite Trumps's DEI Push-back,   
Yes, we have a lot to talk about and how we must visualize the potential of our events and celebrations to empower the Diaspora.

PLEASE SEND IN YOUR TOPIC SUBMISSION BY jAN 5TH, CLOSE OF BUSINESS.  Include a  250 word description and include a 4 line contact listing.  We will confirm you Submission BY THAT WEEKEND.


REGISTER TO THE CONFERENCE IS FREE.  DONATIONS ARE TRULY APPRECIATED


You are invited to a Zoom meeting. 
When: Jan 18, 2026 02:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) 

Register in advance for this meeting:

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HiWwM7XTSrWbTJJa-3xrow



After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.


For further information, please contact:  Sekou Mama Ayo Handy-Kendi,  202-667-2577 or [email protected] 


ALSO, IF YOU KNOW OF OTHERS WHO YOU BELIEVE SHOULD BE INVITED TO THIS CONFERENCE, PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AND SHARE THIS MESSAGE.


WITH OUR DEEPEST BREATH, BLACK LOVE & POSITIVENERGY,

SEKOU MAMA AYO HANDY-KENDI

FOUNDER/DIRECTOR, AFRICAN AMERICAN HOLIDAY ASSOCIATION (AAHA)

FOUNDER, BLACK LOVE DAY, FEB. 13TH

CONVENOR:  BLACK LOVE MOVEMENT MONTH AND THE UNION OF AFRICAN-CENTERED HOLIDAYS, CELEBRATIONS & RITUALS.


BREATHOLOGIST, COACH, HOST, SAGEING- BABY BOOMERS & THOSE WHO LOVE US SHOW, AUTHOR, SPEAKER, RITUALS FACILITATOR


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Washington, D.C. / Capitol Heights, MD-20743
202-667-2577
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  • AAHA SERVICES & PRODUCTS
    • Programs & Presentations
    • HOW TO REQUEST APPEARANCE
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  • ALL Black Love Day & Previous year
    • 32nd CURRENT Black Love Day
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    • BLD BOOK & PRODUCTS
    • MEDIA INFO FOR BLD >
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