Let's Move ~ Stockton Soul Food Festival

3rd Annual, Stockton Soul Food Festival 3rd Annual Stockton Soul Food Festival
promises to be a day of family fun, entertainment, health education and nourishment for your soul.

presented by the African American Art & Culture Community Center
of San Joaquin County, Sponsorship Opportunities and Limited Booth Space Available
Call Theresa @ (209) 688-3893



Early arrivals, beginning at 9:00 a.m. will be treated to a free Soul Food Vegetarian Breakfast hosted by the California Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association and community sponsors (while supplies last.)

Throughout the day, barbecued ribs, jambalaya and other mouthwatering delicacies are on the menu Saturday, August 13, 2011 for the 3rd Annual Soul Food Festival, sponsored by the African American Arts and Culture Community Center.

Last year’s event drew nearly 3,000 people, according to Theresa Saunders, founder of the center, and this year promises to build upon this regional popular event.

"The vendors pushed to expand and grow," Saunders said. "Many sold out last year."

The event - from 9 a.m. to Sunset, De Carli Square will bring the Stockton Waterfront alive and bring all ages, ethnic communities and faith based communities together in the heart of the California Central Valley.

Stockton Soul Food Festival

What: Food, entertainment and arts and crafts, sponsored by the African American Arts and Culture Community Center

When: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, August 13, 2011

Where: De Carli Waterfront Square, Stockton, CA

Admission: Free

The AAACCC seeks to help people of all ages. It has a program that helps recovering addicts, recent parolees and others enter or re-enter society.

Part of this year's Soul Food Fair is devoted to Health Education. "Soul Food is the calling card, but we the regional community to come out and learn about healthy solutions to a positive lifestyle," Saunders said. "The African-American community has a high mortality rate ... suffering from high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and other chronic disease, they're issues that need to be addressed."

"Regional Health care providers are slow to support authentic community based organizations that build infrastructure within our communities, it is a public policy paradigm shift that the Stockton Soul Food Festival directly speaks a target audience for health disparity, says Michael Harris, Director, Central Valley Kwanzaa Celebration, togegher we can make a difference."

Entry to the Soul Food Festival and entertainment is free, but food, and arts and crafts will be for sale.

Donations to the African American Arts and Culture Community Center are requested to continue year-long programs that directly support the regional community.