Join Mayor Karen Bass; Dr. Lura Daniels-Ball, President, Our Authors Study Club, Inc.; KW Tulloss, President Baptist Ministers Conference; Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Los Angeles City Council President, Councilmember, Eighth District; Bob Blumenfi eld, Councilmember Third District, Curren D. Price, Jr., Councilmember Ninth District; Heather Hutt, Councilmember, Tenth District; the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA); Yvonne Wheeler, President Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, General Chair, Our Authors Study Club 2025 African American Heritage Month and the Our Authors Study Club 2025 African American Heritage Month Committee.
Invited clergy: Bishop Charley Hames Jr., Presiding Prelate, CME; Pastor Charles E. Blake II, West Angeles Church of God in Christ; Rev. Robert R. Shaw, II, 1st AME; Rev. James K. McKnight, Christian Fellowship; Rev. Thembekile Smart, Christ Liberation Ministries; and, Pastor Dr. John-Paul C. Foster, Faithful Central.