African Ancestry Museum and Educational Center of Silicon Valley

12/18/2025

Kwanzaa isn’t a Christmas replacement — it’s a time to **recenter our families** around positive community principles: unity, purpose, responsibility, and love in action. 🖤❤️💚

This year we’re hosting an **amazing virtual Kwanzaa celebration** featuring **dynamic speakers** each night—powerful voices bringing encouragement, cultural wisdom, and real community energy you can feel through the screen. (Yes… your couch will be spiritually upgraded. 😄)

✅ Family-friendly
✅ Join from anywhere
✅ A meaningful way to reconnect + reflect together

🎟️ Register here: [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-annual-virtual-kwanzaa-tickets-1975994436552?aff=oddtdtcreator](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-annual-virtual-kwanzaa-tickets-1975994436552?aff=oddtdtcreator)

Drop a 🕯️ if you’re coming, and tag a family who should be in the room with us (even if it’s a Zoom room!).

Join us for our annual Virtual Kwanzaa Celebration, a joyful gathering where Black families, friends, and community come together

09/21/2025

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09/05/2025

📚✨ FREE Community Event! ✨📚

Join us at the African Ancestry Museum (inside Historic First AME Zion Church, 95 S. 20th Street, San José, CA) for a powerful day celebrating literacy, history, and culture in our community!

✔️ Support both new and seasoned authors from our community
✔️ Learn from our local historians and their rich knowledge
✔️ Engage your children with fun literacy activities
✔️ Be part of the revitalization of our Lantern Literacy Program
✔️ Take a tour of our museum and discover how we can grow together as a community

👨🏾‍👩🏽‍👧🏿‍👦🏾 Bring the whole family—this is an event you don’t want to miss!

✊🏿 Let’s celebrate literacy, honor our storytellers, and invest in the future of our children.

08/04/2025

Black August Community Dinner

Join us for a time of learning, community, and breaking bread together.

07/28/2025

We’re open every third Saturday of the month. 11 - 3pm , Visit our website to learn more about events.
www.aamesv.org

07/18/2025

Tomorrow is the Day! Come out and support our youth during our second annual spoken word event

07/02/2025

🎤 OPEN MIC + MUSEUM TOURS – JULY 19TH 🎤
Join us at the African Ancestry Museum for a powerful day of poetry, culture, and community!

🕚 Event Starts: 11:00 AM
🏛️ Museum Tours: Every hour on the hour
🎤 Open Mic Performances: Throughout the day
💰 Public Poetry Contest: Starts at 3:00 PM – Winner takes home $50!
🕓 Event Ends: 4:00 PM

📍 Location: 95 S. 29th Street, San Jose
🎟️ Free Entry – All Ages Welcome

Bring your voice. Bring your people. Bring your power.
Come thru and rep your truth! ✊🏾🖤