Harambee Village at NACAC -- Juneteenth

Harambee Village a program of the North American Council on Adoptable Children

ANNOUNCEMENTS Check out our new Resources page! Register for Summer Events! Sign up for our email list! Make a Donation! HOME	Juneteenth Celebration June 21st, 2008 Official Juneteenth website Harambee families will meet at 9:15 a.m. Empty lot in northwest corner of Glenwood and Penn Avenue Parade begins at 10:00 a.m. Link to Google maps Register online! A community observation in Minnesota for the past 22 years, Juneteenth commemorates the historic events of June 19, 1865 when African slaves in Galveston, Texas learned, 2 1⁄2 years after the fact, that the Emancipation Proclamation had freed them. Juneteenth is observed locally and nationally as a day of reflection, empowerment, and preparation for future challenges. Using historical and culturally specific information to ensure a better future for African American individuals, families, and communities is a key aim of Juneteenth programs and activities. The festival is a rich assortment of more than 100 marketplace vendors (small businesses, corporations, non-profit and health organizations, food and beverage vendors); three music and entertainment stages; art, reading, and history villages; parades and walks; and a community breakfast. Special appearances during festival include members of the renowned "Tuskegee Airmen" in the History Pavilion, members of the Minnesota Lynx at the Reading Village and T. Mychael Rambo as the Parade Grand Marshal. Related programming includes a series of community wellness and betterment forums, a double dutch jump rope contest, and the theatrical production “Kumbayah... the Juneteenth Story.” The festival is held in Theodore Wirth Park along Glenwood Avenue between Xerxes and Theodore Wirth Parkway from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Harambee families will meet at the northwest corner of Glenwood Avenue and Penn Avenue in North Minneapolis in the empty lot at 9:15. The parade begins at 10:00. Following the parade we will move to Theodore Wirth Park to visit vendors, watch entertainment, and eat! The event is free, but you must register in advance so that we know how many children and youth to plan for. Register online here.
Harambee Village at NACAC 970 Raymond Avenue, Suite #106 Saint Paul, MN 55114 phone: 651-917-7462 fax: 651-644-9848 HarambeeVillage@nacac.org

Juneteenth Celebration

June 21st, 2008
Official Juneteenth website

Harambee families will meet at 9:15 a.m.
Empty lot in northwest corner of Glenwood and Penn Avenue
Parade begins at 10:00 a.m.
Link to Google maps

A community observation in Minnesota for the past 22 years, Juneteenth commemorates the historic events of June 19, 1865 when African slaves in Galveston, Texas learned, 2 1⁄2 years after the fact, that the Emancipation Proclamation had freed them. Juneteenth is observed locally and nationally as a day of reflection, empowerment, and preparation for future challenges. Using historical and culturally specific information to ensure a better future for African American individuals, families, and communities is a key aim of Juneteenth programs and activities.

The festival is a rich assortment of more than 100 marketplace vendors (small businesses, corporations, non-profit and health organizations, food and beverage vendors); three music and entertainment stages; art, reading, and history villages; parades and walks; and a community breakfast. Special appearances during festival include members of the renowned "Tuskegee Airmen" in the History Pavilion, members of the Minnesota Lynx at the Reading Village and T. Mychael Rambo as the Parade Grand Marshal. Related programming includes a series of community wellness and betterment forums, a double dutch jump rope contest, and the theatrical production “Kumbayah... the Juneteenth Story.”

The festival is held in Theodore Wirth Park along Glenwood Avenue between Xerxes and Theodore Wirth Parkway from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Harambee families will meet at the northwest corner of Glenwood Avenue and Penn Avenue in North Minneapolis in the empty lot at 9:15. The parade begins at 10:00. Following the parade we will move to Theodore Wirth Park to visit vendors, watch entertainment, and eat!

The event is free, but you must register in advance so that we know how many children and youth to plan for. Register online here.