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Join us for your 2nd annual Juneteenth celebration. This year we will be hosting a festival for joyous celebration of freedom.
Date: Monday, June 19, 2023
Time: 12PM – 6PM
Where: Recreation Park, 401 Sheldon St., El Segundo, 90245
Entrance: FREE
A BIG THANK YOU, to everyone who helped to make our 2nd annual Juneteenth celebration a huge success. Performers, artists, vendors, volunteers, sponsors and friends of the festival, none of this would have been possible without you.
Photographer: Mark Knight
Join us this year for our 2nd annual celebration of freedom on Juneteenth. Recognizing and celebrating Emancipation Day is important to our mission of combating racism through the arts.
This year we will be hosting a festival in the park with live music, energetic performances and activities that our entire community can enjoy. All are welcome to participate in this joyous celebration of freedom.
Juneteenth is a time to appreciate and celebrate the contributions that African Americans throughout history and in the present day.
This will be a culturally enriching festival that showcase Black excellence in the arts, promotes outstanding Black owned businesses and invites all to enjoy food, music, art and many more beautiful elements of African American heritage and culture.
We also invite attendees to consider the freedoms we enjoy today due to the sacrifices made throughout our history. We hope to strength and encourage community so that together we can protect the freedom of every human being.
Most of all, we want you to have fun, fun, fun. Joy is medicine! So come and join us in the park this Juneteenth for:
We will be posting more information about our partners, performers and vendors as we get closer to the date. RSVP to stay informed about our Juneteenth festival and activities.
Juneteenth is a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced that all enslaved people were free, effectively putting an end to slavery in the last Confederate state.
This announcement came two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, which had declared all enslaved people in Confederate states to be free as of January 1, 1863. Juneteenth has been celebrated by African Americans since the late 1800s and has become an increasingly recognized holiday in recent years.
On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law, officially making June 19 a federal holiday and giving national recognition to a day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
Juneteenth is a day of reflection and celebration, as it helps to tell the story of African American resilience and perseverance throughout history. It is an important reminder of the importance of freedom and equality for all people.
Juneteenth serves as an opportunity to commemorate the struggles, victories, and contributions of African Americans past and present, while recognizing the power of collective action to bring about social change.
It is a day for everyone to come together in celebration of freedom, justice and equality for all.
RSVP now to stay updated with our event activities. We will soon be introducing performers, vendors and partners, as well as providing more details on the agenda and activities scheduled.
As a nonprofit organization our work is made possible by the support of our community. Here are ways you can help to support us and this year’s Juneteenth Festival.
We appreciate donations to support this Juneteenth event and/or our overall mission to combat racism through the arts.
For our corporate sponsors we accept monetary and in-kind donation in exchange for marketing across our channels.
We need volunteers to help us on the day. If you have the time, energy and spirit to get stuck in fill out the form to join the team.
Purchase your Juneteenth T-shirt from Black in Mayberry this year to support our mission.
Black in Mayberry is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, all proceeded from the sale of our Juneteenth T-shirt goes towards funding our mission to combat racism through the arts.
Get your Juneteenth T-shirt and support a good cause today.
This event would not be possible without the help of our sponsors, who generously donated to support our Juneteenth celebration of freedom.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed in someway to make this event a reality. We appreciate your support and your confidence in our organization.
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