Juneteenth Community Celebration
Come together to share Juneteenth resources, history, food, and knowledge as we commemorate the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation with our community partners! Free and open to the public.
2pm to 5:30pm – Special Exhibit Honoring Harriet Powers, a Revolutionary Quilter is on display courtesy of The Princeton Sankofa Stitchers Modern Quilt Guild (PSSMQG).
5pm to 7pm – Community Partners Showcase, Featuring:
Art Against Racism
Historical Society of Princeton
Morven and Museum and Garden--free admission to the museum!
Racial Justice Ministry of Princeton, part of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton
Passage Theatre
Princeton Parents for Black Children
YWCA of Princeton
Stop by to meet anti-racist activists and learn more about the organizations that support their work. Be sure to sample some tasty fare from Tipple & Rose!
5:30pm – "Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement” – free talk given by Princeton University voice teacher Dr. Rochelle Ellis.
7pm – Great Ladies of Jazz – ticketed concert in the Festival's performance pavilion
The Princeton Festival's Juneteenth Celebration is presented in partnership with the Municipality of Princeton. The Municipality is planning a special Juneteenth flag raising on Thursday, May 18 at 12pm at Monument Hall. Municipal offices will be closed on Friday, June 19 in observance of the holiday.
Festival Foodie Friends: Tipple & Rose will be donating treats to attendees while supplies last, beginning at 5pm.
Top image excerpted from the design of a poster heralding the first Juneteenth celebration in Seattle, Washington in 1980. Seattle Municipal Archives, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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