Juneteenth 2021, A Freedom Celebration
1p • Welcome to the Get Woke Youth Summit
2p • Welcome to Performances & all other Festivities
Free for children under 12.
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Elegba Folklore Society, Richmond’s Cultural Ambassador, presents Juneteenth 2021, A Freedom Celebration in Richmond, Virginia on Sunday, June 27 at the African Burial Ground, 1540 East Broad Street. The Get Woke Youth Summit begins at 1p. The stage and the grounds open fully at 2p, and the program concludes at 6p. Juneteenth 2021, A Freedom Celebration is Elegba Folklore Society’s 25th Anniversary Juneteenth observance.
The theme, Dancing With The Ancestors, expresses gratitude, remembrance and optimism through the light filled prism of Afrofuturism; the intersectionality of past with present and the multidimensionality of the future and liberation.
This holiday commemoration will be sacred and joyful. Attendees are asked to wear white, and they may bring ancestral offerings such as flowers, fruit, sweets, libations or other gifts of personal significance. Priestesses from the Obafemi Institute for the Divine Study of Ifa will be on hand to administer a spiritual bath upon entry.
Also enjoy The Freedom Market, refreshments, and performance.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Gerald Horne
Live Performances by: Sa-Roc, Butcher Brown, Elegba Folklore Society's Performers
