Juneteenth

Name: Juneteenth Celebration: Gospel Choir Concert
Start: 2022-06-17T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-06-17T20:30:00-04:00
Location: New Rochelle Public Library

June 2022
Citywide Juneteenth Celebration: African Art Inspired Paper Quilt Workshop

June 9, 2022 @ 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

New Rochelle Public Library 1 Library Plaza (Lawton St. and Huguenot S, New Rochelle, United States

Get a head start on New Rochelle’s Juneteenth Celebration being presented through a partnership between The Lincoln Park Conservancy and The City of New Rochelle!

Be part of our Community Quilt! Inspired by Juneteenth colors and patterns, you will cut, color, and paste your individual creative ideas to become a part of the final quilt. All materials will be provided.

The workshop will take place in the 1st Floor Meeting Room.

Register here for Afircan Art Inspired Paper Quilt requested (but not required).
Juneteenth with African Burial Ground National Monument

June 11, 2022 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Virtual Presentation

Learn about Juneteenth, Pinkster, and African Burial Ground National Monument with a virtual presentation from a National Parks Ranger!

This program will take place on Zoom and registration is required; please register here for Juneteenth.
The Legacy of Juneteenth

June 16, 2022 @ 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Virtual Presentation

Leesa Payton Jones, the Co-founder and Executive Director of the Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum in Washington, North Carolina, will share how enslaved people in eastern North Carolina used common items including plants, nursery rhymes, songs, clothing, and dance to convey messages to abolitionists, ship captains, and others in obtaining their freedom. Together we will learn more about this dark chapter of history.

To register and receive the link, please click: Legacy of Juneteenth
Juneteenth Celebration: Gospel Choir Concert

June 17, 2022 @ 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

New Rochelle Public Library 1 Library Plaza (Lawton St. and Huguenot S, New Rochelle, United States

Kick off Juneteenth weekend with an uplifting Gospel Choir Concert featuring music from Church of the Revelation, Dance Ministry Institute (DMI), Pastor Ronell Fuller & the Band, Promise Land Community Church, and Sistas in Christ. Emceed by Angela Farrish and David Patterson in the Ossie Davis Theater, New Rochelle Public Library.

Registration requested. Click here to register for Junteenth Gospel Choir Concert.

This is an after hours event at the New Rochelle Public Library. All attendees must enter/exit via the entrance on Memorial Highway.

June 2022