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JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION

  • Saratoga Regional YMCA’s Outdoor Pavilion 290 West Avenue Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866 United States (map)

3rd Annual National Holiday
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION

• The Responsibility of Freedom •

Wednesday • June 19, 2024 12:00p to 4:00p
Saratoga YMCA’s Outdoor Pavilion, 290 West Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

-1 pm to 3 pm Program, followed by Jubilee Reception
Community tabling pre- & post-program.
LWV Saratoga is tabling at this event.

Free & Open to the Public

Our Lodge Foundation, Frederick Allen Elks Lodge #609, and MLK Saratoga invite you to join their 2024’ JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, followed by a cake and ice cream Jubilee Reception. Music, Poetry, Interpretative Dance, Historic Performance, and so much more!

With the theme, “The Responsibility of Freedom,” this year’s program contributors include Community Voices of Praise Choir, poet D. Colin, dancer Donna Boykins, musical artists Ethan Crowley and Dan Berggren, Saratoga Springs poet laureate Dr. Joseph Bruchac, actors Jocelyn Khoury and Kim Wafer, and Donald Hyman’s “Freedom Players” from Albany’s Israel A.M.E. Church (the oldest Black church in upstate NY!).

Come honor this important day and share in the joy, as we celebrate FREEDOM, together!

Thank you to our amazing community partners & co-sponsors, whose support helps us to share our enriching programs with all of our community: Saratoga Regional YMCA, MLK Saratoga, Business for Good, Ben & Jerry’s Saratoga, JUST Water, Price Chopper/Market32, Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church, UU Congregation of Saratoga Springs, and Camp Stomping Ground

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Note: This event is not sponsored by the League of Women Voters, but we include it in our calendar because we believe it will be of interest to our members.