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SUMMARY:Juneteenth Celebration
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DESCRIPTION:Drum. Dance. Lift Every Voice and Sing. Join us as we celebrat
 e Juneteenth.  Learn about this federal holiday as we honor the end of sla
 very in the United States. All are welcome to this free event..\nhttps://r
 oxburylibrary.libnet.info/event/8504472
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="color: #000000\;">Juneteenth 
 marks our country&rsquo\;s second independence day\, a day long celebrated
  as Freedom Day\, Emancipation Day\, Liberation Day\, Jubilee Day.&nbsp\; 
 This day\, now a national holiday\, honors the end of slavery in the Unite
 d States.</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;">Join us as we cele
 brate Juneteenth in Roxbury.&nbsp\; All are welcome to this free event on 
 Saturday\, June 10th as the Roxbury Library hosts its first Juneteenth Cel
 ebration!</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Opening remarks by Rev. Dr. Williams</li>\
 n<li>African drumming with Kofi Donkor</li>\n<li>Song [Lift Every Voice an
 d Sing]</li>\n<li>Step performance with Unity Steppers</li>\n<li>Crafts * 
 Refreshments * Family Fun</li>\n<li><img src="https://static.libnet.info/f
 rontend-images/editor/roxburylibrary/Kofi_Donkor_Drummer.png" width="170" 
 height="269" alt="" />&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;<img src="https://static.libn
 et.info/frontend-images/editor/roxburylibrary/Rev__Dr__Sidney_Williams__Jr
 _.jpeg" width="255" height="254" alt="" />&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<im
 g src="https://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/roxburylibrary/St
 ep_by_Unity_Steppers_Dance_and_Drill_Team.jpg" width="262" height="197" al
 t="" /></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;">Kofi Donkor&nbsp\; 
 &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &n
 bsp\;Rev. Dr. Sydney Williams\, Jr.&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;
  &nbsp\; &nbsp\;Unity Steppers Dance &amp\; Drill Team</span></p>\n<p><spa
 n style="color: #000000\;"><strong>About Kofi Donkor:</strong> Maxwell Kof
 i Donkor is an internationally recognized artist and master cultural educa
 tor who is most known for his performances and teaching in African Drummin
 g and Dance. For many decades\, he has focused on building communities thr
 ough the arts &ndash\; teaching students of every age about the authentic 
 histories and cultural celebrations which are still observed to this day. 
 A native of Ghana\, Africa\, Kofi learned drumming at the knee of his gran
 dfather\, a master drummer\, as well as learning traditional dances. Kofi 
 also makes drums other traditional instruments of Ghana and teaches the ar
 ts of relief sculpture\, Adinkra symbolism\, mask-making\, and more. <a hr
 ef="https://everhart-museum.org/artwork/maxwell-kofi-donkor/" style="color
 : #000000\;">https://everhart-museum.org/artwork/maxwell-kofi-donkor/</a><
 /span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><strong>About Pastor Sidney 
 Williams:</strong> Rev. Dr. Sidney S. Williams\, Jr. is an independent dir
 ector\, social impact investment advisor\, and practical theologian\, with
  more than 30+ years of experience in corporate and community development.
  From Wall Street to Martin Luther King Avenue\, he has made a continuous 
 effort of identifying where theological and marketplace frameworks interac
 t &mdash\; and more significantly\, where they should interact. He has pas
 tored churches in Cape Town\, South Africa\, and the USA\, trained pastors
  and church planters on three continents\, holds two master's degrees and 
 a doctorate in ministry\, and has written dozens of articles and two books
  - Morning Meditations:100 Days to Believing You&rsquo\;re Successful and 
 Fishing Differently: Ministry Formation in the Marketplace.&nbsp\; http://
 www.sidneywilliams.org/ &nbsp\; <a href="https://www.bethelmorristown.org/
 our-pastor" style="color: #000000\;">https://www.bethelmorristown.org/our-
 pastor</a>&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;"><strong>Ab
 out Unity Steppers Dance &amp\; Drill Team:</strong> This program of Corne
 rstone Family Programs and Morristown Neighborhood House is open to boys a
 nd girls in grades K through 12.&nbsp\; The group meets twice a week and i
 s divided into Junior Varsity and Varsity based on age and skill.&nbsp\; T
 he Unity Steppers Dance &amp\; Drill Team performs at all Morristown Neigh
 borhood House "Morristown Magic" basketball home games during halftime and
  local community events.&nbsp\; <a href="https://cornerstonefamilyprograms
 .org/course/dance-programs/">https://cornerstonefamilyprograms.org/course/
 dance-programs/</a>&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;">P
 ark in the Franklin or Lincoln Roosevelt School lots or park in the Roxbur
 y Library back lot and walk through the cemetery to the Outdoor Pavilion (
 a/k/a Meeker Street Pavilion). Event is rain or shine.</span></p>\n<p><spa
 n style="color: #000000\;">Sponsored by Roxbury Public Library\, Common Gr
 ounds programming and in partnership with the Roxbury School District&rsqu
 o\;s Inclusivity Committee.</span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;">
 Register online or by calling the Library at (973) 584-2400.</span></p>\n<
 p></p>\nhttps://roxburylibrary.libnet.info/event/8504472
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