Description
Each year on June 19th, local businessman Jonathan Leonard held a celebration in Leimert Park that honored the end of slavery in Texas.’
There would be speakers, entertainers and plenty of red soda water, BBQ ribs and watermelon for the crowd. No matter the day of the week June 19th happened to fall on, you could depend on Mr. Leonard, a native of Houston, Texas, to hold his traditional celebration.
Thus, Moza Mjasiri Cooper, Gail Jennings and Julian Dothard, of Black Arts Los Angeles, a non-profit arts organization, saw an opportunity to create an additional celebration that would take place on the third weekend of June each year. This would allow more people to participate in the celebration, and so with the support of local community leaders, vendors and sponsors, the Juneteenth Heritage Festival was born.
Even as we emerge from pandemic conditions, we still wanted to create a virtual Juneteenth Heritage Festival. Welcome to our digital Juneteenth experience of Freedom
Schedule
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Main Stage: Opening of Festival
Welcome! The 12th Annual Juneteenth Heritage Festival will kick off virtually as we welcome you to an exciting and thoughtful online festival experience.
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Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing
Grammy Nominated gospel sensation Brent Jones offers an incredible rendition of the Black National Anthem.
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Invocation
Blessing of the event and community
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
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Song of Greetings
The Oracle comes through in her traditional role of opening the festival with a sincere blessing and libation of the event
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Virtual Art Gallery
Conscious Art from some of the greatest artists in the community
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Financial Freedom: The pillar of independence
Moderated by Karen A. Clark, CIty National Bank: Learn strategies to build and create wealth, the power of real estate
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LA Big Daddys
The Blues are an essential part of the Black Experience in America. This music performance exemplifies freedom, power and liberation. There will be a Juneteenth message that you don't want to miss.
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Social Justice: Where do we go from here? Freedom, Equity and Inclusion
Moderated by Pastor Kelvin Sauls: Community Advocate, Clergy for Black Lives
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Flavors of Juneteenth
Juneteenth is a time to celebrate with food. BBQ, Soul Food are all deep traditions when celebrating the essence of Freedom. So we are very proud to have renowned food scholar Adrian Miller along with a panel of distinguished chefs and restauranteurs who focus on African American Cuisine Traditions. Our panelists include: Gail Jennings - King's Pepper Brad Johnson - Post and Beam Greg Dulan - Dulan's Soul Food Kim Prince - Hotville Chicken Kevin Bludso - Bludso's BBQ
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Karen A. Clark Project
A jazzy performance by executive turned awesome singer as she gives us life with a resounding musical performance.
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Academic Freedom:
Moderated by Dr. Theresa Price
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Artist Performance
Who
Everyone
How
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