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SUMMARY:Join Elegba Folklore Society's performers  at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
DESCRIPTION:Elegba Folklore Society’s performers will appear at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on Saturday\, June 10 in a concert called African Accents. The performance will interweave the day’s theme to celebrate African and African American Art through Adornment. Showtimes: 11:15a and 12:15p.
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LOCATION:Virginia Museum of Fine Arts\, 200 North Blvd\, Richmond\, VA\, 23220\, United States
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SUMMARY:2017 Juneteenth\, A Freedom Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Juneteenth 2017\, A Freedom Celebration\nIndependence Day Our Way \nThe Symposium \nFriday\, June 16 • 7p – 10p\nMartin Luther King\, Jr Middle School *\n1000 Mosby St\, Richmond\, VA 23223 \nAdv. 1 @ $13\, 2 @ $24\nDoor. 1 @ $15\, 2 @ $28\n\nInternationally respected cultural historian and Egyptologist\, Anthony T. Browder will keynote The Symposium. His topic\, Africans in America and the Paradox of Liberty\, will ponder the self-determination of Africans in America (African Americans)\, historically\, the influences of Thomas Jefferson plus archeological discoveries in Kemet that help reconnect a cultural circle of life. Accordingly\, he will demonstrate an historical and genetic connection between Africans along the Nile\, Niger\, Mississippi\, Potomac and James Rivers. \n*Martin Luther King\, Jr Middle School\nThis brand new school’s location is adjacent to Mosby Court\, a public housing complex that has been plagued with violence that is deeply rooted in the self-hate that stems from the cultural disarray of historical trauma. Let’s make this location an asset via cultural references\, King quotes\, historical contexts and the like. Let’s discuss. \nJuneteenth Backyard Party \nSaturday\, June 17 • 1p – 6p\nManchester Dock\n1308 Brander St\, Richmond\, VA 23224 \nFree \nCome with your family to an independence day celebration like no other. Enjoy music spiced with history and good food\, the Get Woke Youth Summit on cultural education*\, heritage crafts for the children\, good food\, jump rope and hoola hoop contests\, African dance and drum workshops\, good food\, experiences on the Trail of Enslaved Africans\, shopping in the Freedom Market\, good food and Elegba Folklore Society’s performing company. Juneteenth Freedom Day. Independence Day Our Way. \n*Get Woke Youth Summit on cultural education Let’s recruit attendees\nTheme/Purpose: Youth must develop a respect for their cultural history. Cultural veneration or reverence for ones culture is important to the development of self-edification and self-love.\n“The ultimate function of education is to secure the survival of a people…” — Amos Wilson \nGratitude \nSunday\, June 18 • 4p – 6p\nAfrican Burial Ground\n16th & Broad Streets\, Richmond\, VA 23219 \nFree \nLet the rituals of the Motherland refresh you and open spirit as we say “thank you” to our ancestors. We pay homage in ceremony\, drumming and song.\nBring an offering for the altar. Wear white or African attire as you have it.
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LOCATION:Martin Luther King\, Jr Middle School\, 1000 Mosby St\,  Richmond\, VA\, 23223
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