Juneteenth Celebration
MCC Fort Omaha Campus, Bldg 10, Digital Express
Monday, June 17, 2024
Schedule
7:30 a.m. Freedom Walk
Wear comfortable clothing and shoes
Led by: Celeste Butler
Meet in front of Bldg. 10
9:00 a.m. Documentary & Discussion:
Pursuit of Economic Equality
Led by: Dr. Marla Ashe, Dean of Business
"Courtesy of Khou"
10:00 a.m. Spades Tournament- Adults
Single Elimination- Rise and fly
Sign up by 9:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m. Checkers Tournament- Kids
Single Elimination- Rise and fly
Sign up by 9:45 a.m.
11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Food Sales
Taste of Heaven Mobile Restaurant
12:00 p.m. Lecture: The Black Press & Juneteenth
Led by: Terri Sanders, CEO & Publisher Omaha Star Newspaper
1:30 p.m. Lecture: Music, Juneteenth & Spirituality
Led by: Min. Justin Payne, Instructor of Voice University of Nebraska-Omaha
3:00 p.m. Lecture: Juneteenth History
Barry Thomas, VP of Community Engagement- Teach for America
4:00 p.m. Lecture: Documentary & Discussion:
Buffalo Soldiers,
Led by: James E. Hawthrone, III-Director, Veterans Upward Bound
5:30 p.m. Canning & Food Preservation of Garden Goodies
MCC Institute for the Culinary Arts
6:30 p.m. Open-Mic Poetry Followed by
Ed Archibald Quartet
All Day: Voter Registration
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc
For additional Juneteenth research:
Connect to the MCC YouTube page to view virtual recordings of International/Intercultural Education programming.
Questions? Contact: E-mail: interculturaled@mccneb.edu
ACCOMMODATIONS: Audience members requiring accommodations due to a disability must contact International/Intercultural Education, interculturaled@mccneb.edu, 531-622-2253 at least two weeks prior to the program.
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