Juneteenth Community Observance: A free celebration of freedom and community, honoring African American achievements and providing education and healing. Featuring a program, hair fashion show with Stylist Nedra Butler, Barber Ken Davis II, and performances by Crystal World of Dance, CEO, Crystal Brown-Davs. Saturday, June 17, 2023, from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Donation: $10.00. Coleman-Bush Building, 1104 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Lakeland 33805. Call 863-271-3386, with questions.
JUNETEENTH POLK COUNTY Inaugural Film Festival, Saturday, July 1st, 2023, 11 A.M. - 8 P. M. Q&A and Reception 7- 8:00 P.M. @ POLK STATE COLLEGE, Lakeland Campus Films and Times TBA Juneteenth marks the nation’s second Independence Day and should be a national pride as a significant milestone in American history. This year, we will help create the platform as the nation to come together to celebrate Juneteenth and host one of the largest Juneteenth Observance on Wall Street in New York and at the White House on June 19th. Juneteenth observance is a Reflection of America’s History. Contacts: Doris Moore Bailey - 863-816-6480 juneteenthlkld21@gmail.com George Lawrence -
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NEW ORLEANS — Minister John Mosley first learned of Juneteenth in 1990.
Learn MoreJohn Thomson is the founder of Juneteenth America merged with all the Juneteenth Organizations, and elected Reverend Ronld V. Myers, MD, as NJOF President.
Learn MoreServed as NJOF president until he transitioned in 2018. Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D. (born February 29, 1956 – September 7, 2018) was an American physician, Baptist minister, musician, and civil rights activist. He was the founder and chairman of several organizations active in the modern movement to promote the holiday Juneteenth. He worked in the field of medicine, providing care to poor rural residents of the American South. He also performed as a jazz musician. Personal life and education Myers was born in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest of two sons, to Marion Mack Myers and Neoma R. Myers. The Myers family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin when his parents became employed as teachers in the Milwaukee Public Schools. He attended Rufus King High School in Milwaukee. He was a soloist in the high school jazz ensemble on trumpet and piano. Myers attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he majored in African American Studies and was a member of the Experimental Improvisational Black Music Ensemble, under the mentorship of trombonist and professor Jimmy Cheatham. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in 1985 and completed his residency in Family Medicine at LSU Medical Center's Washington St. Tammany Parish Charity Hospital in Bogalusa, Louisiana in 1988. He took part-time courses at Reformed Theological Seminary at Mississippi Valley State University in 1989 and 1990.
Learn MoreThe Juneteenth flag was designed by activist Ben Haith in 1997. Why is the Juneteenth flag curved? The flag’s colors — red, white and blue — were deliberately chosen by Haith to demonstrate that even throughout enslavement, African Americans were always American. Today, many continue use the symbolic Pan African colors: Red, Black, and Green. Some add Gold too.
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On behalf of The African American Chamber of Commerce Polk County and Juneteenth Committee, I solicit your support as we approach TAACCPC’s 4th year, and I invite you to partner with us as we host our first annual African American Emphasis Month Gala, honoring CEO Emeritus Mrs. W. Gaye Williams, Central Florida Health Care, who was Central Florida Health Care, Inc.’s third CEO from 1993-2013, and their first African American to serve in that leadership role. During her tenure, Mrs. W. Gaye Williams grew the organization and expanded healthcare centers in Polk, Highlands, and Hardee Counties. She is also an independent healthcare consultant.Read More
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Juneteenth Region 6 Zoom Meeting at 7:30 P.M. E.T, 6:30 P.M. C.T. "All Thing Juneteenth" - None Are Free Until All Are Free. Juneteenth 2022 Theme: Honoring The Founding Father The USCT. " Ya''ll FREE!" Alabama/Florida/Georgia/North Carolina/South Carolina
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The Juneteenth Committee Lakeland will host the 32nd Annual Observance beginning Friday, June 14 and throughout Saturday, June 15, culminating with its' second Florida Arts and Film Festival in Lakeland in July 2024. This highly anticipated event commemorates Juneteenth, a significant milestone in African American history, marking the 159 years of emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. Film makers can submit their films via Film Freeway.