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June, 2017...
Mark your calendars to celebrate
EMPOWERMENT and EMANCIPATION all month long in
Houston, Missouri City & Galveston...
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Commemorating...
154 years since the
Emancipation Proclamation
152 years since Texas slaves
were granted freedom
145 years of Emancipation Park area Freedom Celebrations &
44 years
of Central Houston Freedom Parades
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Reverend Jack
Yates
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Sat |
June 10, 2017 | 8:30am | Free
Emancipation
Park
Prayer
Dedication
3018 Emancipation
Avenue,Houston TX 77004
In the spirit of
Reverend JackYates, Richard Allen, Richard Brock, and Reverend Elias
Dibble
and the many African-American churches, who in 1872 joined to make
possible the purchase and maintenance of Emancipation Park, local area
church Pastors will join together on Hutchins Street at
Emancipation Avenue, at the Gateway arch of the newly renovated park, to
undertake sacred prayers for the success of the Historic Emancipation
Park in continuing its legacy of service to the community.
Sponsored by Emancipation
Park Conservancy, Third Ward Community Cloth & OST/Almeda
Redevelopment Authority
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Participating
Churches include...
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Antioch MBC
First Unitarian
Good Hope MBC
Great Zion MBC
Holman St. Baptist Church
Jerusalem MBC
Mary Olive BC
Minster Muhammad Mosque No 45
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Progressive New
Hope
Pilgrim Congregation United Churches
of Christ
Shrine of the Black Madonna
St. Mary Catholic Church
Trinity East United Methodist Church
Trinity United Methodist Church
Wesley Chapel
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Sat | June 17, 2017 | 9am-10am
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Saturday,
June 17, 2017 & Monday, June 19, 2017| 10am-5pm
Free
Family Fun at THE NEW Emancipation
Park!
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Sat
| June 17, 2017 | 10am-5pm
FREE
Emancipation
Park
Re-dedication Celebration
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Mon
| June 19, 2017 | 10am-5pm
FREE
Juneteenth
Communty Festival
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Sat
| June 17, 2017 | 6-9pm
6pm-Reception
| 7pm-Museum Tour | 7:30pm-Gala
Broken
Chains Awareness Development Group’s
 Third Annual Juneteenth
Scholarship Gala
at
The Shrine Cultural Center,
5309
Martin Luther King Blvd., Houston, TX 77021
Tickets: $40 adults | Children under 12: $25 | Table of 8: $300
Broken Chains Awareness Development Group, Inc. is a nonprofit inner-city
youth support program determined to break the mental chains that hinder our
youth from reaching their full potential.
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MILLER OUTDOOR
THEATRE | FREE
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Sat | June 17,
2017 | 8:30pm
H-Town Get Down
The biggest hip hop dance festival in H-Town. Bring
your crew to this incredible evening featuring Houston's favorite
dancers, DJs, and visual artists including rapper K Rino, spoken
word artist Outspoken Bean, Inertia Dance Company, etc. This event is
for all entertainment fans to love!
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Mon | June 19,
2017 | 7pm
"A Gulf Coast Juneteenth"
This revival of Miller’s beloved blues and creole music
festival features iconic American rhythm and blues singer, actress,
and civil rights activist Mavis Staples, plus legendary musicians Milton
Hopkins & the Hit City Blues Band and J Paul Jr & the
Zydeco NuBreedz.
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Free tickets are available for the
covered seating area. (4 per person over age 16 while they last) at
the Miller Outdoor Theatre box office the day of the performance 10:30
AM-1:00 PM.and one hour before show time to distribute the remaining
tickets. As always, open seating on the hill. The shows goes on rain or
shine.
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Sat | June 17,
2017 | 12-8pm
Reggae, Gospel, Rap, Spoken Word
at Fifth Ward Community Garden
3711 Brill St. 77026
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Sat | June 17,
2017 | 12-8pm
Sam Houston Takeover Houston Class
Reunion
12 - 4pm
and
Juneteenth
Greek Step Fest
4 - 8pm
at
Tom Bass Performing
Arts Pavilion
3452 Fellows Rd, 77047
Cost $20 per event
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More than 20 events will take place
throughout June for Galveston’s 2017 Juneteenth celebration. For a
list of upcoming events, CLICK HERE.
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