Let’s celebrate Juneteenth with these upcoming events and opportunities:
June is here and Juneteenth is a time to celebrate the historic end of slavery in the United States. The date, June 19th 1865 marks the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas- two and a half years after the famed Emancipation Proclamation which freed enslaved people in confederate states after the Civil War. Today Juneteenth is recognized as a Federal Holiday thanks to activists and allies across the nation. Here on the North Shore of Massachusetts, we support our friends at North Shore Juneteenth Association and beyond to celebrate and uplift this important holiday.
Black Women of the Suffrage Movement Exhibit Reception
by North Shore Juneteenth Association
June 8th @ 5pm
You’re invited! Join us at the Salem Armory Regional Visitor Center located at 2 New Liberty Street in Salem, MA for a celebration of this traveling exhibit curated by North Shore Juneteenth.
Learn about the remarkable Black women who paved the way for Shirley Chisolm, Maxine Waters, Kamala Harris, Ayanna Pressley and many more including local leaders such as Nicole McClain, North Shore Juneteenth founder and President.
Free event, registration not required.
ESSEX HERITAGE AND NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HOST “JOURNEY TO JUNETEENTH”
June 10 @ 11am
In commemoration of the upcoming Juneteenth holiday, Essex Heritage and the National Park Service are bringing award-winning storyteller, Valerie Tutson, to the Salem Armory Regional Visitor Center. Valerie will be presenting “Journey to Juneteenth”, a 45-minute program comprised of a collection of short stories celebrating freedom.
During the performance, Tutson will recount the day that news of emancipation reached Galveston, Texas, through the eyes of a fictional character. Audiences will learn about the day General Granger read Order No. 3 and its impact on the fictional character’s life as an enslaved person and what happened to her and her family after.
The event is free to attend, but registration is strongly encouraged as space is limited. All ages welcome.
Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/journey-to-juneteenth-with-storyteller-valerie-tutson-tickets-629453671877
Race Amity Day North Shore
June 11 @ 1-3pm
Heathmere Center for Cultural Engagement and the Town of Danvers are hosting the 6th annual Race Amity North Shore Festival, Sunday June 11, 1-3, on the lawn of the Peabody Institute Library of Danvers. Come join us in celebrating our multicultural community! Free and open to all! Professional performances by Afro-jazz vocalist, Wangari Fahari and Flamenco dancer, Eve Costarelli; interviews with Danvers anti-racism leaders; student presentations. . . and more! Questions: info@heathmere.org Made possible with support from Danvers Cultural Council and the Mass Cultural Council.
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic
On view June 17 through December 31, 2023
at Peabody Essex Museum
Explore Black identity through a compelling compilation of photographs from African diasporic culture. Drawn from Dr. Kenneth Montague’s Wedge Collection in Toronto, a Black-owned collection dedicated to artists of African descent, As We Rise looks at the myriad experiences of Black life through the lenses of community, identity and power.
Organized by Aperture, New York, the exhibition features more than 100 works by Black artists from Canada, the Caribbean, Great Britain, the United States and South America, as well as throughout the African continent. Black subjects depicted by Black photographers are presented as they wish to be seen , recognizing the complex strength, beauty and vulnerability of Black life.
Juneteenth Celebration! Lynn
June 17th @ 11am- 5pm
with North Shore Juneteenth Association at Lynn Museum
Come enjoy soul food, performance of dance, music, spoken word, vendors, and education about the Juneteenth holiday! Come celebrate Freedom and Black American culture !
Gloucester Juneteenth Celebration
at Cape Ann Museum Green
June 18th @ 10am-5pm
Celebrate Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States! The third Gloucester Juneteenth Celebration is presented by the North Shore Juneteenth Association and CAM’s Community Engagement Committee Member, Toni Waldron, who hosted the first Gloucester Juneteenth Celebration in 2021. Learn about the Juneteenth Holiday and its connection to Cape Ann history while celebrating Black history through music, dance and food.
This will be the first year North Shore Juneteenth Association will have the honor of collaborating with Wendy Joseph to organize the community reading of Frederick Douglass’ speech,
“The Meaning of July Fourth For The Negro”
This event will feature musical performance, dance performance, vendors, and more!
This event is funded in part by
Mass Humanities
Lynn Cultural council
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- Nicole McClain, President of the North Shore Juneteenth Association
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- Reverend Doctor Andre Bennett
Juneteenth Flag Raisings in our communities:
Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony Lynn
June 13th @ 6:30pm
Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony Marblehead
June 14th @ 4:30pm
Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony Beverly
June 15th @ 5pm
Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony Salem
June 18th @ 3pm
Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony Hamilton/Wenham
June 19th @ 6pm
Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony Danvers
June 19th @ 2pm
Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony Peabody
June 22nd @ 5:30pm
Learn more about Juneteenth from our friends at North Shore Juneteenth on their website
https://north-shore-juneteenth-assoc.constantcontactsites.com
About North Shore Juneteenth Association Inc.
North Shore Juneteenth Association Inc. is a group of community leaders seeking to create awareness about the Juneteenth holiday, educate the broader community about positive aspects of Black American culture, and dismantle racism by using events and programming as a tool for change.
North Shore Juneteenth Association Inc. is a not-for-profit 501c(3) organization. Your contribution is tax deductible. 100% of your donation goes directly toward program and operating costs.
What is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth is an American Holiday that commemorates June 19, 1865, the date that enslaved Black people of Galveston, Texas, learned that President Abraham Lincoln had freed enslaved people in rebel states two and a half years earlier. 250,000 Black Americans learned of their freedom on that day!
Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom.
Juneteenth is
a day to focus on the complexity of
the Black American experience.
