Celebrate Black Brilliance, Student Voice, and Freedom Fighters this Juneteenth
It’s Juneteenth and there’s so much to celebrate. Check out the upcoming celebrations below.
Student Contest
BLM Grassroots Long Beach is proud to sponsor this year’s Student Art, Essay, and Spoken Word Contest as part of the Juneteenth at King Park celebration.
This contest gives young people an opportunity to reflect on Juneteenth, Black liberation, creativity, history, and the future they want to help build. Through art, writing, and spoken word, students are using their voices to honor the struggle for freedom while imagining new possibilities for our communities. Learn more.
At this year’s celebration, Student Award recipients will be recognized as well as local Freedom Fighters whose leadership, courage, organizing, advocacy, and service continue to move Long Beach toward justice.
These awards remind us that liberation work is intergenerational. Our students carry vision. Our elders and community leaders carry wisdom. Together, we carry the work forward.
Calendar of Events
Look for us at these Juneteenth celebrations this week as we celebrate Black freedom, Black creativity, Black joy, and the people who continue to fight for dignity, justice, and collective power. Come out, bring your family, support our youth, creatives and local businesses, and help us honor the Freedom Fighters whose work makes Long Beach stronger.
We hope to see you at:
Juneteenth Freedom Day celebration at the Wicked Wolf, Friday, June 19th, with artists, musicians, poets, crafters, special drinks and the best vibes. Free Admission. Want to be a vendor? DM Philosophystyle.
Juneteenth at King Park - Saturday, June 20 from 10am-5pm. Music. Community booths. Kids Zone. Vendors. Food. www.juneteenthatkingpark.com
World Famous Block Party - Juneteenth Edition, with V.I.P. Records and more great partners on Saturday, June 20th, at Promenade Square Park - 12noon to 8pm in Downtown Long Beach.
