2023 Juneteenth Celebration

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2023 Juneteenth Celebration

When:
June 17, 2023 @ 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm
2023-06-17T12:00:00-05:00
2023-06-17T22:00:00-05:00
Where:
Telfer Park
2101 Cranston Rd
Beloit
WI 53511
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Amiee Leavy
Juneteenth Celebration
Saturday, June 17, 2023
12:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Hosts: YWCA Rock County and the Elite Ladies of Beloit

YWCA Rock County is a driving force for change in our community. For 100 years, our mission of empowering women and eliminating racism has been strengthened and tested. The charge of the Racial Justice program is to foster on-going discussion, community activities and trainings focused on a range of topics pertaining to race, privilege and human rights.

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, federal US troops arrived in Galveston, Texas carrying the message of the emancipation proclamation which declared that enslaved people were now free. Last year, President Joseph R. Biden signed into law a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

We will gather on Saturday, June 17, 2023 at Telfer Park for a day of learning, cultural events and fun while enjoying fellowship, good music, great food and the opportunity to support unique local vendors.

 

Car Show (weather permitting)
Contact: Kiel Little

Food Vendors

Love Pastries
Contact: Breanna Lovings
breanna.lovings@yahoo.com

Charlie Joes Catering
Contact: Collins Brumfield
MrCollinsBrumfield32@gmail.com

Cap’t Lou’s & Mrs. Pat’s
Contact: Patricia MaJeed
wiscokidneef@icloud.com

Coleman’s Exotic Barbeque
Contact: Al Coleman
3408 West Carroll Ave
Chicago, Il 60624
312-860-3682

Lil Frank’s BBQ
Contact: Frank Carroll Jr.
https://www.facebook.com/Bettergetsome/

Madison Leavy (Girl Scout Cookies)
Contact: Amiee Leavy

Uncle Booker’s Bar-B-Kew
Contact: Kirk Askew
smokemasterq@gmail.com

Wesley CME Church
Contact: Normalee Gallimore
https://www.facebook.com/wesleycme53511/

Product Vendors

Be Smooth LLC
Contact: Alitha Allen
propheticmotion@gmail.com

Blessed Divine Creations
Contact: Paquita Reddish-Purnell
https://blesseddivinecreations.com

BT Goodies Craft & More
Contact: Beverly Thompson
https://www.facebook.com/BTsgoodiescraftsmore

Intimate Affairs by Tee
Contact: Tarina Lister
intimateaffairsbytee@yahoo.com

Intimate Impressions
Contact: Cheryl Williams
ccmaywill@gmail.com

Paparazzi
Contact: Vernetta Farr

Service Vendors

First Community Credit Union
Contact: Kristi Hanson
khanson@firstccu.com

Rock County Jumpstart
Contact: Genia Stevens
https://rockcountyjumpstart.org

Non-Profit Vendors

Beloit Health Systems
Contact: Cassandra Martin-Partlow
https://www.beloithealthsystem.org

Beloit Historical Society
Contact: Jesse Herscher
http://www.beloithistoricalsociety.com

Beloit Public Library
Contact: Amy Mitchell
https://beloitlibrary.org

Blackhawk Technical College
Contact: Ann Forbeck
https://www.blackhawk.edu

Concerned Black Citizens of Beloit
Contact: Wanda Sloan
https://www.facebook.com/people/Concerned-Black-Citizens-of-Beloit/100064440349545/

Diversity Action Team of Rock County
Contact: Katie Udell
https://www.datrockco.org

Doris Wiles Center of Hope
Contact: Adriana Sanders
https://www.facebook.com/dwcenterofhope/

Family Services of Wisconsin
Contact: Kimberly Valenta
https://www.familyservices1.org

Hedberg Public Library
Contact: René Bue
https://hedbergpubliclibrary.org

League of Women Voters (LWV)
Contact: Bette Carr
https://www.lwv.org

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) – Beloit Branch
Contact: Sheri Pounds
https://www.facebook.com/Beloit-NAACP-103038308505940

Rock County
Contact: Randy Terronez
https://www.co.rock.wi.us/home

Rock County Public Health Department
Contact: Erin Yenser
https://www.co.rock.wi.us/departments/public-health

Rock County Human Services
Contact: Jordyn Jenkins
https://www.co.rock.wi.us/departments/human-services

School District of Beloit
Contact: Monica Krysztopa
https://www.sdb.k12.wi.us

YWCA Rock County
Contact: Heidi Deininger
https://www.ywcarockcounty.org