2023 Juneteenth Celebration
2101 Cranston Rd
Beloit
WI 53511
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.
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