Juneteenth NJ

You are cordially invited to attend:
4th Annual Juneteenth NJ Festival
(An African-American Cultural Heritage Event)

Two Events - Twice the Fun:

SAVE THE DATES: June 12 and 14, 2008
Open to the public

Youth & Family Fair

Thursday, June 12, 2008, 7 pm
Edison Job Corps Academy
Gymnasium
500 Plainfield Avenue
Edison NJ

Keynote: Dr. Lenworth Gunther

Iwa L'ewa Heritage Dance Ensemble
(African Dancers and Drummers)

Additional Performers: singers, Gospel, rappers

FREE EVENT

Gospel Festival

Saturday, June 14, 2008, 3:00 pm
New Hope Baptist Church
45 Hampton Street
Metuchen, NJ

Featuring:

Calvary Baptist Church Mass Choir, in Plainfield (pictured above)

New Hope Baptist Church Choir, in Metuchen

Natasha Diamond- Walker (above). She has performed with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater and the Dance Theatre of Harlem

PRICE: love offering

For more info: Contact Juneteenth NJ Chair Dana Y. Wilson at 732-277-8184 or dwilson@neni.us

This event is brought to you by:

Metuchen-Edison Area Branch

National Educational Network, Inc. and NAACP Metuchen-Edison Area Branch (NJ)

www.neni.us / NAACP MEAB

in partnership with the Middlesex Central Baptist Association (www.mcbanj.org)

Juneteenth NJ Grant Sponsors:

This program has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council of the Arts /Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts: through a grant provided by the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission / Board of Chosen Freeholders. http://www.co.middlesex.nj.us/culturalheritage/. We also received grants from the Independence Bank Foundation and the Gannett Foundation.

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