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JUNETEENTH NEW HAVEN 2024
PAN AFRICANISM
Unified by History | Connected in Culture | Focused on the Future 

SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2024 from NOON - 6 PM
CONNECTICUT VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER
230 Ashmun St., New Haven, Connecticut  06511

Presented by The CT 29th 

Unlimited

Cultural Topics

100

Resource Tables

20+

Vendors

12

Artists & Performers
Vendors Showcase
INFORMATION/RESOURCES Black Art
Authentic African Apparel
Natural Products
Jewelry
Cards & Small Prints
High-end Consignments
Tee Shirts, Mugs, Bags

 

Vendors Showcase

Red Oil Painting
ACTIVITIES:
Mini- Film Festival
Author's Conversation
Celebrate Black Music History Month
Diaspora Tents
Double-Dutch
Hoola Hoop Contest





 

Activities

INFORMATION/RESOURCESBreast & Cervical Cancer
Sickle Cell Disease
Lead Poisoning
CPR Training
HIV/AIDS Awareness
Oral Health
Cardiovascular Health
Protestors

Black Lives Matter
Stop Solitary CT
Black Men Vote Too &
The Kiyama Movement
Michael Jefferson
Black Monument Tour
Michael Twitty and the
Elm City Bikers

Youth Development

Money and Finance
INFORMATION/RESOURCES
Workforce Development
Employment Opportunities
Business Coaching
Money Management


 

Finance

Tribal Drum
ACTIVITIES:
Live Musical Performances
Poetry
Line Dancing
Puerto Rican Dance Lessons


 

Entertainment

INFORMATION/RESOURCESBreast & Cervical Cancer
Sickle Cell Disease
Lead Poisoning
CPR Training
HIV/AIDS Awareness
Oral Health
Cardiovascular Health
Health & Wellness
Addiction Treatment
Alzheimers Disease Research Center
HIV/HEP C/Syphilis Screenng
TJAY Autism Foundation
Behavioral Health
Blood Pressure Check
Breast Cancer Early Detection
and Support

Heart & Stroke Awareness
HIV/AIDS Awareness
Lung Cancer Information
Women's Health


 

Health & Wellness

JUNETEENTH NEW HAVEN
FILM SERIES

Celebrate the heroes of the CT 29th Colored Infantry Regiment, who fought to honor our freedom;  The talented jazz musicians who played live music in a treasure trove of New Haven nightspots ;  and the current day champions of CTVIP who are working to make our communities safer places for people to live, work, and play.

ALL SHOWINGS TO BE HELD AT
Wexler Grant School Auditorium
12:30 PM
CTVIP: Witness Greatness Documentary 
with Executive Director Leonard Jahad


2:30 - 3:30 PM

Heroes: New Haven JazzRebecca Abbot

4:30 - 5:30 PM
The CT 29th Regiment Documentary
with Filmmaker Chris Barlowe
and introductions by Bill

 

All Videos

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The 29th Connecticut Regiment and the Fight for Freedom

The 29th Connecticut Regiment and the Fight for Freedom

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Witness Greatness

Witness Greatness

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unsung heroes: the music of jazz in New Haven

unsung heroes: the music of jazz in New Haven

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ALL FILMS TO BE SHOWN IN THE WEXLER GRANT AUDITORIUM

Pearl & the Gee's Bend Quitl

An Author's Conversation
 

Author of PEARL and Her Gee's Bend Quilt
Juneteenth New Haven presents an authors conversation Tangular will autograph copies of her book for the first families who sign up for her session.

1:30 PM | CHILDREN'S AREA
Pre-registration: Click Here

Tangular Irby

Author Tangular A. Irby
 

Garden Soil

We are the Diaspora

The AFRO-PUERTO

INFLUENCE

Explore the Afro-Puerto influence on food, dance and island culture

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Image by Juan Apolinar

The JAMAICAN CONNECTION

Connecting Cultures with the Jamaican American Connection (JAC)

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GHANA

A showcase of art and history from Ghana

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Image by Emmanuel Offei

SIERRA LEONE

Learn about New Haven's direct connection to our sister city, Sierra Leone: Art/Culture/History

Read More
Image by Peter Thomas
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About the CT 29th

The mission of The Descendants of the Connecticut 29th Colored Regiment C.V. Infantry, is to commemorate and perpetuate the memory and assistances of our ancestors who fought so gallantly in the 29th regiment for their manhood, honor, freedom, and glory.  We work to preserve their memory and we honor the African American and Native American soldiers of the Connecticut Regiment who were camped in New Haven (at present day Criscuolo Park) and were a part of Connecticut’s contribution to the Civil War with our millennial concept of freedom: Financial literacy, Responsibility, Employment, Education, Diversity, Opportunity preparedness, and Maintenance of health.  The members of the 29th promote cultural awareness in activities throughout the year, culminating in the Juneteenth Festival each summer.  

We honor those who fought so bravely for our freedom. 

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The Kiyama Movement (TKM) was officially founded on May 19, 2005, the 80th anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X. The word “Kiyama” means “Resurrection” in Swahili. Interestingly enough, it also means “Judgment Day” in the same language.

TKM’s primary focus is self-improvement. The founder of TKM – Michael A. Jefferson – believes that self-improvement should be the goal of all human beings seeking to enhance the society in which we live and improve our world as a whole. He believes that the creation of a better society and world begins with the improvement of the individual.

Given the unique challenges confronting Black people in American society, TKM has been expressly designed for this population group. Although TKM places a special emphasis on the development and resurrection of Black males the movement recognizes the need for both individual and collective improvement for men and women of African descent in America and throughout the Diaspora (i.e. wherever men and women of African descent may exist in the world.

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About Amistad New Haven

Our History

Established in 1988, The Amistad Committee, Inc. is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization. The original Amistad Committee formed 175 years ago in 1839 to raise funds for the legal defense and return voyage of the subsequently liberated Africans who were involved in the Amistad Incident of 1839.

 

Over the course of the past 25 years Amistad Committee Inc. has feverishly organized, advocated, struggled and triumphed in the tasks of erecting the Amistad Memorial (1992), establishing the Connecticut Freedom Trail (1996), facilitating the launch of the Freedom Schooner Amistad (2000) and scores of achievements in the preservation of African and American history throughout Connecticut. 

 

Alfred Marder, age 90, the longtime President of the Amistad Committee says the Amistad story has a "special connection to the New Haven community and its resurrection and celebration has become a great source of pride.” Marder believes that through each of these efforts new generations become aware that “the struggle against the legacy of slavery is not over.”

 

We gather to celebrate the preservation and honoring of African and American history in Connecticut and dedicate ourselves to this important cause. The preservation of this history and its lessons are imperative and shall not be forgotten, diminished, erased or go unrecognized. 

 

Learn. Gather. Remember. Strengthen. 

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CT 29th Regiment
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