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
INFORMATION/RESOURCES Black Art
Authentic African Apparel
Natural Products
Jewelry
Cards & Small Prints
High-end Consignments
Tee Shirts, Mugs, Bags
Vendors Showcase
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
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
INFORMATION/RESOURCES
Workforce Development
Employment Opportunities
Business Coaching
Money Management
Finance
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
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
All Videos
The 29th Connecticut Regiment and the Fight for Freedom
Witness Greatness
unsung heroes: the music of jazz in New Haven
ALL FILMS TO BE SHOWN IN THE WEXLER GRANT AUDITORIUM
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
Author Tangular A. Irby
We are the Diaspora
The AFRO-PUERTO
INFLUENCE
Explore the Afro-Puerto influence on food, dance and island culture
The JAMAICAN CONNECTION
Connecting Cultures with the Jamaican American Connection (JAC)
GHANA
A showcase of art and history from Ghana
SIERRA LEONE
Learn about New Haven's direct connection to our sister city, Sierra Leone: Art/Culture/History
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.
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.
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.
