3rd Annual
National Holiday
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION

The Responsibility of Freedom

Wednesday • June 19, 2024
12:00p to 4:00p
with
Celebration Program
1:00p to 3:00p

Saratoga YMCA’s Outdoor Pavilion
290 West Avenue
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Music, Poetry, Interpretive Dance, Historic Performance & more.
Cake & Ice Cream Post-event Jubilee Reception

Free & Open to the Public

CELEBRATION PROGRAM
Contributing Artists, Speakers, Faith Leaders

  • Camp Stomping Ground, Restorative Practices

  • Community Voices of Praise Choir

  • D Colin, poet/artist

  • Dan Berggren, musician

  • Donna Boykin, interpretive dancer

  • Dr. Joseph Bruchac, SS poet laureate

  • Frederick Allen Elks Members, community projects

  • Freedom Players, under Donald Hyman

  • Jocelyn Khoury, actor

  • Kim Wafer, actor

  • Pastor Heather Williams, SS United Methodist Church

  • … and more.


    “The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear -toward others, as well as ourselves.”
    OSCAR ARIAS,
    Nobel Peach Prize Laureate, Activist, former President of Costa Rica


2024 COMMUNITY SPONSORS:
MLK Saratoga, Dora Lee Stanley, Business for Good, Skidmore College, Stewart’s Shops, Adirondack Trust Co. & Amsure, and Saratoga Regional YMCA

2024 COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
Ben & Jerry’s Saratoga, Saratoga Bread Basket’s Cake Shop, Camp Stomping Ground, Frederick Allen Lodge #609, JUST Water, Market 32/Price Chopper, Saratoga Springs United Methodist Church, UU Congregation of Saratoga Springs

2024 CIRCLE of FRIENDS:
Ron Kim
Kate Graney
Rick Hasenauer
Ellen Eggers-Aimone
Zuzia Kwasniewski
Rich Torkelson
Kat Evans
Anonymous 1
Anonymous 2

FB EVENT: https://fb.me/e/8QmyFsYit

Organized by:  Our Lodge Foundation

The difference between Juneteenth and the 4th of July? The fact is none of us are free till we are all free.
— Ms. Opal Lee, "Grandmother of Juneteenth"

THANK YOU to our
SPONSORS & Community Partners!!

YOU make the difference!!