Friday, June 18
6 p.m.: Tierra Williams and Latisha Franklin have organized a “Juneteenth Jubilee” in Sidney Friedman Park.
The event will recognize local Black leaders, educators, artists, organizations and Black-owned businesses. It will include performances by musicians and poets, remarks by local activists and politicians, food and festivities.
The program will be dedicated to the late Rev. Dr. Donna “Mama” King, who was pastor St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Bellefonte and lecturer in African American studies at Penn State. King, who died in January, was a beloved community figure known for her work as an advocate and historian of local Black history who gave tours of Bellefonte locations involved in the Underground Railroad. Funds raised at the event will benefit St. Paul AME.