Fifth Annual Potsdam Juneteenth Celebration!
Saturday, June 22, 2024, 4-8 pm
Ives Park, 3 Riverview Dr., Potsdam NY
Free Community Cultural Event
Rain location: Clarkson University’s Schuler Indoor Recreation Center (IRC) fieldhouse, (follow the signs on campus)
Celebrating Black Culture, Joy, Art, & History
Family Friendly – All are welcome
Featuring: Trumptight 315 from CNY (R&B with a twist), Benjamin Mambou (smooth jazz), Khuumba Ama (visual artist), Hip Hop with K Twist & The Piece of the Solution, plus DJ Fresh1! Bouncehouse & many children’s activities!
www.facebook.com/PotsdamJuneteenthCelebration
www.gofundme.com/f/juneteenth-2024-potsdam-ny
Many Thanks to our Sponsors:
Major Contributors: SLC Arts, First Presbyterian of Potsdam, Potsdam United Methodist Church, Poor People’s Campaign of the North Country, Great Northern Printing, AsyncArts, Trinity Church, Potsdam Church of Latter Day Saints, and Squeak Creek Apiaries. Fiscal Sponsors: Potsdam Public Library & Local Living Venture
SEIU 1199, Price Chopper/Market 32, Clarkson University Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Office, Adirondack Diversity, North Country Public Radio (NCPR)
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community
Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the
Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State
Legislature and administered by the St. Lawrence County Arts Council.
* JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ORGANIZING GROUP *
The 2024 Potsdam Juneteenth Celebration organizers are multicultural members of the North Country community, volunteering their time to produce this commemoration in Potsdam NY; a family-friendly, historical, and traditionally appropriate event for all ages. Juneteenth became an official U.S. federal holiday in 2021.
