Calendar of Events

WASHINGTON JUNETEENTH 2009
June 17-21, 2009
Last Updated 5/30/09

Wednesday June 17th	Juneteenth 3 Kilometer (1.86 Mile) Run (to be confirmed!) 12noon DC Road Runners Club Entrance of FDR Memorial Washington, DC National Juneteenth Congressional Symposium & Reception Hosted By: The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) 4:00pm - 6:30pm Juneteenth CBC Congressional Symposium 6:30pm - 8:00pm Juneteenth CBC Congressional Reception Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D., Master of Ceremonies Rayburn House Office Building Rooms B339-B340 Washington, DC
Thursday June 18th	*(Juneteenth Program for Thursday T.B.A.)*
Friday June 19th	JUNETEENTH INDEPENDENCE DAY NATIONAL DAY OF RECONCILIATION & HEALING FROM THE LEGACY OF ENSLAVEMENT National Juneteenth Prayer Breakfast 8:30am Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D., Chairman National Juneteenth Christian Leadership Council Speaker: Pastor Jack Gaines, Author *"My Brother's Keeper Not My Brother's Killer"* National Press Club 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor Washington, DC ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Juneteenth Black Holocaust "MAAFA" Memorial Service and National Juneteenth Prayer Service 11:30am Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D., Chairman National Juneteenth Christian Leadership Council Speakers: Pastor Jack Gaines, Author *"My Brother's Keeper, Not My Brother's Killer"* Pastor Johnnie Hunter, National Director L.E.A.R.N. Pastor Randy Skinner, Director Urban Mission Dallas, TX *"Reading of the Names"* (Victims of Lynchings in America) Presentation of the Dr. James Cameron National Juneteenth Leadership Award Honoring Dr. James Cameron, Founder America's Black Holocaust Museum Poetry by Pierre L. Sutton, Jr. & Kevin Reeves (invited!) Gospel Music by Lisa Winn Lincoln Park United Methodist Church Rev. Harold D. Lewis, Sr., Pastor 1301 North Carolina, N.E. Washington, DC
Sunday June 21st	National Juneteenth Worship Service 10:45am Rev. Cornelius Wheeler, Pastor Vermont Avenue Baptist Church 1630 Vermont Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC