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WASHINGTON JUNETEENTH 2009
June 17-21, 2009
Last Updated 5/30/09
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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
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Thursday June 18th |
(Juneteenth Program for Thursday T.B.A.)
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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
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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
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Sunday June 21st |
National Juneteenth Worship Service
10:45am Rev. Cornelius Wheeler, Pastor
Vermont Avenue Baptist Church
1630 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC
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