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Juneteenth Celebration
June 19, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
St. Mary’s Dominican Alumnae Association presents a virtual
Juneteenth Celebration
Saturday, June 19, 2021
CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM: REMEMBERING OUR SHARED HISTORY
A virtual gathering of reflection and rejoicing!
PROGRAM
10:30 am CT (8:30 am PT/9:30 am MT/11:30 am ET): WELCOME – Arthel Neville ’80, B.J., award-winning journalist, Co-anchor Fox News Live, Manhattan
10:35 am CT – 11:30 am: BLACK CATHOLIC MASS in Celebration of Juneteenth 2021
11:30 am – 12:30 pm: KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Sister Pat Dual, O.P., Racism is a Sin
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm: JAZZ LUNCH BREAK with Sharon Martin, internationally acclaimed New Orleans jazz vocalist
01:30 am – 02:20 pm: ATTEND ONE
- A) The Importance of Blacks in the Catholic Church Today, Ansel Augustine, D.Min
- B) New Orleans Black Culture: Before & After Juneteenth, Mona Lisa Saloy, Ph.D.
- C) Witness to Change: From Jim Crow to Political Empowerment, Sybil Morial, M.Ed.
- D) Sister Mary Antona Ebo: This Far By Faith, Winnie Sullivan, M.S.
2:20 pm – 2:30 pm: CLOSING – Arthel Neville ’80, B.J.
LINK FOR INFORMATION ON THE SPEAKERS
*MASS, KEYNOTE SESSION, & THE JAZZ PERFORMANCE DURING LUNCH ARE INCLUDED IN REGISTRATION.
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