Head to Shawnee for Juneteenth celebration

The Dunbar Heights Community and Citizen Potawatomi Nation are hosting a Shawnee-based Juneteenth community festival on Saturday, June 8 to celebrate freedom through education and economic empowerment.

The free event will start with a morning prayer and follow with a march from Dunbar Heights to the FireLake Arena where the festival will take place. The Ambassadors’ Concert Choir and The Ambassadors’ Children’s Choir will be performing along with other entertainment such as guest speakers, information career readiness workshops, step show routines, live music and a gospel jubilee.

For more information, visit www.juneteenthok.com and follow Juneteenth OK on Facebook.

– Kristen Fine, Jones PR