Hope, Arkansas, June 2024 – Visibility Outreach Touch Engage (VOTE South Arkansas), the Hempstead County Juneteenth Celebration organizer, reminds you to save the date for the third annual Juneteenth 2024 festivities Friday, June 14-Sunday, June 16. The annual theme is Black Resistance: Celebration of Resilience, History & Liberation, reflecting the Association For The Study of African American Life And History® definition of Black resistance as strategies where Black Americans’ can mobilize resources, human and material, to establish safe spaces where Black life can be sustained, fortified, and respected. Persons and organizations interested in joining the parade or vending can register at https://forms.gle/h2pr2wQieWG37rfp9.  

On Friday, June 14 at Downtown Hope Pocket Park, VOTE SoAR is adding new Juneteenth 2024 activities–an African attire fashion show organized by Princess Nikita African Attire "Ibile" and a block party with a film screening. 

On Saturday, June 15, Hempstead County’s Juneteenth will include the two mile parade route from the historic Henry C. Yerger Museum to the Northside Park. Once onsite at Northside, participants will hear inspirational speeches from community griot Kattie Flenory and recognition of the honor and the joy found when lifting up African and Black American cultural heritage.