651 ARTS is set to host its annual Juneteenth celebration in Brooklyn, focusing on community building amid national funding challenges for the arts. The event, themed "We Outside: A Brooklyn Juneteenth, Vol. III," encourages unity and resilience through music, dance, and communal gatherings, commemorating Black liberation. Inspired by artist Faith Ringgold, the program features dance styles like voguing and celebrates HBCU culture with performances by marching bands and step teams. The celebration aims to create safe spaces for collective liberation and cultural expression, emphasizing the importance of gathering during uncertain times.
This year, it was really important for us to double down on the intent of creating an event commemorating Liberation Day for Black people in America by really reinforcing the ideals of unity, resilience and perseverance that continue to push us forward as a people through the lens of music, dance and community gathering as a generative way to respond to this moment in our nation's history.
As so many things shift for each and every person who calls this country home, it is of the utmost importance that we gather to collectively manifest freedom!
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