Montgomery County Taste of a Juneteeth Celebration and Cultural Experience Reception
Office of Human Rights 50th Anniversary
Hosted by HSBC National Bank
220 C-East Middle Lane
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Book Signing "The Buffalo Saga" author James Harden "Pat" Daughterty, WWII Vet 92nd Infantry Division U.S. Army
Montgomery County Heritage Days: Saturday & Sunday, June 26 - 27, 2010
50th Anniversary of Protest of Glen Echo Park, Saturday, June 26, 2010
Panel Discussion on the Protest and its connection with the Human Rights Commission
Panelists include Ester Delaplaine and Dion Diamond, Participants in the Protest, Isiah Leggett, County Executive and former Chair of Human Rights Commission, Hillary Shelton, Senior Vice President for Advocacy/Director, Washington Bureau of the NAACP and Juan Williams, news personality for National Public Radio as moderator.
* Reception to follow at Glen Echo Parck Arcade Building
* Book Signing "Child of the Civil Rights Moments" author Paula Young
* Walking Civil Rights Tour of Glen Echo Park
Lincoln Park Historical Parade: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. appromimately
Lincoln Park Community Center
357 Frederick Avenue, Rockville, MD
Hosted by Lincoln Park Historical Foundation
Lincoln Park Heritage Days and Reception: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Rockville Memorial Library
Rockville Town Center
African American Walking Tour 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Hosted by Rockville Historic District Commission
Reception and Food and Entertainment 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Hosted by Self Storage Plus
14690 Southlawn Lane, Rockville, MD
FUTURE EVENTS
Human Rights Diversity Camp: Sunday, October 17, 2010
YMCA Camp Letts
4003 Camp Letts Road, Edgewater, MD 21073
Friday - Sunday, October 15 - 17, 2010
50th Anniversary session will be Sunday, October 17, 2010 at 10: 00 a.m.
Human Rights Hall of Fame: Sunday, October 24, 2010, 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Black Rock Center for the Arts
12901 Town Commons Drive
Germantown, MD 20874
Human Rights Day Activities: Friday, December 10th and Sunday, December 12, 2010
"A Day of Learning"
High School Video Event
Friday, December 10, 2010
Montgomery County College (Tentative)
Sunday, December 12, 2010
*Middle School Essay Contest
*Elementary Poster Contest
*Adult and Community Workshops (Tentative) (Faculity TBA)
Annual Historic Educational Civil Rights Tour: Monday - Friday, April 18- 23, 2011
Tour destinations include Atlanta, GA., Tuskegee, Ala., Montgomery Ala., Birmingham, Ala., and Memphis, Tenn.,
(Cost information available July, 2010)