Celebrate Juneteenth
Celebrate Juneteenth on Sunday June 19 at Willamette Park! We're excited to feature educational booths, food and beverage trucks, live jazz, world music, and a DJ, a bounce house for the kids, beer cart for the adults, and more! See our full list of educators, artists, and vendors below.
This event is for all ages with free admission. It will take place at the Willamette Park Grandstand near the boat ramp. For more information, please contact Doug Erickson at derickson@westlinnoregon.gov
>>RSVP on Facebook here!<<
educational booths:
- West Linn Public Library
- West Linn High School Black Student Union
- Dr. Joy Mutare, PSU, Project It Takes a Village
- Haoua Seip, Women Artisans Resource Enterprise (WAREE)
vendors:
Artists & performers:
- DJ Abdul
- Face King
- Chibia Ulinwa
- Devin Phillips
Juneteenth educational resources
- Introduction to Juneteenth (govinfo.gov)
- Original Handwritten Emancipation Proclamation (National Archives)
- Fact Sheet (Congressional Research Services)
- Multimedia and resource library (Smithsonian)
- Juneteenth declared a State Holiday in Oregon beginning 2022 (Oregon Legislature)
- The FREADOM Festival, a free book festival on Sat June 18 at Peninsula Park
