SAVE the DATE for EXTRA Give 2022!!!

Imani Edu-Tainers will be one of 400 local organizations taking part. Also, will be hosting dance classes, an art workshop and Q&A with founder Dr. Sonya Mann-McFarlane that night from 615-8PM.

Lancaster County is extraordinary because of YOU! On November 18, 2022, join thousands of people across the community to support more than 400 local organizations in our region. New this year, our STRETCH POOL of more than half a MILLION dollars will be distributed based on an organization's number of unique donors. Whether you make a $10 donation or a $100 donation, your gift will go further for the causes you care about! Thanks to Lancaster County Community Foundation, Presenting Sponsors High Foundation, and our other community sponsors, your contribution will make an even bigger impact on our community.

#extragive2022

YWCA Lancaster Releases Black Artist Waystation Juneteenth Presentations

The Black Artist Waystation focuses on Black artists in visual, performance, or spoken word, highlighting the breath of creativity in our community. Twenty- eight Lancaster Artivists were nominated with four Exemplars each receiving $500 honorariums this year. The full program of display is happening this upcoming Juneteenth!

Gracie Berry-Performance and Visual Art

Meet me down at the watermelon patch for an interactive performance to embrace how watermelon is uplifting to the spirit of Black life in the Afrikan diaspora. In the patch you will find sekere’s and drummers, offering an energizing connection to our ancestors’ ingenuity and strength.

Locations

1. Reservoir Park - N. Franklin & E. King Street, Lancaster PA, June 19th at Noon, drum circle at 1130

2. Crystal Park - 1st Street, Lancaster, PA 17603 June 19th at 3pm, drum circle at 230
   ***All Drummers WELCOME! Please arrive for drummer circle 30 minutes prior to each performance!***

Here are the other 2021 Black Artist Waystation Presenters, locations and dates:

• Gerri McGritty - Visual Art/Location: Lancaster Museum of Art - Grubb Mansion, 135 N. Lime Street, Lancaster PA/Public Artist Talk - June 18th at Noon/Bring your own lunch.
  ***Open Exhibit June 18-September 1, 2021***

• Nathan Gadsden - Film/Location: Pocket Park (SOWE), Fremont and Filbert Streets, Lancaster PA/June 18th at 8pm & June 19th at 8pm ***Bring your own lawn chair or blanket***

• Shelby and Jordan Wormley - Visual Art/Location: Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Lawn, 204 N. Prince Street, Lancaster PA/Public Artist Talk - June 17th at 6pm
  ***Open Exhibit - June 18 - 30th***
  

The moves I make in this life are as intentional as the day I was born. Glow of a young gifted and Black, spirit shining bigger than my body. What a beautiful birthday gift entering my birthday month.

Very Black Books presents, Black Washed: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Dreams, and Letters Addressed to Black Folk by Dennis Maurice Dumpson, is ON SALE March 5, 2021 at www.veryBlackbooks.com. You want to read this collection of essays, poems, dreams, and letters addressed to Black folk, especially the confidently curated forewords like this one from Gracie Berry owner of Girlrillavintage. Copy link below to view.

https://vimeo.com/517827406

#blackwashedbook #dennismauricedumpson

Lancaster Public Art

We are thrilled to present Gracie Berry’s Shadowkeepers & Roothealers “The Orignial OGs” as part of our Station Cases programming. Beginning February 6, 2020, Shadowkeepers is an homage and Afro-futurist altar of the Original Orisha God’s from the Yoruba culture of west Afrika including ancestors that have radically nourished, transformed and sustained the lives of the Afrikan Diaspora throughout the world. Her work will be on view throughout the rest of the year in the Lancaster Amtrak Station. Check out the tour I offered to Avery Van Etten from channel 27 News here: https://vimeo.com/535912069