Celebrating Our Community: Experiencing Black Puyallup

Only one ticket registration is needed to attend both events.

Day 1: Pre-Event Seminars

Friday February 25, 2022

6:00 - 9:00 PM

The 2022 National theme for Black History Month “Black Health and Wealth" Join us for a light meal and fellowship as we experience:

• A COVID-19 update from the TACOMA-PIERCE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
• A crucial conversation about Mental Health in the Black Community from Dr. J. L. Casteele of Casteele, Williams & Associates Comprehensive Behavioral Health

Day 2: The Celebration Event

Saturday February 26, 2022

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

African Drumming and Storytelling, Student Photography, a Black Community Mapping Project, Black Merchants Fair, Community Conversations, fun music, New Orleans Cajun and Creole Cuisine from Velvet's Big Easy, and more!

This is a step toward building, strengthening, and deepening community connections.

Join us at this two-day free event featuring Puyallup's Black history, community building, African drummers and storytellers, films, interviews, photo montages, live presentations, and New Orleans cajun and creole cuisine!

It has been created to be a full-body experience that appeals to all the senses. You will see the art, hear the music, taste and smell the food, and be touched by the beauty and brilliance of your Black Neighbors.

Most importantly, it paves the way for the future generation. This is their future. We will show them how art and connection moves people, what heroes who look like them do.

But most of all, we will reinforce our allyship and our connection.

Purpose

• To showcase the experience of the Black community in Puyallup through a cohesive and creative presentation during Black History Month 2022.

• To attract, promote, and encourage connection.

• To promote other cultural events, such as Juneteenth 2022.

Vision

To create an interactive exhibit that would consist of the following:

• Drama and storytelling based on the experiences of the Puyallup Black Community Multimedia vignettes that showcase the lives of Black Puyallup residences

• Exhibits with an emphasis on education and building bridges between communities

• Home cooking that brings the whole Community together in a Trendy/Museum-stylized bright space

Audience

All are welcome. This event is created by a diverse team of passionate Puyallup community members and organizers.

Opening

Gathering Space-Swag/Black Puyallup Community Map/Drums Call/Storyteller/Hall of Puyallup Black History

Storytellers

1. Black Elders in Puyallup

2. Black Youth in Puyallup

3. Black Business in Puyallup

4. Black Military Service in Puyallup

5. Black Artists in Puyallup

Black Stories presented in one of three ways:

• Film and interviews

• Photo montage with voiced-over interviews (i.e., PowerPoint)

• Live person presentation (actor) with still photo background

Closing:

African Drumming and Storytelling, Student Photography, a Black Community Mapping Project, Black Merchants Fair, Community Conversations, fun music, New Orleans Cajun and Creole Cuisine from Velvet's Big Easy, and more!

THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY SPONSORS!

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LRI

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Red Canoe

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Greater Tacoma Community Foundation

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