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BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION
NORRISTOWN — The public is invited to join in a celebration of the
achievements and contributions of African Americans at a daylong event
Wednesday, February 22 at the Montgomery County Human Services Center, 1430
Dekalb Street, Norristown.
“With this program we
would like to educate people about our beautiful culture and rich heritage” said
Marlene Harris-Peter, Chairperson of the Black History Celebration Planning
Committee. “Our focus is on the youth of the community and for them to
learn about their ancestors and heritage, and how others paved the way for
them.”
The event will feature
panelists who will inform attendees. Among them will be Rev. Lamont
L. Waddles, whose passion is African-American research, and who is a contributor
of historic facts to The Times Herald, on a daily basis during the month
of February.
Other noted speakers
will include Dr. Joseph Amprey, Jr., founder of The Drum, a publication
for African Americans, Rochelle Griffen-Culbreath, former Norristown Municipal
Council President (and first African American female to hold the post),
Renee
Amoore of the Amoore Group, Adrian James, a graduate of the Norristown Weed and
Seed program, Rev. Everett Debnam, founder and Pastor of Invictus Ministries in
Pottstown and Maurie “Tony” Davis, a founding member of the International
Mentoring Association.
The celebration will
also include entertainment by Waverly Alston & Friends, a Gospel/Jazz group,
members of the Eisenhower Middle School Choir, storytelling by Momma Sandi and
African dancing by Vena. The Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library
and the Upper Merion High School will also provide displays of African heritage.
For further information,
contact Harriet Morton at 610-278-5117.
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