Friday, August 16, 2024
SJC at New England BIPOC Festival
St. John's joins in supporting the New England BIPOC Festival, taking place this Sunday, August 18 2024 from 12:00-5:00pm at Strawbery Banke.
Ally Dudas, Ashley Wade, Jennifer Mulhern, and Olin Johannessen with SJC on 8/18/24.
Come witness amazing performances, sample delicious dishes, and join the conversation around what it means to center collective consciousness and thoughtful action toward embracing diversity, promoting equity, and practicing inclusion.
We join hands with more than 70 organizations, restaurants, businesses, entertainers, and retailers in our support of, and presence at this event.
Chef Dave Vargas (Vida Cantina, Ore Nell's, St. John's Common Table guest chef), festival committee member Marie Collins (daughter of Nancy Garnhart), Assistant Mayor of Portsmouth Joanna Kelley (Cup of Joe), and Chef Evan Mallett (Black Trumpet Bistro) at BIPOC Fest 2022.
ABOUT BIPOC FEST (taken from the festival website)
As long as black and brown people are marginalized, ignored, regarded as second class citizens, or blocked from the same rights and privileges enjoyed by white folks, our democracy cannot succeed.
By bringing our community together we hope to cultivate conversation and collective action about the important threads of equity and social justice that hold us all together. Through celebration and joy, BIPOC fest unites a wide array of community members to enjoy some of the foods, art & music that highlight the rich and diverse histories that make up New England.
Admission is on a sliding scale, and donations to help continue the support of this festival are welcome here.