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Dr. King Weekend Community Celebration
We will close our 9th Annual Dr. King Celebration Weekend by honoring Dr. King with music and commUNITY.
Featuring performance by filmmaker, artist, activist, dancer and educator Hettie Barnhill. Hosted by our favorite Soulist, Garland Nelson.
Also featuring speakers from our local community, plus fellowship and refreshments.
Hettie Barnhill is a Broadway actress, a director, a choreographer, and the founder of ‘Create A Space NOW’ an interactive social justice platform that uses performing arts and multimedia to further discussion around #blacklivesmatter and the recent events and race relations in America. Her film, A Love Letter to Brian, Lesley, and Michelle, has been selected and awarded in festivals currently showing nationally and internationally and honored by the California Senate with a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, "Using Film as a Vehicle For Community Engagement and Education" by Congressman Ro Khanna and California Senator Bob Wieckowski.
Using art as therapy, Hettie has received awards for her outreach and service in communities, including The NAACP's "Top 21 Leaders 40 & Under Award" In The Fields Of Arts & Culture, Twice Honored As A "Rising Star" By The Young & Powerful For Obama Group, The Shirley Chisholm "Women Of Excellence." Since 2006, Hettie has worked with A Long Walk Home Inc., a nonprofit organization that uses art therapy and the visual and performing arts to document, educate and bring about social change for survivors of rape and violence.
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