Celebrate with Us
with special guest speaker B.K. Fulton
B.K. Fulton is an award-winning author, filmmaker, philanthropist, and former president of Verizon Virginia. He is the founding chairman and CEO of Soulidifly Productions, a multimedia company dedicated to telling powerful stories that uplift diverse voices.
A graduate of Virginia Tech, Harvard, and New York Law School, B.K. has received numerous honors, including the Smithsonian Laureate Medal and induction into the Business Leaders Hall of Fame. His philanthropic work supports education, the arts, and historically Black colleges and universities.
His Mr. Business children’s book series is being adapted for film, and his recent documentary
MoviePass, MovieCrash was named one of the best of 2024 by Rolling Stone. Learn more at bkfulton.com
and a performance by Ezibu Muntu
Founded in 1973 at Virginia Commonwealth University, Ezibu Muntu—meaning “universal family” in Yoruba—is Virginia’s premier West African dance company. For over 50 years, the company has enriched the Richmond community through performances, classes, and cultural education rooted in African dance, drumming, and traditions. Ezibu Muntu offers weekly community dance classes and continues to inspire audiences of all ages with its vibrant celebration of African heritage.
Learn more at ezibumuntu.org
Now Recruiting Volunteers
If you would like to volunteer to prepare for the day, assist with food and activities, or to serve the day of the event, please contact Victoria Hauser.
Juneteenth 2024
The success of ourfourth annual joint celebration of Juneteenth with the St. Peter's and St. Philip's parishes has been well-documented in our local press, including the main headline in today's Richmond Times Dispatch.
The celebration began with a brief Libation Ceremony in St. John's Churchyard followed by a march to Peter Paul RVA, where participants attended a prayer service and enjoyed a performance by Ezibu Muntu, a West African drum and dance company. The festivities concluded with a picnic at St. Peter's Church.
Peter Paul RVA's executive director provided the day's reflection, including the following remarks:
Chattel slavery, in many ways, has been made out to be a glorious system, which taught the enslaved individuals how to be ‘civilized...Even though we are in the year 2024 with limitless access to resources and technology, there are a number of individuals that still operate in this type of thinking... We, as the unified church, as moral and ethical humans, must be unapologetic in the way we remember and assess the atrocity that was chattel slavery.