​DBMG Participates in 2nd Annual Livermore Juneteenth Celebration

Livermore Mayor John Marchand stopped by the booth to meet DBMG EC members Horace Gipson, Alain Dangerfield and Andre Darby, and learn more about the organization.

DBMG recently participated in the 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration that was held at Bankhead Plaza in Livermore Saturday, June 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event 
commemorated the liberation of the enslaved peoples in Texas, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation abolished slavery in the Confederate States in 1863. 

Livermore’s 2nd Juneteenth Celebration was hosted by Tri-Valley for Black Lives, Livermore Valley Arts, and Las Positas College, included music, art, drumming, singing, dancing, and musical performances by several groups. It also included food booths, several local vendors selling their products, and several booths with non-profit agencies providing information to the community. 

In DBMG’s booth members and family members provided information about our organization, scholarship program, and upcoming Christmas Gala in December.