AF-Raleigh: Juneteenth Popup

Join us for our Juneteenth Pop-Up Museum and 5K event!

Oberlin Village, a community in the heart of our city, has an complex history of racial division and inequity. AF-Raleigh is showing its support for the first annual community 5K by showing up and celebrating with our community.

You can join the AF Family for Juneteenth celebrations as we join others in the community. If you can’t join at this event, post your own Juneteenth Freedom Celebration and tag #AFRaleigh on social media!

Click here for more info: https://triangleonthecheap.com/oberlin-village

A Description From the Event Organizers:

The Friends of Oberlin Village are presenting the 1st Annual Oberlin Village Heritage 5K Run/Walk and Pop-Up Museum on Saturday, June 18th, 2022, at Dix Park, at Harvey Hill. The funds raised will help support Friends of Oberlin Village in raising public awareness and preserving Oberlin’s rich history, contributions and achievements. Oberlin Village is the only known surviving freedman’s village in North Carolina that grew out of a Free Black settlement during Reconstruction.

The 5K will start at 8 a.m., and costs $40-$45. There’s a Kids Dash at 9 a.m., which costs $5. The pop-up museum will take place from 8 to 11 a.m. and is free.