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Kwanzaa Film Festival Unity Award Ceremony: Celebrating Excellence and Community - December 26, 2024

 🗣️📣Press Release 🎥


👀 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Kwanzaa Film Festival 🎞️

📲Phone: (917) 995-2936

Email: info@thekwanzaafilmfestival.com


🔗Website: Thekwanzaafilmfestival.com


🎥🗣️📣Press Release 🎥


👀 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Kwanzaa Film Festival 🎞️

📲Phone: (917) 995-2936

Email: info@thekwanzaafilmfestival.com


🔗Website: Thekwanzaafilmfestival.com


🎥Kwanzaa Film Festival Unity Award Ceremony: Celebrating Excellence and Community


Date: December 26, 2024

Time: Reception at 6:00 PM | Award Ceremony at 7:00 PM (Doors open at 5:30 PM)

Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, Harlem, NY 10037


The Kwanzaa 🎞️Film Festival proudly presents its 🏆Unity Award Ceremony, an inspiring evening celebrating 🔥Black excellence, community unity, and groundbreaking achievements. 


👀This year’s event will honor individuals and organizations making significant contributions in education, prison reform, entrepreneurship, and youth advocacy.


2024 Honorees👑


🤩Crystal Williams - Founder of Kids Passport to Adventure

🤩Chelsey Roebuck - Education Changemaker and Founder of ELITE


🤩Sharonne Salaam - Prison Reform Advocate and mother of Dr. Yusef Salaam

Jose Saldana, Director of R.A.P.P. (Releasing Aging People in Prison)


🤩Clayton Banks - Innovator and Founder of Silicon Harlem

Harlem Black Social Club, Community Empowerment Organization

Egypt Ifunanya Onyinye Ufele, Founder of Egypt’s Bully Free World

Program Highlights:


Host & Sponsor: 🤩Dr. Sheryl Simmons and Youth for Global Health and Social Justice

🤩Master of Ceremony: Gerald Asbell

🤩Announcer: Sherwin XL, Comedian

Entertainment: Impromptu fashion show celebrating African attire and African American designers, African-inspired performances by Soulwork Studio, and a light reception.

🎥Featured Short Films:

🎞️Plant(her) by Deshaun White

🎞️Resilience by Julia O’Farrow

🎞️Gods of the Universe: Rise of the Star Child by Cathy SitaRam.

👀Dress Code: Guests are encouraged to wear African clothing or designs by African American creators, adding to the evening's vibrant celebration of culture.

🔥This event is more than a ceremony; it’s a call to action for unity, creativity, and social justice, perfectly embodying the principles of 💥Kwanzaa

👀For more information, contact the 🎞️Kwanzaa Film Festival at (917) 995-2936 or via 💌email at info@thekwanzaafilmfestival.com.                                                Visit our website at Thekwanzaafilmfestival.com for updates and details.

💖Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the 💥power of community and creativity. @followers @highlight 🎥Kwanzaa Film Festival Remember Slavery Black and Latino 🎞️Filmmaker's Coalition New York City Department of Parks & Recreation Boundaw Mara

Date: December 26, 2024

Time: Reception at 6:00 PM | Award Ceremony at 7:00 PM (Doors open at 5:30 PM)

Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, Harlem, NY 10037

The Kwanzaa 🎞️Film Festival proudly presents its 🏆Unity Award Ceremony, an inspiring evening celebrating 🔥Black excellence, community unity, and groundbreaking achievements. 

👀This year’s event will honor individuals and organizations making significant contributions in education, prison reform, entrepreneurship, and youth advocacy.

2024 Honorees👑

🤩Crystal Williams - Founder of Kids Passport to Adventure

🤩Chelsey Roebuck - Education Changemaker and Founder of ELITE

🤩Sharonne Salaam - Prison Reform Advocate and mother of Dr. Yusef Salaam

Jose Saldana, Director of R.A.P.P. (Releasing Aging People in Prison)

🤩Clayton Banks - Innovator and Founder of Silicon Harlem

Harlem Black Social Club, Community Empowerment Organization

Egypt Ifunanya Onyinye Ufele, Founder of Egypt’s Bully Free World

Program Highlights:

Host & Sponsor: 🤩Dr. Sheryl Simmons and Youth for Global Health and Social Justice

🤩Master of Ceremony: Gerald Asbell

🤩Announcer: Sherwin XL, Comedian

Entertainment: Impromptu fashion show celebrating African attire and African American designers, African-inspired performances by Soulwork Studio, and a light reception.

🎥Featured Short Films:

🎞️Plant(her) by Deshaun White

🎞️Resilience by Julia O’Farrow

🎞️Gods of the Universe: Rise of the Star Child by Cathy SitaRam.

👀Dress Code: Guests are encouraged to wear African clothing or designs by African American creators, adding to the evening's vibrant celebration of culture.

🔥This event is more than a ceremony; it’s a call to action for unity, creativity, and social justice, perfectly embodying the principles of 💥Kwanzaa

👀For more information, contact the 🎞️Kwanzaa Film Festival at (917) 995-2936 or via 💌email at info@thekwanzaafilmfestival.com. Visit our website at Thekwanzaafilmfestival.com for updates and details.


💖Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the 💥power of community and creativity. @followers @highlight 🎥Kwanzaa Film Festival Remember Slavery Black and Latino 🎞️Filmmaker's Coalition New York City Department of Parks & Recreation Boundaw Mara

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