Sable Dinga expectantly looks to his mother Amy Dinga as she unwraps a lollipop for him from the Boys and Girls Club booth at Stevens Point’s fourth annual Juneteenth festival on Saturday, June 22, 2024. The Dinga family attended the event to work the Man Kah Foundation booth, a group who helps raise donations for the Bon Ma Kah orphanage in Douala, Cameroon in West Africa.
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Gifted Hands Kitchen owner Erica Shaw West prepares a dish with her friend Kristen Hansen at her food truck parked near the entrace to Stevens Point’s fourth annual Juneteenth festival on Saturday, June 22, 2024. Gifted Hands Kitchen is a Christian food truck run by Erica Shaw West and her husband Deondre West. “Operating a business is a gift to me,” Shaw West said.
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The Young Tribute Jazz Quartet was the first live performance of the day at Stevens Point’s fourth annual Juneteenth festival on Saturday, June 22, 2024. The quartet featured string bass, bass guitar, saxophone and drums.
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Sam Dinga works with his wife Amy Dinga to organize the Ma Kah Foundation’s booth at the town’s fourth annual Juneteenth festival on Saturday, June 22, 2024. The Dingas were selling outfits made in a loose breathable African style, perfect for the warm weather of summer, with the proceeds donated to the Bon Ma Kah orphanage in Douala, Cameroon in West Africa.
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Red, yellow, green and black glitter jars are used to make temporary tattoos using the common color scheme associated with Juneteenth that also decorated the posters for Stevens PointÕs fourth annual Juneteenth festival on Saturday, June 22, 2024.
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Boys and Girls Club of Portage County keystone president Cassie Kitterman draws a card from the deck as she plays Phase 10 with teen program specialist Jenna Christians at their beverage booth at Stevens Point’s fourth annual Juneteenth festival on Saturday, June 22, 2024. The proceeds of the donations go to the Boys and Girls Club Teen Center.
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Metztli Galván gets red yellow and green glittery stars temporarily tattooed by Saint Paul’s United Methodist director of family ministries Laura Courtright as Galván’s mother Wendy Gutierrez watches on at Stevens Point’s fourth annual Juneteenth festival on Saturday, June 22, 2024. As a new resident, Gutierrez was happy to find the Juneteenth event through social media, and finds it awesome to celebrate the diversity of the small community.
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Despite the dark, rainy weather, the Stevens Point community gathers to brighten their weekend with colorful outfits, glittery tattoos and live jazz music at the town’s fourth annual Juneteenth festival on Saturday, June 22, 2024.
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