{"id":52260,"date":"2026-06-03T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=52260"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:42:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:42:40","slug":"juneteenth-gala-tickets-now-on-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/?p=52260","title":{"rendered":"Juneteenth Gala tickets now on sale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Juneteenth Committee 1865 will host a Juneteenth community celebration and evening gala on Saturday, June 27, at the Jerkins Community Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The festivities will begin with a free Community Fun Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., featuring games, educational activities and fellowship for all ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minister Kenneth Fuller will be the keynote speaker for the morning. Local vendors are also invited to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The celebration will continue that evening with the second annual \u201cDripping in Melanin Excellence\u201d Juneteenth Gala, which will begin at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This evening will honor distinguished educators and community leaders, featuring a keynote address by Elder Michael Sneed Jr. and the announcement of the Dollie Educational Fund recipient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tickets for the gala are available for $35 per person or $250 for a table of eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information or for vendor opportunities, please call 850-212-4203 or e-mail juneteenth committeeperry@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Juneteenth Committee 1865 will host a Juneteenth community celebration and evening gala on Saturday, June 27, at the Jerkins Community Center. The festivities will begin with a free Community Fun Day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., featuring games, educational activities and fellowship for all ages. Minister Kenneth Fuller will be the keynote speaker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52261,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52260\/revisions\/52261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perrynewspapers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}