MEDFORD, Ore. – Monday is Juneteenth, and Medford held a special event Saturday to celebrate. Juneteenth is a federal holiday honoring the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. It is celebrated annually on June 19. Saturday’s event highlighted many African American vendors, ...
SOUTHERN OREGON – While Christmas is in the rear-view mirror, an annual celebration of African American culture, Kwanzaa, began this Monday. According to Black Alliance Social Empowerment, or B.A.S.E, Kwanzaa is based on African harvest festival traditions that ends at ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — A volunteer community-based organization premiered a movie on this Martin Luther King Jr holiday. The movie #MLKOurVoices was created by the Black Alliance – Social Empowerment group or BASE. It features youth from BASE’s ‘Afro-Scoutz’ program, asking state ...