Remembering Rosa
December 6 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Join us on December 6th for the 9th annual Remembering Rosa: A Concert for Peace. This year we are in Heywood Avenue’s auditorium (421 Heywood Ave.), and have a line up featuring music and dance from the Remembering Rosa Community Choir, Ebenezer Baptist Church choir, Heywood Avenue Choir, East Orange Dance, Concepts Dance Academy, and the Steel Pan Ensemble of the Oranges.
Brief remarks will be made by Dr. Mindy Fullilove (OHS Class of ’68), Rev. Bill Rutherford, and Dr. Khemani Gibson (OHS Class of ’10). Three special “HonDoc” awards will be presented to three community leaders.
The concert is free and will also be live-streamed to University of Orange’s facebook and youtube pages.
Remembering Rosa celebrates the legacy of Rosa Parks, as an activist and a life-long learner, and the feat of solidarity that led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott being organized and implemented just 4 days after her act of civil disobedience. Our concert brings together choirs from around Orange and Essex County to sing together in her memory, but also to learn about and honor local histories of community organizing.
