Volunteers
Malik Bartholomew
Host & Advisor
Reginald “Roc” Nash
Lead Volunteer Coordinator
Erika Witt
Clerical Assistance
IN MEMORY OF
Mama Baderinwa Rolland
The Great Ancestor who in 2020 commissioned Shaddai Livingston with the task to organize an event for Juneteenth. With the assistance of Mama Baderinwa and other community mother’s Shaddai hosted the first NOLA Juneteenth Fest with a successful turn out. Mama Baderinwa transitioned to ancestorship in 2021, but her work continues.
Baba Kojo Livingston
Late father of Director Livingston. Garveyite and member of UNIA Division 422 (New Orleans) and founder of UNIA Division 466 (Shreveport) post-Katrina. Life long community activist, liberationist, educator, and loving father & husband of 27yrs to Shannon.
SPECIAL THANKS
Andre Cailloux Center
Venue of the 2023 Juneteenth Freedom Gala
New Orleans Black Film Festival
Film Screening at Juneteenth Freedom Gala
City of New Orleans
Proclamation of the Official Juneteenth Festival of New Orleans since 2021
Shaddai Livingston
Festival Producer & Director of the New Orleans Juneteenth Festival, Inc and The Louisiana Afro-Indigenous Society, non-profit organizations.