{"id":78029,"date":"2022-06-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/06\/17\/gospel-fest-today-is-part-of-juneteenth-celebration\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T08:45:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T14:45:49","slug":"gospel-fest-today-is-part-of-juneteenth-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/06\/17\/gospel-fest-today-is-part-of-juneteenth-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Gospel Fest today is part of Juneteenth celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>The fifth annual Gospel Fest will return in-person today at\u00a011 a.m.\u00a0at the UNMC Ice Rink\u00a0as a part of the med center&#8217;s Juneteenth Jubilee.<\/p>\n<p>The 90-minute event will feature singing, dancing and spoken-word performances.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Gospel Fest, there will be an expo with informational booths featuring community partners, including the Empowerment Network, and\u00a0campus programs, groups and departments, along with demonstrations from local community organizations such as Omaha\u2019s A Step Above. That will\u00a0begin\u00a0at 12:30 p.m. and run\u00a0until 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Local food trucks Boiling Claws and New Orleans Sneaux will be on site.<\/p>\n<p>Juneteenth celebrates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended and that all enslaved people in the United States were free. 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