Community Cultural Holiday Festival at Old First Church
The African Heritage Festival Community Conversation Committee gathered to celebrate African heritage with a Community Cultural Holiday Festival at Old First Presbyterian Church (OFPC) in Newark on December 11, 2022. The Positive Community’s publisher, Adrian Council, presented the organization with an African American Cultural Narrative poster for OFPC’s Sunday School children and L-T-C: ACCA Creates Teenagers to aid in their understanding of African American history.
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