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Tamir Rice 21st Birthday Celebration
Sun, Jun 25
|Stony Island Arts Bank
Join us as we honor Tamir Rice on his 21st heavenly birthday and celebrate Samaria Rice's stewardship of his legacy at the Arts Bank.
Time & Location
Jun 25, 2023, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
Stony Island Arts Bank, 6760 S Stony Is Ave, Chicago, IL 60649, USA
About the event
As we approach June 25 this year, the day that would have marked Tamir Rice's 21st birthday, we are reminded of the milestone moments that carry immovable weight in raising generations of Black and Brown children in this country. On this milestone birthday, we are humbled and honored to join Samaria Rice, Tamir's mother, in celebrating his life, legacy and her righteous campaign for justice.
On Sunday, June 25, from 3:00 to 5:00pm, we invite you to join us as we honor and celebrate Tamir with his mother Samaria Rice, family, friends and the Tamir Rice Foundation at the Tamir Rice Memorial Gazebo on the Stony Island Arts Bank campus.
The day will include a prayer by Michael “Uncle Mike” Petty; a welcome by Ms. Samaria Rice; guest speeches by Terrence Spivey on the performing arts, LaTonya Goldsby and Kareem Henton on activism, and Dion Green on gun violence; performances…