Scene from the Cultural Ancestral Emancipation Day Celebration at Emilio Wilson Park on July 1, 2017. (File photo)
CUL-DE-SAC--This year marks the 157th anniversary of Emancipation Day. VOICES Foundation will be hosting its annual Cultural Ancestral Emancipation Day Celebration on Wednesday, July 1. For the first time since hosting the event, the celebration will not take place at Emilio Wilson Park.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the social-distancing requirements, the event will be hosted virtually via Zoom at 2:00pm.
VOICES invites everyone to be part of the Emancipation Day Celebration by joining Zoom link ID 6685503667, with password 142149.
“Keeping the people of St. Maarten safe is our number one priority,” said VOICES founder and President Nkosazana Esther Illis.
During this year’s online celebration, which is themed “Because We Care,” VOICES Foundation will be honouring the different organisations that have been instrumental during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“VOICES would like to acknowledge and extend condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic. We give deep gratitude and appreciation to all the front-liners and essential workers who have selflessly and tirelessly put their lives on the line to make sure that the people of St. Maarten were kept safe. Words alone cannot express our profound gratitude,” said Illis.
“We would like to thank our vendors, local performers and the general public for their sincere support each year in making VOICES’ Cultural Ancestral Emancipation Day Celebration a success. We are looking forward to 2021, when we will be celebrating our 10th anniversary at Emilio Wilson Park, together with the people of St. Maarten.”
