Saturday, September 12, 2015

Roots and Heritage

Roots and Heritage
FESTIVAL
Lexington, KY

Honoring the Past.
Celebrating the present.
Embracing the Future

“For over 25 years the weekend following Labor Day – the Roots and Festival has been a pinnacle of regional diversity providing entertainment and education for all ages.”  Check out more about this festival here :Roots and Heritage Festival

This morning, the Roots and Heritage Festival and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., sponsored the inaugural Heritage Scholarship Writing Contest with a Heritage Scholarship Breakfast.  This event was part of the larger festival.

The theme for this year’s writing contest was  “How does knowing your heritage open doors to the future."

Students were able to use the power of their intellect and words to illustrate the importance of heritage.  As they weaved their personal stories with the history of slavery and the civil rights movement, they began to create a vision for themselves that honors their past. 







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