Celebrate Black Empowerment Day

Gather together in a celebration of Black excellence and empowerment

Gather together in a celebration of Black excellence and empowerment alongside community partners, performers, speakers, Black-owned businesses and more. This daylong event is an opportunity to share, connect, learn, grown and strengthen as we Celebrate Black Empowerment.

Community Partners & Vendors:

Please note, all booths are in the Rotunda unless otherwise noted.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Aging Beautifully
• Altev Community Pharmacy
• Animal Companion Counseling
• Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library (Mezzanine)
• Cincinnati Parent Empowerment Network (Animal Spot, The Children’s Museum)
• Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Antonio Violins (Public Landing, Cincinnati History Museum)
• Greater Cincinnati Grotto (The Cave Plaza, Museum of Natural History & Science)
• Hamilton County Developmental Disabilities Services
• Harriet Beecher Stowe House
• Heart Healings Headwraps
• InFlyWeTrust
• Kids Thrive
• King Records Legacy Foundation
• Kitabu Children’s Books
• NAMI Urban Greater Cincinnati
• Peach Tree Advocacy
• Robert O’Neal Multicultural Arts Center
• Southwest Ohio Breastfeeding Coalition
• Sweet Jazz Treats Bakery (Cr(eat)e Culinary Studio featuring the Kroger Food Lab)
• Taft Museum of Art

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Kid’s Town Park/Corbett Theater, The Children’s Museum)

• As Told By Foundation
• Brown Hands Literacy
• Everyone is LITT Academy

1 to 3 p.m. (Corbett Theater, The Children’s Museum)

• Imagination Library

Scheduled Programming:

• 10 a.m. – Art activities with artist, Christian Drye (KidSPACE)
• 10 to 11:30 a.m. – NAMI In Our Own Voice by Sharon McCutchen of NAMI Urban Greater Cincinnati (Newsreel Theater)
• 11 a.m. – Cupcake Decorating with Sweet Jazz Treats Bakery (Cr(eat)e Culinary Studio featuring the Kroger Food Lab)
• 11 to 11:15 a.m. – Yoga with The Transformational Healing Place (STEM Lab)
• 11:30 a.m. – Storytime Brown Hands, Black Schools: HBCUs read by author Latoya Turner of Brown Hands Literacy (Corbett Theater, The Children’s Museum)
• 11:30 a.m. – Union Terminal Tours by Cincinnati Heritage Programs (Rotunda)
• Noon – Film: Breaking the Silence: A Black Nursing Documentary by Black Women Cultivating Change & Black Nurse Network (Newsreel Theater)
• Noon to 12:15 p.m. – Yoga with The Transformational Healing Place (STEM Lab)
• Noon to 5 p.m. – Art activities with ROMAC (KidSPACE)
• 12:30 p.m. – Post film discussion with Black Women Cultivating Change & Black Nurse Network (Newsreel Theater)
• 12:30 to 12:45 p.m. – Storytime I Didn’t Win read by Olympic Goal Medalist and author Mary Wineberg (Corbett Theater, The Children’s Museum)
• 12:30 p.m. – Union Terminal Tours by Cincinnati Heritage Programs (Rotunda)
• 12:45 to 1 p.m. – Storytime Brown Hands, White Sand read by author Latoya Turner of Brown Hands Literacy (Corbett Theater, The Children’s Museum)
• 1 p.m. – Film: Breaking the Silence: A Black Nursing Documentary by Black Women Cultivating Change & Black Nurse Network (Newsreel Theater)
• 1 to 1:15 p.m. – Yoga with The Transformational Healing Place (STEM Lab)
• 1 to 3 p.m. – Storytime with Imagination Library (Corbett Theater, The Children’s Museum)
• 1:30 p.m. – Post film discussion with Black Women Cultivating Change & Black Nurse Network (Newsreel Theater)
• 1:30 p.m. – Union Terminal Tours by Cincinnati Heritage Programs (Rotunda)
• 2 p.m. – Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Performance (Newsreel Theater)
• 2:30 p.m. – Union Terminal Tours by Cincinnati Heritage Programs (Rotunda)
• 3 p.m. – Local History Presentation: Dr. King visits Cincinnati by Professor Cordel George (Newsreel Theater)
• 4 p.m. – Fashion Presentation: Black in the Day: Sew It Seams by Rebecca Shakespeare Armstrong (Newsreel Theater)