✨ Join Us for the 2025 Juneteenth Celebration: “We’re Still Standing” ✊🏾
Saturday, June 21, 2025 | 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Harriet Barber House | 116 Barberville Loop, Hopkins, SC
The Sanctuary of Care & Keep Services (S.O.C.K.S.) warmly invites you, your family, and your friends to one of the most uplifting cultural celebrations of the year: Juneteenth 2025 at the Historic Harriet Barber House. This event, sponsored by SERCO and supported by an incredible list of community partners, is an opportunity to honor freedom, heritage, and the power of creative expression.
🎉 This Year’s Theme: “We’re Still Standing”
This theme speaks to the resilience, beauty, and strength of a people and a culture that continues to rise, thrive, and inspire. Join us for an unforgettable afternoon filled with:
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Live Entertainment
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Food & Unique Vendors
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Literary and Visual Arts
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Cultural Performances
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Historical Exhibits
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Family-Friendly Activities
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Educational Experiences
🎭 Entertainment Lineup
Hosted by the charismatic Jamal Bates of Gospel WFMV, our stage will come alive with a stellar cast of performers and artists, including:
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Ursula Robinson – Actress from Tyler Perry’s Divorce in the Black and Beauty in Black
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Quan Howell – Gospel Recording Artist (Hold On, Change Is Coming)
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NAMU – African drummers and dancers bringing rhythm and energy
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The Buffalo Soldiers – Living history and heritage
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The Black Inventors Museum – Curated by Audrey Smalls
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God’s Chosen Praise Team
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Together As One Gospel Choir
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Poet Colette Jones – Capturing emotion through words
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Art Displays – Featuring Wilma King, Joseph Berliner, Jeralean Noble, and student work
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Columbia Writers Alliance – Local authors sharing their stories
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St. John Baptist Line Dancers – Movement and tradition
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Friends of African American Artists
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Artists-in-Residence – Calvin Woodum & John Wright
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SEVEN with Set In Stone Sustainability Farm – Fusing art, wellness, and sustainability
Plus, tours of Congaree National Park and many more cultural experiences await you!
🏛 Special Historical Tour: Goodwill Plantation
Don’t miss an enriching morning tour of the Historic Goodwill Plantation in Eastover, SC—a site of deep historical significance.
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When: 9:00 AM, Saturday, June 21
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Where: Highway 378, Garners Ferry Road, Eastover, SC
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Fee: $10 (Ages 12 and up)
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Register: Call 803-250-5518
The plantation, once home to over 2,000 enslaved individuals during the Civil War, offers a rare glimpse into our nation’s past. The district includes multiple original structures like the overseer’s house, slave cabins, blacksmith shop, and millponds dating back to the 1800s.
🛍 Vendor Registration is Open!
Food and product vendors are welcome and encouraged to join.
📞 Call 803-360-7314 to reserve your space.
💛 Our Esteemed Sponsors
This celebration is made possible by generous support from:
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Richland County Hospitality Tax
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Westinghouse
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Brownstone Construction
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Congaree National Park
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Richland County Library
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Friends of Jim Clyburn
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Senator Darrell Jackson
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Collier Travel 2 Agency
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Owens Welding Works
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Sanctuary Of Care & Keep Services (S.O.C.K.S.)
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And many more!
🎨 A Call to Artists, Authors, and Community Leaders
Whether you’re a visual artist, poet, author, or just someone who appreciates culture and community—your presence matters. This is more than an event; it’s a celebration of legacy, a recognition of creativity, and a reminder that we’re still standing.
Your participation will help make this Juneteenth a vibrant, soulful, and memorable occasion for everyone involved.
📞 Contact Us
Dr. Josie Bright Stone
Executive Director, S.O.C.K.S.
📧 SOCKS4857@gmail.com | 📞 803-714-1195
🌐 sockssc.org
Ms. Josie Cleckley
S.O.C.K.S. Advisory Board
📧 cleckleyjosie@gmail.com | 📞 803-543-4779
🌐 thisisitinfo.com
“Juneteenth is not only a commemoration of emancipation—it’s a celebration of the unbreakable spirit of a people who continue to rise.”
Join us. Celebrate with us. Stand with us.
We’re Still Standing.