The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, Inc. would not be possible without the many dedicated volunteers donating their time and creative talents every year. As the festival embarks on its 11th anniversary, this year is no different and volunteers are needed to make 2011 the best year yet!<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival will take place January 13-22, 2011 in various locations throughout Tampa, providing the community and visitors a unique blend of African and African American art, culture and history.<\/p>\n
Scheduled to begin the weekend before and end the weekend after the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, the festival features local and national speakers, musicians, artists, poets and crafters, as well as activities that are available for all to enjoy and learn from.<\/p>\n
The 2011 [private]lineup includes: award-winning R&B artist Jeffrey Osborne,<\/strong> electric violinist Ken Ford,<\/strong> civil rights activist Martin Luther<\/strong> King, III,<\/strong> and many more.<\/p>\n All volunteers are required to attend a mandatory volunteer training on Saturday, January 8, 2011<\/strong> at the University of South Florida College of Education \u2013TECO Room from 10 a. m. \u2013 12 p. m., Tampa. Volunteers expressing interest will be contacted with event times\/locations, volunteer tours and the volunteer training location.<\/p>\n If you are interested in volunteering for this spectacular 10-day festival, please contact Sammecia Bagley<\/strong> at volunteer@tampablackheritage.org or 1-888-224-1733 ext. 3143. For more information on the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, Inc. and event updates visit<\/p>\n www.tampablackheritage.org. [\/private]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, Inc. would not be possible without the many dedicated volunteers donating their time and creative talents every year. As the festival embarks on its 11th anniversary, this year is no different and volunteers are needed to make 2011 the best year yet! This year\u2019s Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}