Youth Contest Rules
Youth (under the age of 18) will be prompted to write an essay for the Essay Contest or speech/poem for the Speech Contest.
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The topics for Youth Contest include: The African American Experience, African American History, History of Juneteenth.
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Soft limit of 500 words.
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Youth are encouraged to submit speech/poem as an audio/video. Submitting as word document will not negatively affect submission.
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Contest Submissions are open from May 11, 2022- June 14, 2022.
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Must complete and submit Media Release form in order to participate in contest
Adults are asked to fill out a family tree to the best of their ability. The three people who are able to go back the most generations will be considered the winners.
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Contest Submissions are open from May 11, 2021- June 12, 2021.
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Must complete and submit Media Release form in order to participate in contest
Family Tree contest have first, second and third place prizes amounting to $100, $50, and $25 gift cards, respectively. Winners will be announced to PCC website home page and Facebook page on June 19th 2021.
Ancestral Stories
Seniors are asked to tell us a piece of their story, a page of their history.
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We encourage our seniors to submit their story as an audio/video.
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Contest Submissions are open from May 11, 2021- June 12, 2021.
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Must complete and submit Media Release form in order to participate.
Ancestral stories will not have monetary prizes. Participants will instead receive a certificate of participation and Juneteenth T-shirts.