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The 25th Anniversary Virginia Black History Month Gala
Get ready for one of Virginia's most anticipated events of the year in black excellence and culture! See historical speakers, scholarship presentations, a broom jumping ceremony, a youth orchestra, 360 videos, family portraits, and over 30 vendors!
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The 25th Anniversary Virginia Black History Month Gala
Greetings from the Virginia Black History Month Association (VaBHMA)! We are excited that you decided to join us. Next year's Virginia Black History Month Gala will be hosted over two (2) days.
The gala will be held from Friday, 21 February 2025 to Saturday 22 February 2025.
We are making final negotiation with the hotel location.
The organization will host several events in conjunction with the gala.
- On the first day, we will host our Black Health Fair which will involve numerous vendors on health and wellness. We will also host several hybrid discussions on managing relationships. We will lead a discussion at the hotel which will also be hosted live and online for everyone to participate. The fair and panel discussion is open to everyone and free to the public.
- The second day would be the gala along with the activities associated with our event each year. The gala would also provide entertainment for some of the nation's most talented youth. You will experience the broom-jumping ceremony which dates back to the early years of slavery. We will surprise one couple at the gala and tell the story of how they met. We will call them forward and have a local Pastor perform a brief wedding ceremony and have the couple "jump the broom." We will award the winners of our scholarships and Children's Writing Contest. We will then culminate the evening with our keynote speaker, actor, director, and producer, Erika Alexander along with several Guests of Honor.
The 2025 National Theme: African Americans and Labor
The 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans, and Labor, focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective experiences of Black people.
Indeed, work is at the very center of much of Black history and culture.
Be it the traditional agricultural labor of enslaved Africans that fed Low Country colonies, debates among Black educators on the importance of vocational training, self-help strategies and entrepreneurship in Black communities, or organized labor’s role in fighting both economic and social injustice.
Black people’s work has been transformational throughout the U.S., Africa, and the Diaspora.
The 2025 Black History Month theme, “African Americans and Labor,” sets out to highlight and celebrate the potent impact of this work.
Reference: Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASAALH)
Purchase Your 2025 Gala Tickets Here
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE! Click below to secure your seating or table for the 2025 Black History Month Gala! Consider purchasing our VIP ticket which includes a picture with the keynote speaker, access to our VIP Social, a dual entree meal (Chicken and Beef), and VIP Seating.