Brooklyn Friends' 14th annual African American Celebration
will take place on Friday, Feb. 6 at 6 p.m. in the school. This year's
theme, "Crossroads of History: The Improbable Journey," celebrates the
historic election of Barack Obama as our nation's 44th president.
Equally important, the school is paying homage to the legions of
community activists and orators that paved the well-worn path that made
Obama's election possible.

In that spirit, the program will
focus on words — speeches, stories, songs — that have inspired citizens
to create change. The evening begins with a buffet supper in the cafeteria, and continues with a performance in the meeting house.

New
this year is a special program for preschool and younger lower school
children in the lower gym with artists and a professional storyteller.
A guest gospel choir will take part in the performance. Brooklyn
Friends School is located at 375 Pearl St., one block from Borough Hall
in Downtown Brooklyn, just around the corner from the Marriott Hotel.
For more information, visit www.brooklynfriends.org/aac.