Black Heritage Banquet

The City of Deerfield Beach Parks and Recreation Department and the African American Heritage Board invites you to join us for the Annual Black Heritage Banquet. Come out for delicious food, live performances, and fantastic speakers! This event coincides with Black History Month and provides an excellent opportunity for the community to honor the rich cultural history of African Americans nationally and, as importantly, locally. As always, we will celebrate and award the persons who have demonstrated commitment in their professional endeavors, humanitarianism, and public service.

DETAILS


When:	Saturday, February 24, 2024
Where:	DoubleTree, 100 Fairway Dr.,
Time:	Doors Open At: 5:30 PM
	Event: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Fee:	$30

Keynote Speaker Information

Delivering poetic encouragement under the pseudonym Poettis, she has graced the stages of universities, blessed the pulpits of churches, and freestyled pure entertainment while collecting poetry slam wins from the Sistrunk corridor to the rest of the world.

Whether you’ve met her as Sapp in the classroom, Poettis in the poetry community, or as Katrina Jo at a conference or service, the takeaway is always the same; a poetic voice that makes you want to be a better person. However, it is her ability to help people free themselves from the mental and behavioral chains that keep them from living an unfearful life that is most rewarding!

Through her work as a creative writing facilitator, coach, freestyling spoken word poet, and educator, she serves as an inspirational motivator for people from all walks of life. On any given day, you will find her coaching her students and mentees, past and present, into their awesome destinies.