Production Team & Volunteers
butchie beverly
Production & Stage Manager
Angela Riley
Gala Volunteer
Jade “sola” smith
Production Assistant
zandra washington
Festival Volunteer
Reginald “roc” nash
Volunteer Support
Kendra Harris
Festival & Gala Volunteer
board of directors
malik bartholomew
erika witt
reginald nash
IN MEMORY OF
Mama Baderinwa Rolland
The Great Ancestor who in 2020 commissioned Shaddai Livingston with the task to organize an event for Juneteenth. With the assistance of Mama Baderinwa and other community mother’s Shaddai hosted the first NOLA Juneteenth Fest with a successful turn out. Mama Baderinwa transitioned to ancestorship in 2021, but her work continues.
Baba Kojo Livingston
Late father of Director Livingston. Garveyite and member of UNIA Division 422 (New Orleans) and founder of UNIA Division 466 (Shreveport) post-Katrina. Life long community activist, liberationist, educator, and loving father & husband of 27yrs to Shannon.
SPECIAL THANKS
Andre Cailloux Center
Venue of the 2025 Juneteenth Freedom Gala
Magic productions
Production Team
Fresh focal Films
2025 Honoree Video “MOTHER: Tank & Beyond”
healthy cleaning solutions
Sanitation Team
City of New Orleans
Proclamation of the Official Juneteenth Festival of New Orleans since 2021
richard’s disposal
Port-o-lets and Handwashing Stations
Shaddai Livingston
Festival Producer & Director of the New Orleans Juneteenth Festival, Inc and The Louisiana Afro-Indigenous Society, non-profit organizations.