Events

To bolster Wilmington's recent efforts to support racial justice reforms and the ideals espoused by the Black Lives Matter movement, Mayor Mike Purzycki today announced a series of community-created and supported events and visual art initiatives that the Mayor said sends an important message about Wilmington's support for equality and fairness.

Mayor Purzycki said recent meetings with community representatives, such as artist and musician Richard Raw and artist and community organizer Vanity Constance and which included input from City Council President Hanifa Shabazz, have produced upcoming events and art installations for which Wilmington should feel proud.

These include:

• An August 13 at 6 p.m. ceremony at which time the Pan African RGB Flag will be raised in its new permanent location in Spencer Plaza, which is, in its own right, an important and historic site in local African American history. The date of the flag raising is significant because it marks the 100th anniversa