Clotilda Landing Event and Ancestor Festival
Thursday, July 3, 2025 12:00 AM - Sunday, July 6, 2025 12:00 AM (CDT)
Description
The Clotilda Descendants Association (CDA) will be hosting its annual Landing Event & Ancestor Festival (L.E.A.F.) Weekend from Friday, July 3 - Sunday, July 6 in Mobile, Alabama. This is the first year the CDA’s two signature events will be combined. The LEAF event is a series of events that celebrate and commemorate the history of the Clotilda survivors and their descendants. This year, well-known Africatown activists Ramsey Sprague and Clotilda Descendant Assata De la Cruz will lead the CDA Environmental Justice Summit at the festival, and critically acclaimed New York Times journalist Jamelle Bouie, will be the keynote speaker at the CDA Reception - “Protect Truth Summit: History and Journalism in American Democracy” on the evening of Friday, July 4 at The Admiral Hotel in downtown Mobile.
Thursday, July 3, 2025 12:00 AM - Sunday, July 6, 2025 12:00 AM
(CDT)
Friday, July 3rd
Clotilda Descendants Association Meet & Greet at Africatown Heritage House
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Open to public)
Address: 2465 Winbush Street, Mobile Alabama 36610
Descendant Celebration Reception at Kazoola
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Open to public) Address: 558 Dauphin St #2110, Mobile, AL 36602
● Cocktail Hour & Entertainment with Clotilda Descendants
Friday, July 4th
Ancestor Festival at the Hope Center/Mobile County Training School (Open to public)
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Address: 850 Edwards St, Mobile, AL 36610
“Protect Truth Summit: History and Journalism in American Democracy” at The Admiral Hotel (Open to public)
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Address: 251 Government St, Mobile, AL 36602
Saturday, July 5th
Landing Ceremony under the Africatown Bridge (Open to public)
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Address: 101 Bay Bridge Road, Mobile, Alabama 36610
Perdido Queen Brunch Cruise (Closed Event, but some media photos and interviews allowed)
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Address: 1 South Water Street, Mobile, Alabama 36602
Sunday, July 6th
Church Service with Descendants at Union Missionary Baptist Church
10:45 AM
Address: 506 Bay Bridge Road, Mobile, Alabama 36610
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