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Overview
The Cherry Hill African American Civic Association began our Essay-Poster-Video Contest for Black History Month. The contest is open to all kindergarten through 12 grade Cherry Hill Public School students and aims to educate them about the contribution of African Americans to American history. CHAACA partners with the Cherry Hill Public Library to provide publicity and research help for the contest.
Reverend Ivan George, a long-time member of CHAACA, proposed an essay contest more than twenty years ago. In 2018, CHAACA honored him for his vision at the Cherry Hill Public Library by renaming the contest The Reverend Ivan George Essay-Poster-Video Contest. Sadly, Reverend George passed in 2020.
Each year we have had over 100 entries across all grade levels and have awarded more than $12,000 in prize money. Our students have researched the following topics:
- African American Inventors
- African American in Sports: Athletes, Coaches or Sports Management
- African American in the Arts born before 1960: Performing Arts, Media Arts and Visual Arts
- African Americans in S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)
- Famous Local African Americans (Born in or From New Jersey or Philadelphia)
- African American in the Armed Forces and NASA
- The Impact of the Healthcare System on African Americans and Famous African Americans in Healthcare
- Their Stories Matter: African Americans in Our Schools and Community
- 2024 – African American Olympians and Paralympians
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Event Highlights
A Slide Show and/or display of entries is planned at a reception for ALL entrants before the School Board
meeting on February 25, 2025, @ 6 pm at the Arthur Lewis Administration Building 45 Ranoldo Terrace
Cherry Hill NJ 08034. The winners will be recognized immediately following the reception at the Board
meeting at 7 pm.
• Contest winners and participants’ entries will be showcased at the Juneteenth Parade & Festival on Saturday,
June 21, 2025, at Croft Farm.
• Submit essay and poster entries to chaacaprograms506@gmail.com or at the Reference Desk
at the Cherry Hill Library.
• Submit video or YouTube link entries to: chaacaprograms506@gmail.com or at the Reference
Desk at the Cherry Hill Library
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