Loving Day Wichita

Saturday, June 8^th

1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Kiwanis Park

5101 W. 2^nd

Loving Day Wichita celebrates Supreme Court decision: Loving vs. Virginia. In 1958, Virginia couple Mildred Jeter & Richard Loving got married in Washington, D.C.  The only problem was that their marriage was illegal in Virginia because she was of Native American/African American descent & he was Caucasian. They were arrested in the middle of the night in their own bedroom. They decided to fight for their love. Finally, on June 12th 1967, the Supreme Court ruled that prohibiting interracial marriage was unconstitutional.

Our celebration takes place the second weekend of June in honor of that historic date. We are open for anyone who is in a mixed relationship, of mixed heritage of any and all races and anyone who supports our mission to fight racial prejudice through education and build multicultural community.

This is our 4^th annual event. Don’t miss it this year because this may be the last one! We will have lots of FREE FOOD including some vegetarian BBQ and other dishes, games for the kids (and adults!) with prizes, a face painter, booths from the Wichita vegetarian group, Sierra Club, the last of the Loving Day Wichita t-shirts and lots more, plus an opportunity to tell the story of your love and hear the stories of others.

Good News! The annual Loving Day Wichita celebration will be on Saturday, June 8th starting at 1:30 pm with free food and not sure what else yet. The location has changed to Kiwanis Park, 5101 W. 2nd which puts it near West Street. That is a beautiful park and the building should work well for us.

Still looking for volunteers to help on the day of or help with the planning. If you would like to get involved email us at lovingdaywichita@gmail.com