Angela CheriseComments Off on 2023 Essence Festival of Culture Day Two Recap
Glitter&Gumbo was in attendance at day two of the 2023 ESSENCE Festival of Culture™ presented by Coca-Cola® and the panels were overall enlightening. The fellowship of women and men around me felt like an agreement of, “Let the church say amen!”
Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris, Oprah Winfrey and Caroline Wanga’s “Chief to Chief” session, and the cast of “The Color Purple” all dropped gems and nuggets to help us refocus our spiritual radar to encapsulate the essence of who we are called to be in this world. Photos: Arturo Holmes/Paras Griffin/Courtesy of ESSENCE
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JUNE 30: (L-R) Danielle Brooks, Fantasia Barrino and Taraji P. Henson attend the 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on June 30, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ESSENCE)NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JUNE 30: Al Sharpton (C) attends the 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on June 30, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images FOR ESSENCE)NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JUNE 30: Oprah Winfrey (L) and Caroline Wanga speak onstage during the 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on June 30, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images FOR ESSENCE)NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – JUNE 30: Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris speaks onstage at the 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture™ at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on June 30, 2023 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images FOR ESSENCE)
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