LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Juneteenth celebrations are going down across the valley, together with at Fergusons Downtown retail plaza, the place one can store, eat, and discover.
Among the many retailers is Tofu Tees. The store’s founder, 16-year-old Kumei Norwood, is behind the Juneteenth Freedom Day Fest, which takes place Thursday night.
Norwood, who began Tofu Tees at 8 years previous, opened her retailer when she was 12, and is a neighborhood success story. Her mission is to encourage change via artwork, style, and activism. That is why she’s organized the Juneteenth Freedom Day Fest for the previous three years.
Tonight’s free, family-friendly occasion runs from 5 p.m. to eight p.m. and options stay performances, native distributors, and household actions. Norwood has created an area to have a good time freedom, unity, and tradition.
Tofu Tees is situated in a retail plaza in Ferguson Downtown. The store’s founder, 16-year-old Kumei Norwood, is behind the Juneteenth Freedom Day Fest, that takes place June 19. (KLAS)
Tofu Tees is situated in a retail plaza in Ferguson Downtown. The store’s founder, 16-year-old Kumei Norwood, is behind the Juneteenth Freedom Day Fest, that takes place June 19. (KLAS)
Tofu Tees is situated in a retail plaza in Ferguson Downtown. The store’s founder, 16-year-old Kumei Norwood, is behind the Juneteenth Freedom Day Fest, that takes place June 19. (KLAS)
Tofu Tees is situated in a retail plaza in Ferguson Downtown. The store’s founder, 16-year-old Kumei Norwood, is behind the Juneteenth Freedom Day Fest, that takes place June 19. (KLAS)
Tofu Tees is situated in a retail plaza in Ferguson Downtown. The store’s founder, 16-year-old Kumei Norwood, is behind the Juneteenth Freedom Day Fest, that takes place June 19. (KLAS)
Tofu Tees is situated in a retail plaza in Ferguson Downtown. The store’s founder, 16-year-old Kumei Norwood, is behind the Juneteenth Freedom Day Fest, that takes place June 19. (KLAS)
Norwood designed a lot of the shirts and stickers in her store. She additionally proudly spotlights her buddies within the retailer, together with one who makes plushies offered alongside her signature merchandise.
Her store was featured this week within the new season of “Somebody Feed Phil” on Netflix. Norwood stated because the episode aired, she’s seen a lift in on-line gross sales.
In a need to encourage the subsequent technology of younger creators, she hosts summer season camps. She proves that age is only a quantity as he makes use of her platform to unfold her message of unity, empowerment, and self-expression one T-shirt at a time.
Fergusons Downtown is situated at Fremont and N. eleventh streets.
