Attention Media: Members of the Multicultural Festival event team will be available for interviews at the Multicultural Festival.
Canton Police Department and the United Pentecostal Church invite the community to their first Multicultural Festival. The festival will be held on Saturday, September 4, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Etowah River Park, 600 Brown Industrial Pkwy, Canton, GA.
Last year the Canton Police Department facilitated two events that demonstrated the importance of a Multicultural Event. They held Hurricane Relief Drive for those in need in Honduras and Nicaragua and a food drive to support Must Ministries. During the collecting and delivering process, they witnessed different cultures and races collaborating to help others. The department made friends and developed relationships with diverse groups of people from the Canton community and wanted to build on it. They partnered with United Pentecostal Church to conceptualize how to continue to reach out to others, and the Multicultural Event was born.
The event's goal is to encourage unity by bringing the diverse cultural backgrounds that coexist together in Canton and celebrate the differences, such as the food and the uniqueness of each group in the community. Canton Police hope the Multicultural Festival will bring cultural awareness, overcome stereotypes, and discourage racism.
