Resources
Our resource section will include marketing materials for your organization to use to publicize the gatherings, including a logo, artwork, and social media information, and design use examples.
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Sample Marketing Materials
You can use these on your social media accounts to help promote Hanukkah Homecoming. You will be able to add your logo to any of these files.
Social Media Graphic
Example Zoom Screen Slide to promote event
Social Media Graphic with space for participant logo
Social Media Graphic
Example with partner logo
Facebook Cover Example
Vendors
Matchbox Menorah: Taking the form of a foldable, vintage safety matchbox, The Matchbox Menorah allows you to bring Hannukah into any space, wherever you may be. Can’t use a flame? Out of matches or candles? Have no fear! Our Menorah uses the power of your cellphone’s flashlight, you simply poke out the perforated holes each night from the recyclable material and enjoy the little miracle you got to create.
Joanne Fink is an award-winning designer, teacher, inspirational speaker and best-selling author with more than one million books in print. She is available as an Artist-in-Residence and Keynote Speaker, and offer a variety of virtual and in-person (post-Covid!) seminars, exhibits, demonstrations and hands-on workshops.
Image by Joanne Fink.
History of "Homecoming":
HOMECOMING (FAMILY AND FRIENDS DAY)
By: Mellonee Burnim, Guest Cultural Resource Commentator
Professor and Director, Ethnomusicology Institute, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
I. History
The tradition of homecomings held in African American churches dates back at least to the turn of the twentieth century. The ritual has both southern and rural roots and, according to the research of Yvonne Jones (1980)…
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CHURCH HOMECOMINGS
The Free Dictionary [Internet]. "Church Homecomings". African-American Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations, 1st ed., Omnigraphics, Inc., 2007 [cited 7 Jun. 2021].
Annual homecomings have a long tradition among African-American church congregations and families. Depending on the congregation, homecomings may have one or more of several purposes: commemorating a church's anniversary, honoring its deceased, celebrating its members and encouraging those who have moved away to return for a reunion.
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