{"id":189553,"date":"2026-05-11T21:50:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/189553\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:50:24","slug":"eries-sudanese-community-hosts-special-mothers-day-celebration-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/189553\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie\u2019s Sudanese community hosts special Mother\u2019s Day celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Sudanese community in Erie celebrated Mother\u2019s Day today with a special celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mothers, daughters, sisters and friends gathered at the Inter Church Ministries of Erie County to celebrate mothers within the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/ahn-st-vincent-presents-awards-to-10-nurses-for-national-nurses-week\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:AHN St. Vincent presents awards to 10 nurses for National Nurses Week;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;AHN St. Vincent presents awards to 10 nurses for National Nurses Week&quot;}\"> AHN St. Vincent presents awards to 10 nurses for National Nurses Week <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">With words of appreciation, lots of music and dancing, and plenty of food made for the evening, the celebration highlighted the importance of mothers not only within the Sudanese culture, but in Erie as a whole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mayor Daria Devlin attended the celebration to help honor the role mothers take both at home and within the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cMother is mother. Mother is lovely, mother is respectable, mother is nurturing, mother is caring, that\u2019s why we celebrate,\u201d said Victoria Angelo, an organizer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The celebration continued throughout the evening to show love and recognition to mothers in the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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