(BPRW) MAKE JUNETEENTH SPECIAL.
Spend it with household and pals at a reunion.
(Black PR Wire) Philadelphia, PA – The Household Reunion Institute (FRI) is encouraging households to have fun the 2023 Juneteenth vacation in a brand new manner. And to begin planning it now. Juneteenth is a celebration of historical past, hope, endurance, development and household. It’s the oldest identified celebration commemorating the top of slavery in the US and offering freedom to the enslaved. It’s formally celebrated on June nineteenth.
Juneteenth 1865 is the day {that a} Union Military Common arrived in Texas to let the enslaved know that slavery had been abolished—30 months after Lincoln’s proclamation. At the moment’s know-how would have made that announcement nearly instantaneous. “Nevertheless, we’re nonetheless lagging far behind the equal alternative our ancestors hoped their newfound freedom would carry. And we’re nonetheless contending with injustice, killings, systemic racism, incarceration, unfair therapy, separation—all due to the colour of our pores and skin,” says Sylvia Ford-George, Affiliate Director of FRI.
Dr. Ione Vargus, founding father of FRI, Dean Emerita of the Temple College College of Social Work, and recipient of the title ‘Mom of Household Reunions,’ proposes that Juneteenth turn into much like Memorial Day, July 4th and Labor Day the place households and pals historically collect. She cautions that these occasions shouldn’t be restricted to enjoyable, meals and parades. “They need to embrace oral histories and readings. They provide an opportunity to discover the historical past, legacy of ancestors, and hope for a greater tomorrow inside Black tradition. Black Lives Matter should turn into greater than a slogan. Black Historical past month should not be confined to twenty-eight days. Household, neighbors and pals may be led to know why studying about our historical past is as essential to our future, as it’s to our at this time.”
Dr. Vargus relays, “The Household Reunion Institute has for years proposed that household reunions turn into extra than simply picnics. A Juneteenth celebration or reunion gives ample alternative to do exactly that.”
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