Join Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for a Juneteenth flag raising ceremony at the Park Building!

Refreshments will be served after the raising of the Juneteenth flag.

Program

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• Welcome – Dr. José E. Rodríguez, Associate Vice President for Health Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
• Remarks – Dr. Karen Johnson, Associate Professor of Education and Ethnic Studies
• Keynote Speaker – Representative Sandra Hollins, District 23
• Juneteenth Flag Symbols & their Significance – Meligha Garfield, Director of the Black Cultural Center
• Ancestral Libation Toast – Robert Burch, Executive Director at Sema Hadithi African American Heritage, and Culture Foundation
• Spoken Word – Learning, Preserving & Telling the stories of Juneteenth
• Flag Raising – Representative Sandra Hollins, District 23