Juneteenth Celebration
Galloway, N.J. 鈥 淫性视频 is hosting an all-day celebration in commemoration of Juneteenth that is open to the community from 1-5 p.m. on Monday, June 17, in the Kesselman Hall quad on the Atlantic City campus.
The program, titled 鈥淏lack Power and Appreciation,鈥 will feature a keynote speech by Lt. Governor Tahesha Way and a cultural exhibition of African-American icons and legends curated by Ralph Hunter, the founder of the .
As part of 淫性视频鈥檚 commitment to the Atlantic City community, attendees will have the opportunity to directly support local vendors and small businesses. In addition, there will be games to win 淫性视频 merch and music by Africana Studies alumna Lillian 鈥淒J Lills鈥 Nickens 鈥24.
Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States that originated in 1865. Two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, there were still enslaved African Americans in Texas. Juneteenth commemorates the moment that the last remaining enslaved person in Texas was liberated.
This event is sponsored by the , , 淫性视频's chapter of the , the Office of Student Development and the Multicultural Center.
Kesselman Hall is located at 3711 Atlantic Ave., Atlantic City, 08401. Parking is available in the garage located at 101 South Lincoln Place.
淫性视频, Community Commemorate Juneteenth
June 21, 2022
Galloway, N.J.- The 淫性视频 community marked Juneteenth with a cookout and celebration in front of the future Multicultural Center on Friday, June 17.
Christopher Catching, vice president for Student Affairs, welcomed students and community members to the event and commended 淫性视频 for its progressiveness, noting the new center will open in Fall 2022.
鈥淚t鈥檚 my hope that our next Juneteenth program will be slightly different,鈥 Catching said. 鈥淚t will be housed within and around the center, and I expect you all to attend."
The event was organized by Unified Black Student Society (UBSS), African Student Organization (ASO), Caribbean Student Association (CSA), 淫性视频鈥檚 NAACP chapter, Student Senate, and the office of Student Development. The celebration is the third held at 淫性视频 in recent years, inspired by celebrations that originated in Texas, a state that still had enslaved African Americans two years after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
Anthony 鈥淎J鈥 Brooks, president of UBSS, said he felt it was important to honor the day that the remaining enslaved people were finally liberated in 1865.
鈥淛uneteenth is a holiday that is under-recognized throughout the nation and the world,鈥 Brooks said. 鈥淢any do not know the significance of what happened to those slaves and our event brought together students and people from the community to pay respects to those who came before us. We thanked them for their sacrifices that led us to this point as well as discussed what we can do to keep moving forward as a race.鈥
Story and photos by Loukaia Taylor
