2022 Annual Juneteenth Celebration

“I woke up HAPPY. It was almost like my mind gave me a few moments before it put the weights of the current moment back onto me. Yesterday was the BEST Juneteenth I’ve had since I started celebrating it. I know there is still a pandemic. I know the Ford was more packed than it should have been. But guess what, I saw Black JOY. I saw folks literally dancing in the streets... like a literal dance battle y’all lol. I saw folks drippin with pride in their Blackness. I saw a lady have a friend drive her through the caravan over and over and over again so she could stand out the sunroof and cheer and chant with us, she was HYPE y’all! I saw a Black woman sit on top of a car parked on the median and hold the strongest Black Power pose I’ve seen. I saw a Black momma drive past with her fist raised out the car and then I looked in the back seat and a BABY, probably younger than 1yr old, had their little fist raised high and proud! I watched us all cheer once someone brought out fireworks (and we ducked and made sure that’s what it was lol). I saw sooooo much and all of it was beautiful. I feel like all of our fallen ancestors were smiling down on us, and they definitely pushed those rain clouds away. I bet Tupac was bragging that Keep Ya Head Up always gets played at the functions lol 

We haven’t been allowed to come together like that since March. I didn’t realize how much I just needed to be around the music, smiles, jokes and essence of Black people in order to feel better, stronger and more powerful.”- Attendee