{"id":479,"date":"2021-06-30T03:50:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T03:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/?page_id=479"},"modified":"2021-06-30T13:05:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T13:05:10","slug":"first-annual-juneteenth-celebration-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/first-annual-juneteenth-celebration-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"*First Annual Juneteenth Celebration 2021!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"soliloquy-outer-container\" data-soliloquy-loaded=\"0\"><div aria-live=\"polite\" id=\"soliloquy-container-508_1\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade soliloquy-fade soliloquy-controls-active soliloquy-arrows-active  soliloquy-theme-classic no-js\" style=\"max-width:1500px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-508_1\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-id-509 soliloquy-image-slide\" 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class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2021\/06\/WCSU-2021_4005-1.jpg\" alt=\"WCSU 2021_4005\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2021\/06\/WCSU-2021_4038-1.jpg\" alt=\"WCSU 2021_4038\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2021\/06\/WCSU-2021_4058-1.jpg\" alt=\"WCSU 2021_4058\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2021\/06\/WCSU-2021_4074-2.jpg\" alt=\"WCSU 2021_4074\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2021\/06\/WCSU-2021_4101-2.jpg\" alt=\"WCSU 2021_4101\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2021\/06\/WCSU-2021_4116-1.jpg\" alt=\"WCSU 2021_4116\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2021\/06\/WCSU-2021_4099-2.jpg\" alt=\"WCSU 2021_4099\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2021\/06\/WCSU-2021_4066-2.jpg\" alt=\"WCSU 2021_4066\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image skip-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/2021\/06\/WCSU-2021_4015-2.jpg\" alt=\"WCSU 2021_4015\" \/><\/div><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Last June 19, 2020, many people across the United States celebrated Juneteenth,<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">commemorating June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger and Union Troops<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">reached Galveston, Texas with news of the Civil War&#8217;s end.\u00a0 This represented the end of<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">enslavement in the United States. Consequently, this is a very important day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Therefore, this year on Saturday, June 19, 2021, we hosted a simple cookout for our students, faculty, and staff, with the intention of evolving into a small festival, held <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">annually for our community. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Celebrating this event on campus will cultivate awareness, and truly honor Afrikan<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Americans.\u00a0 Taking the initiative to implement this observance is very progressive and dynamic!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Why specifically a cookout?\u00a0 The cookout is about community, heritage, jubilation, and<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">resilience.\u00a0 This was how the formerly enslaved people traditionally observed this day.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">At the cookout, we would like to celebrate with poetry readings, art displays, drumming, music and wearing Afrikan or red clothing<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">All students need to learn Afrikan American, Afro Caribbean, and Puerto Rican history <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">and literature.\u00a0 Perhaps these events may spark additional scholarly pursuits!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Celebrating Juneteenth is not exclusively an Afrikan American event, but an inclusive American <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">celebration of freedom and liberty for <em>all<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last June 19, 2020, many people across the United States celebrated Juneteenth, commemorating June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger and Union Troops reached Galveston, Texas with news of the Civil War&#8217;s end.\u00a0 This represented the end of enslavement &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-479","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/rjc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}