Dear John,

This year marks the third year Juneteenth is recognized as a federal holiday, but more than 150 years since Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865 to read Order No. 3, which affirmed and enforced the end of slavery in all Confederate states, two months after General Robert E. Lee and the Confederacy surrendered at Appomattox and more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation.

WFP and AFGE B.L.A.C.K. invite you to join us on Thursday, June 15, 2023 from 8-9pm ET for our Juneteenth Webinar, featuring Greg Akili, Director of the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute and Instructor in the Labor Studies Department of UCLA.

Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Z_9VmyHHRsOWPRpo31on5g

Now and forever, let Juneteenth be a celebration of emancipation and a reminder that the struggle for freedom and justice requires not just words, but action.

In Solidarity,

Jeremy A. Lannan
AFGE NVP for Women’s and Fair Practices

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