Their names have echoed through our streets and headlines around the world for weeks: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Nina Pop, and the countless Black people whose lives have been stolen by law enforcement, white supremacy, and transmisogyny. Millions have already shown up offline and online in defense of Black lives, to defund the police, invest in Black communities, and imagine a new, just world. And we aren’t stopping now. Tomorrow is Juneteenth. A day to honor Black freedom and Black resistance. It’s a rare moment for all of us, across communities, to proclaim in one voice: Black Lives Matter. That’s why our partners at the Movement for Black Lives are organizing hundreds of events in our communities and in our homes to show our power. Will YOU join a Juneteenth event tomorrow? Click here to find one of the hundreds of online and IRL Juneteenth events near you. |
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On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas — two and a half years after Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation — with news that the war had ended, and Black communities were now free. Every year since, Juneteenth (June 19th) has been a day that centers Black people’s unique contribution to the struggle for justice in the United States, and the painful reality that freedom for Black people has always been hard-fought and much-delayed. This Juneteenth, TOMORROW, is a rare moment for all communities to rise up and proclaim in one voice that we won’t tolerate anything less than justice for all Black people. If we keep rising up, we will win. TLDR: 1. Sign up right here.
2. Check out the map of all the events happening on Friday and through the weekend.
3. Donate what you can to the Movement for Black Lives to keep this work moving forward! xxoo Team Abortion Access Front |
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