FORUMS & LECTURES
Dedicated to helping make the world a better place through compassion and understanding the connectivity of all beings.
It is an ideal to strive for in our daily lives as we have opportunities at each encounter with other beings to make better choices, remove hate and treat others as an extension of ourselves. - a bodhisattva vow
Anti-Defamation League
New York / New Jersey
JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION
Thursday, June 10th at 2:00 p.m. Eastern
Juneteenth is the oldest holiday commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States; specifically, when the word of freedom made its way to Texas.
Keynote speaker: Kelly Elaine Navies, lead curator and oral historian at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. will share the rich history of Juneteenth and how its significance illustrates the hard-fought battle for equality and justice for African Americans.