06/16/2026
β€οΈπ€π Happy Juneteenth! Honoring Our Past & Empowering Our Future! β€οΈπ€π
Have you heard about the Grandmother of Juneteenth, Ms. Opal Lee? We're kicking our week-long Freedom Day celebrations by honoring the woman who fought to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.
Ms. Lee walked 2.5 miles every day to symbolize the two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation that enslaved people in Texas finally learned they had been freed. And in 2021, she finally watched as President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth Independence Day Act, making it a federal holiday in the U.S.
This week, we honor Ms. Leeβs resilience, activism, and fight to make Black history American history!