JUNETEENTH DANCERS, SINGERS, AND PERFORMERS TO TAKE OVER THE FIRST FLOOR OF COOK COUNTY GOVERNMENT BUILDING AT 118 N. CLARK AS JUNETEENTH RESOLUTION IS RECOGNIZED
JUNETEENTH DANCERS, SINGERS, AND PERFORMERS TO TAKE OVER THE FIRST FLOOR OF COOK COUNTY GOVERNMENT BUILDING AT 118 N. CLARK AS JUNETEENTH RESOLUTION IS RECOGNIZED
COOK COUNTY COMMISSIONER DR. KISHA McCASKILL TO BE JOINED BY PRESIDENT PRECKWINKLE AND FELLOW COMMISSIONERS IN ANNOUNCING RESOLUTION HONORING JUNETEENTH
COOK COUNTY MUST CONTINUE TO STAND OUT AS A FIRM ADVOCATE IN THE IMPORTANCE OF JUNETEENTH AND IT’S POSITIVE IMPACT ON AMERICA AMID MASSIVE CUTS IN DEI PROGRAMS
Wednesday, June 18th, 2025@ 9:30 AM
118 N. Clark, Chicago , Illinois (1st Floor)
(Chicago, IL) Dr. Kisha McCaskill- Cook County Commissioner of the 5th District- will be joined by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, and the vast majority of the Cook County Board of Commissioner in announcing a resolution honoring the commemoration of Juneteenth amid growing cuts in DEI policies and programs from the current administration in Washington D.C..
Dancers, singers, and other performers throughout Cook County will join Dr. McCaskill and the full board of Cook County Commissioners in keeping Juneteenth alive and well.
“Given the enormous attack on DEI policies and diversity from the Trump administration, it is imperative that the government of Cook County remain steadfast in the observance of such an impactful holiday as Juneteenth. I am grateful to President Preckwinkle, Commissioner Lowry and all my colleagues for their bold support of this measure. I am honored, grateful, and blessed to be a co-sponsor of this resolution.” says Commissioner McCaskill.
Commissioner McCaskill, President Preckwinkle and the full board will speak to not only the importance of Juneteenth, but the significant positive outcomes it has had on the United States.
Juneteenth or June 19th is a powerful moment in Black history dating back to June 19, 1865. While Juneteenth has become the most prominent Emancipation Day holiday in the US, it commemorates a smaller moment that remains obscure. It does not mark the signing of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, which technically freed slaves in the rebelling Confederate states, nor does it commemorate the December 1865 ratification of the 13th Amendment, which enshrined the end of slavery into the Constitution. Rather, it marks the moment when emancipation finally reached those in the deepest parts of the former Confederacy.
Commissioner McCaskill concludes, “Juneteenth is here so that we can teach people who don't always have access to this knowledge in their homes or in their schools. It gives us a space, not only physical, not only external, but a space in our hearts and in our minds.”
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