[Press Conference: "Celebrate Freedom - Juneteenth Kick-off"]
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JUNETEENTH IS NOW A NATIONAL HOLIDAY, AND IT'S RIGHT AROUND, IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
OKAY, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EX, UH, EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT AND CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
I WANT TO THANK THE, UM, THE MEDIA AGAIN AS WELL, UH, FOR JOINING US, UH, AS WELL AS MY, UH, DIRECTORS PRESENT TODAY TO SUPPORT THIS EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT.
AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS MADE LAW IN 1863, BUT FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY WASN'T ANNOUNCED IN TEXAS UNTIL JUNETEENTH 19, FOR OTHERS 1865 IN GALVESTON.
NOW, THAT WAS ALMOST 158 YEARS AGO.
SINCE THEN, THIS REGION HAS BEEN HONORING AND CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH WITH TWO PIVOTABLE HISTORIC HOUSTON MOMENTS, THE CREATION OF EMANCIPATION PARK IN 1872, AND THE LEADERSHIP OF STATE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE ALL EDWARDS OF HOUSTON, REPRESENTATIVE EDWARDS ADVOCACY HAS LED TO JUNETEENTH RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION AROUND THE WORLD.
FROM FREEMAN'S TOWN TO ACRE HOME, FROM INDEPENDENT HIKES TO FIFTH WARD, OUR COMMUNITY HAS NOT ONLY CONTINUED TO CELEBRATE, BUT EXPAND THE UNDERSTANDING AND IMPORTANCE OF THIS HISTORY.
UH, AND SO I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS HAVE AGAIN JOINED FORCES TO CELEBRATE FREEDOM AT EMANCIPATION PARK, THE FIRST EVER JUNETEENTH KICKOFF.
UH, THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE SATURDAY JUNE 10TH, THAT'S ONE OH JUNE 10 10 FROM TWO TO 8:00 PM AND WILL OFFER A PLATFORM FOR REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH DISTRICT TO SHOWCASE THEIR RESPECTIVE JUNETEENTH EVENTS AND STORIES.
SOME OF THESE EVENTS INCLUDE THE ANNUAL LEGACY PROJECT HONORING DR.
A JANE TAYLOR AND THE JUNETEENTH FREEDOM RIDE, THAT'S A BIKE RIDE, AND AS WELL AS THE JUNETEENTH DOCUMENTARY VIEWING AND THE JUNETEENTH CONCERT.
UH, YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON THESE EVENTS AND MORE AT THEIR NEWLY REVAMPED WEBSITE@JUNETEENTHHOUSTON.ORG.
THAT'S JUNETEENTH HOUSTON.ORG.
AND NOW I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE, UH, SOME OF THE LEADERS WHO ARE JOINING, UH, ME ON STAGE TODAY, UH, WHO WILL TELL YOU BRIEFLY ABOUT SOME OF, OF THE ADDITIONAL EVENTS OR EVENTS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN CELEBRATING, UH, JUNETEENTH A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.
WE'RE GONNA START OFF TODAY, UH, WITH JANICE WEAVER.
AND JANICE IS, UH, THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY SERVICE DIRECTOR, UH, HERE AT THE, AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND SHE WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON JUNE FOR THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION.
WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR'S JUNETEENTH AS WE ARE EVERY YEAR.
SO WE ARE GONNA INVITE YOU OUT TO, FIRST OF ALL, THE MAYOR'S NINTH ANNUAL JUNETEENTH AND ACRES HOME.
AND SO THAT PARADE WILL BEGIN AT 10:00 AM TO 12 NOON.
YOU CAN REGISTER ON OUR SPECIAL EVENTS WEBSITE.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS.
UM, YOU CAN CALL US ALSO AT (832) 393-0822.
IT WILL BEGIN AT THE AKER HOME MULTI-SERVICE CENTER, AND THAT IS AT 67 19 WEST MONTGOMERY ROAD.
IT'S GONNA TRAVEL DOWN WEST MONTGOMERY ON DOLLAR RIGHT, AND IT WILL END AT 16 $20, RIGHT AT GREATER ZINE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
AND WANNA THANK GREAT ZION BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN WITH US SINCE THE BEGINNING.
THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS, AND WE WANNA SAY TO PASTOR PERRY AND HIS ENTIRE STAFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HOSTING US.
AND SO WE HAVE SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE LONE STAR COLLEGE, NORTH HOUSTON AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON PRESENTING A JUNETEENTH FREEDOM DAY.
AND THAT WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER OUR PARADE, AND IT WILL BE AT THE HOUSTON NORTH VICTORY CENTER, 41 41 VICTORY DRIVE.
BUT GUESS WHAT? WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME BURNS BARBECUE ON THAT DAY.
AND GUESS WHAT, GUYS? IT'S ALL FREE JUST LIKE US.
AREN'T Y'ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT
AND SO THE, THE THIRD EVENT WE HAVE ACRES
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HOME IS KICKING IT UP THIS YEAR.SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE THIRD ANNUAL ACRES, ACRES, HOME, JUNETEENTH CULTURAL ARTS FESTIVAL.
YOU LIKE THAT, NICOLE? AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LIVE DJ MUSIC DANCE.
THE GATES ARE OPEN AT TWO O'CLOCK, AND THAT IS LOCATED AT THE ACRES HOME CHAMBER.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SUPER GOOD TIME THIS YEAR.
WE REALLY ARE, BECAUSE THIS WILL BE YOUR FINAL YEAR, BUT GUESS WHAT? IT'LL BE FINAL, BUT WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT GOING.
AND SO WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE AKRON'S HOME, THE FOUR FOUR FOR THIS YEAR'S JUNETEENTH PARADE.
NOW, THAT PARADE WILL BE ON JUNE THE 17TH.
SO I DON'T WANT TO GET CONFUSED 'CAUSE JUNETEENTH IS ON A MONDAY.
UH, IS IT TWO OF Y'ALL MONDAY? IT'S A MONDAY.
JUNETEENTH IS ON A MONDAY, AND WE'RE OFF THAT DAY, BUT, BUT
JUNETEENTH IS ON A MONDAY, THE PARADE IN ACRES HOME, WHICH IS WHICH YEAR OF THE ANNUAL? THE NINTH YEAR.
AND THAT PARADE IS GOING TO BE ON JUNE 17TH, ON THAT SATURDAY, UH, STARTING AT 10:00 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM AND BORN YOUR HORSES COMING DOWN, UH, WEST MONTGOMERY.
SO I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THESE DATES RIGHT.
SO THE 17TH OF JUNE IS THE ACRE ZONE PARADE, AND THEN ON THE JUNETEENTH THE 19TH IS THE FESTIVAL, THE FESTIVAL THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE.
SO A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
NOW TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HOUSTON'S FREEMAN'S TOWN, UH, LET ME BRING UP ZION ESCOBAR, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON FREEMAN TOWN CONSERVANCY.
AND, UM, ONE, I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT AND TAKE US BACK TO THIS TIME LAST YEAR.
I DON'T WANT US TO FORGET KIND OF HOW WE STARTED TO COME TOGETHER IN UNITY TO REALLY CELEBRATE OUR HISTORIC BLACK COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING SPECIAL.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS ALWAYS.
SO IN 2020, AND I'M READING A QUOTE HERE FROM, UM, FROM JUNETEENTH LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE, THEY'VE PREPARED THESE TALKING POINTS.
UM, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS I'LL BE SHARING, BUT IN 2020, A GROUP OF CULTURAL ARTS AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORGANIZATIONS FROM AROUND OUR GREAT CITY JOINED TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH IN A CITYWIDE FASHION FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME LAST YEAR IN THAT COOPERATIVE SPIRIT OF THE MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN WHO GAVE OF THEIR OWN RESOURCES TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF THE LAND KNOWN TODAY AS EMANCIPATION PARK WAS OUR GUIDE.
WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HEARKENING BACK TO THAT ORIGINAL SPACE.
AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEIR EFFORTS TO SUBMIT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
THE STORY OF OUR STORY OF, OF FREEDOM IN HOUSTON INFORMED OUR MISSION THEN AS IT DOES TODAY.
SO FROM THEN UNTIL NOW, WE HAVE COME TOGETHER.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU, UH, OUR 2023 PLAN CELEBRATIONS.
THE FREEDMAN'S TALENT CONSERVANCY IS PROUD TO SUPPORT AND AMPLIFY THE EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS TAKING PLACE IN COLLABORATIONS WITH THE FREEDMANS TOWN COMMUNITY.
AND SO, AND SOME OF THESE OVERLAP, YOU WANNA GIVE EVERYONE A BUFFET OF OPTIONS TO CELEBRATE THEIR FREEDOM.
WE WANNA INVITE YOU TO JUNE 3RD, THE MILDRED JOHNSON JUNETEENTH PAGEANT.
JUNE 10TH, THE LENEL ROBINSON TALENT SHOW.
JUNE 17TH, THE HOUSTON SUN FOUNDATION, JUNETEENTH PARADE, JUNE 18TH, THE HOUSTON SUN FOUNDATION, JUNETEENTH GOSPEL FEST AT MOUNT OP MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN HISTORIC FRIEDMAN'S TOWN.
AMONG THESE ACTIVITIES HAPPENING IN FREEMAN'S TOWN, FRIEDMAN'S TOWN WILL BE JOINING ALL OF THE OTHER HISTORIC BLACK COMMUNITIES, UM, IN CELEBRATING A JUNETEENTH OPENING CMO, UH, CEREMONY TAKING PLACE JUNE 10TH, UM, FROM 6:00 PM UNTIL 8:30 PM AT EMANCIPATION PARK.
NOW, THE FOLKS BEHIND ME ARE GONNA SHARE A LOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, SO I WON'T DOUBLE DIP HERE.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THEM.
UM, JUST KNOW THAT I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU ONCE AND YOU'LL HEAR IT SEVERAL MORE TIMES.
WE ARE HAVING A CELEBRATE FREEDOM CELEBRATION AT EMANCIPATION PARK OPENING CEREMONY.
IT'S GONNA BE A DAY OF FAMILY FUN WHERE WE PAY HOMAGE TO THE SEVEN HISTORIC BLACK COMMUNITIES.
AND WE'RE GONNA KICK OFF THE, THE FESTIVITIES WITH THIS OPENING CEREMONY.
UM, GO TO JUNETEENTH HOUSTON, UH, DOT ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION TO SEE ALL THE FLYERS AND DETAILS ABOUT THESE EVENTS.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MAYOR.
A LOT OF THINGS ARE GONNA BE HAPPENING IN JUNE, UH, AND NOT JUST ON JUNETEENTH, BUT A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.
SO LET ME CALL THIS JENNIFER HERE.
LET ME, LET ME BRING UP GEN JENNIFER SPRIGGS WITH THE EMANCIPATION PARK CONSERVANCY.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS GIVEN US AS EMANCIPATION PARK, UM, TO CARRY ON THESE LEGACIES, TO PAY HOMAGE TO THOSE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE US,
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UM, AND TO EDUCATE THE NATION NOW, UM, ON WHAT JUNETEENTH IS ALL ABOUT.AND WE ARE EXCITED THAT THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO COLLABORATE, AS ZION SAID, WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PUT ON THIS FIRST, UM, OPENING CEREMONIES.
AND WE HOPE THAT EVERYONE CAN COME OUT ON JUNE THE 10TH TO CELEBRATE WITH US.
UM, HAVE SOME FUN, UH, HEAR SOME HISTORY, UM, AND JUST PARTAKE IN WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS, UM, AS WE ALL COME TOGETHER, UM, TO ELEVATE THIS.
UM, NOW, ESPECIALLY AS I SAID, AS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY, UM, AS WELL AS AT EMANCIPATION PARK.
WE ARE GOING TO, UM, EMBARK ON OUR FIRST INAUGURAL FREEDOM WALK AND RUN ON JUNE 17TH.
UM, IT IS FREE, BUT WE JUST ASK YOU TO REGISTER, UM, AND WE'RE ASKING EVERYBODY TO COME OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR SORORITIES, FRATERNITIES, UH, CHURCH GROUP MEMBERS, CHOIRS, WHOEVER IT IS THAT YOU LIKE TO WALK WITH AND JUST WALK WITH US.
UM, IT'LL BE A COUPLE OF MILES.
UM, BUT AS WE SET OFF THIS FIRST YEAR, UM, WE JUST WANT YOU TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE.
AND AS WELL, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE WITH MUSIC AND FAMILY AND FUN AND MUSIC, UM, ON THE 17TH, THE DOORS OR THE GATES, UM, ALTHOUGH THOSE ARE VIRTUAL GATES, WE'LL OPEN UP AT TWO O'CLOCK.
WE HAVE ENTERTAINMENT THAT WILL START AT THREE.
UM, AND WE WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING BE MICHAEL MCKAY, UM, OUR LOCAL CHURCH CELEBRITY.
UM, WE WILL BE, UH, HIGHLIGHTING THE SOS BAND LAKESIDE, AND A LITTLE BIT OF ZYDECO WITH STEP R AND THE, UH, ZYDECO ALL STAR.
SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME ON OUT, UM, AND TO CONTINUE THIS LEGACY, UM, AND LET THE WORLD KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY THE NATION KNOW WHAT JUNETEENTH IS ALL ABOUT.
AND LET ME BRING UP MIGUEL CESAR, UH, WITH THE AFRICAN AMERICAN LIBRARY AT THE GREGORY SCHOOL.
UM, I'M THE MANAGER AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY RESEARCH CENTER, UH, PART OF THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM.
UH, IT IS MY PLEASURE AGAIN, TO BE HERE, TO COLLABORATE, UH, WITH SUCH PREMIER CULTURE AND, AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE BEHIND ME OF OUR GREAT CITY TO OBSERVE JUNETEENTH, UH, WHILE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY CELEBRATES JUNETEENTH, YET ANOTHER NATIONAL HOLIDAY.
WE HERE IN HOUSTON HAVE LONG SINCE UNDERSTOOD THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DAY.
UH, FOURTH WARD, UH, CONSIDERED THE MOTHER WARD WAS HOME TO THE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN LOOKING TO ESTABLISH NEW LIVES, UH, AS FREE PEOPLE IN THE CITY.
UM, NOW HOME TO THE, UH, RESEARCH CENTER WAS THE COMMUNITY'S FIRST STEP TOWARD EDUCATION, WHICH IS THE PINNACLE OF FREEDOM, UM, AS A REPOSITORY FOR THE HISTORY, UH, HISTORY AND CULTURE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY HERE IN HOUSTON.
IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO PRESERVE AND CONTINUE THE LEGACY OF OUR ANCESTORS, UH, FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO JOIN THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN THE KICKOFF CELEBRATION THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED ON JUNE 10TH, BEGINNING AT SIX O'CLOCK.
UH, GREGORY ALSO WILL BE HOME TO A NEW JUNETEENTH MURAL, UH, BY REGINAL ADAMS. UH, WE WILL HAVE AN ARTIST TALK AND A MURAL DEDICATION THAT WILL TAKE PLACE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14TH AT ONE O'CLOCK.
UM, FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE EVENTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONLIBRARY.ORG, BACK SLASH AHR C.
UM, WITH THAT UP, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE MAYOR THAT CLOSES UP.
AND LOOK, UH, UH, YEAH, ONE OF THESE, UH, ICONIC FIGURES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, UH, I'VE BEEN OVER AT THE DELOITTE PARK.
DELOITTE PARK HAS BEEN, UH, THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF SHAPE CENTER, UH, FOR, WELL, FOR WELL OVER 50 YEARS.
AND I'M STILL A YOUNG MAN OUT THERE MAKING THINGS HAPPEN,
UH, BUT HELPING OUT SO MANY GENERATIONS IN TERMS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH SHAPE CENTER, BEEN SHAPED BY SHAPE CENTER, GROUNDED BY SHAPE, UH, CENTER.
AND SO, UH, THE LORD, YOU KNOW, COME AND SAY HELLO, UM, DE LORD PARKER.
ON BEHALF OF THE ELDERS INSTITUTE OF WISDOM OF SHAPE, COMMUNITY CENTER, THE CHILDREN, AND THE PAR, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
THE EXTREME COMPREHENSIVE NATURE OF IT LETS US KNOW THAT FREEDOM IS NOT FREE.
AND THAT ALL THE WORK THAT WAS PUT INTO MAKING THIS HAPPEN THAT'S GONNA BE PUT INTO MAKING THIS HAPPENING IS WORTHY OF IT.
SO AGAIN, UH, ON BEHALF OF SHAPE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE ELDERS AND
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THE CHILDREN, WE LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING PART IN THIS VERY, VERY HISTORIC OCCASION.AND REMEMBER, YOU MIGHT WALK FASTER THAN I DO, BUT AS THE ELDERS SAY, I KNOW THE WAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE ELDER SAID, I'M GROWING TO BE AN ELDER AT 75 YEARS OLD
AND, UH, ON BEHALF OF SHAPED COMMUNITY CENTER, WE LOOK, WE LOOKING FOR, LOOKING FOR A VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND OUR CHILDREN WILL OPEN UP WITH LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING, LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING THAT'S RIGHT.
ALONG WITH COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER, YOU KNOW, SO WE GONNA, AND THEY KNOW ALL OF THE LYRICS, Y'ALL, THEY KNOW ALL OF THE LYRICS, Y'ALL.
SO THIS IS A CHALLENGE TO YOU TO LEARN BETWEEN NOW AND THE 10TH.
DON'T BE SKIPPING STUFF, LEARN ALL OF IT.
AND THAT WILL IN TURN LET US KNOW HOW YOU, HOW SERIOUS YOU ARE ABOUT JUNETEENTH AND ALL THE OTHER TENTHS COMING AFTER THAT.
OKAY? LOOK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM, UM, FIFTH WARD, THE NIEL THIRD WARD, THE TRAY, UH, FREEMANS TOWN, FOURTH WARD, UM, ACRES HOMES, THE FOFO, UM, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, UH, AND AS WELL AS OUTSIDE.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN THE MONTH OF JUNE IN CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH, OF JUNETEENTH.
UM, AND, UH, I KNOW WARREN HAM IS WARREN HERE.
WARREN, WHY DON'T YOU, WHY DON'T YOU COME ON UP? 'CAUSE YOU, YOU HOSTING THE FESTIVAL ON, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU WANT, I'M SORRY.
WHY DON'T YOU COME ON, COME ON UP AT THE, ARE YOU ON THE ZOOM AT THE SAME TIME? I'M MULTITASKING.
IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE YOU FREE, UM,
WELL, I, WELL, YOU CAN'T TALK, RIGHT? 'CAUSE YOU'RE ON THE ZOOM.
BUT, UH, BUT THE POINT THAT, BUT THE POINT THAT I WANNA MAKE IS THAT, UM, AS WE CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH AND THE FACT THAT, UM, PEOPLE GOT THE WORD FROM GENERAL GRANGER GOING BACK TO 1865, WHAT WE ALSO NEED TO BEAR IN MIND, FREEDOM IS NOT FREE, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT GUARANTEED.
OKAY? SO IT IS MORE THAN JUST CELEBRATING THE PAST.
IT'S A REMINDER THAT THOSE OF US WHO YET LIVE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PRESERVE WHAT HAS BEEN OBTAINED.
OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS CAN FIND THEMSELVES LOSING IT.
AND YOU CAN, YOU ONLY NEED TO LOOK AROUND WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, LET'S BEAR IN MIND THAT THERE, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT, UH, THAN JUST EATING AND PARTYING, UM, ON THE, ON JUNETEENTH ITSELF.
SO A LOT OF THINGS ARE TAKING PLACE IN THE GREAT CITY OF HOUSTON.
PLEASE, UH, TAKING NOTE OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS AND ATTEND AS MANY OF THEM AS YOU CAN THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, RECOMMIT YOURSELVES TO TAKING AND DOING AND STANDING IN ORDER TO, UH, PRESERVE WITH ANCESTORS HAVE GIVEN TO US.
UH, THUS WE FIND THAT THINGS WILL SLIP AWAY.
UH, ANY, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? LET ME LET, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M HERE ON THE BEHALF OF REVEREND C ANDERSON DAVIS.
OH, THE LATE REVEREND SANDERSON DAVIS.
HE WAS THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO HAVE A PARADE DOWNTOWN IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
AND THE GRANDSTAND THANK ALSO OBAMA 20, JUNETEENTH 20.
WELL, THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH.
SO, UH, APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE AND LET'S ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE JUNE 8TH, GREAT MONTH, UM, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.