Juneteenth marks the date—June 19, 1865—when the last enslaved African Americans in Texas learned they were free, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Now a national holiday, Juneteenth represents a delayed but powerful moment of liberation in U.S.
🌟 Co-sponsored by Yolo Juneteenth, Yolo County Library, Cultural Competence Committee, Washington Unified School District West Sacramento, Yolo County Health & Human Services Agency, VIA, and SACTOMOFO
🌟 Co-sponsored by Cross Cultural Center, Department of African American and African Studies, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Office or Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Thinking Food @ the Intersections and UC Davis Library.
⭐️ Presented by the African American Studies Department
The African American and African Studies Department is having a spring mixer! Get to know the AAS Department professors, students and staff and what the major has to offer! Food and drinks will be provided.