{"id":101302,"date":"2020-06-13T08:35:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T12:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=101302"},"modified":"2020-06-13T08:35:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T12:35:54","slug":"lehigh-valley-to-gather-for-juneteenth-freedom-day-event-a-day-of-african-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=101302","title":{"rendered":"Lehigh Valley to Gather for Juneteenth Freedom Day Event: A Day of African Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>WHO:<\/strong> Resurrected Life Community Church, Promise Neighborhoods Lehigh Valley, Faces International, Martin Luther &amp; Coretta Scott &#8211; King Memorial Project, Make the Road PA, and Lehigh Valley Stands Up<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>WHAT:<\/strong> Juneteenth Freedom Celebration where opportunities will be created for us to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Share our stories<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Celebrate and acknowledge our emancipation and freedom.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Learn from our legacies to shape our futures<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>WHEN:<\/strong> Friday, June 19, 2020 5-7pm<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>WHERE:<\/strong> Resurrected Life Community Church parking lot (144 N. 9th St. Allentown PA) and on Facebook Live<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JUNETEENTH<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed on September 22, 1862 (effective January 1, 1863), the last slaves in Texas finally heard that they had been freed on June 19th, 1865. This is the day the black community truly celebrates freedom from slavery because, \u201cWe are not truly free until we are all free!\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">All are welcome to join. Social distancing measures will be put in place and masks will be made available for those who don\u2019t have any. People who are unable to leave their homes may join on Facebook Live video during the event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nAshleigh Strange<br \/>\nRegional Organizer at Lehigh Valley Stands Up<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lvstandsup.org\/\">https:\/\/lvstandsup.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":101303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Lehigh-Valley-stands.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=101302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/101303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=101302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=101302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=101302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}