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Friday News – Juneteenth 2026
June 19, 2026
Today is Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery. It celebrates the day in 1865 when the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas began. Mind you, this was 900 days after Abraham Lincoln delivered the final Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, and 71 days after Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union. Slavery had officially ended, but the enslaved peoples did not know they were free. As early as 1866 there were “Jubilee Day” celebrations in Texas but Juneteenth only just became a Federal Holiday in 2021! Today, Black, Indegenous and People of Color still have to fight – for ...Read Full Article
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Friday’s News & Announcements August 30, 2024 Submit your Announcement Requests by 9am Wednesday to be included in Friday’s News. Happy Friday! At the Neighborhood UU Church in Pasadena, where I previously served as Interim Minister, we adopted a ...Read Full ArticleFriday’s News and Announcements
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Friday’s News & Announcements August 30, 2024 Submit your Announcement Requests by 9am Wednesday to be included in Friday’s News. Happy Friday! At the Neighborhood UU Church in Pasadena, where I previously served as Interim Minister, we adopted a ...Read Full ArticleFriday’s News and Announcements
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Friday’s News & Announcements August 30, 2024 Submit your Announcement Requests by 9am Wednesday to be included in Friday’s News. Happy Friday! At the Neighborhood UU Church in Pasadena, where I previously served as Interim Minister, we adopted a ...Read Full ArticleFriday’s News and Announcements
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