Dallas Southern Pride Announces Juneteenth Unity Weekend Celebrations

Dallas Southern Pleasure is about to host its annual Juneteenth Unity Weekend celebration from June 16-19, the group introduced in a press launch.

The celebration, based by area people activist Kirk Myers-Hill, is the official annual celebration for Black LGBTQ folks to commemorate Black contributions to tradition, liberation and group. 

“Juneteenth Unity Weekend is a celebration and illustration of the various intersections and delightful mosaics inside the Black group,” Myers-Hill stated in a press launch. “The Black group is just as sturdy as its Black Homosexual brothers and sisters. Juneteenth is a chance to showcase the unity and show the assumption that we’re all stronger collectively.”

The weekend-long celebration contains quite a lot of occasions together with a pool get together, the annual Juneteenth unity pageant, native membership occasions and events and a brunch as a conclusion that Sunday.

Juneteenth is a federally acknowledged vacation starting in 2021 however was lengthy celebrated by Black People throughout the nation and particularly in Texas, the place it originated. The Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to slaves and was signed into legislation in 1863. It was till two years afterward June 19, 1865, that slaves in Texas lastly discovered of their freedom when Union troops arriving in Galveston introduced that each one slaves had been free.

Since 2017, the Governor of Texas has submitted a proclamation recognizing Juneteenth Unity Weekend.

On prime of its celebrations, Juneteenth Unity Weekend can even present well being and wellness screenings, COVID-19 vaccinations and HIV testing.

For an inventory of occasions, extra info or to buy tickets, go to the group’s hyperlink right here.