By Nelson A. King
Brooklyn Council Member
Farah N. Louis last week joined
her Council colleague Laurie
A. Cumbo and Brooklyn Borough
President Eric Adams in
hosting an inaugural youth
Juneteenth “Cel-Liberation”
Rally on the steps of the Brooklyn
Public Library.
The commemoration came
on the heels of historic protests,
police reforms and advancements
towards racial justice.
Louis, the Haitian-American
representative for the 45th
Council District, said hundreds
attended the event that was
also organized by Snaps Media
Group “to galvanize youth of
all ages – the next generation
of activists – into civic action.”
“Today, we remembered our
past, reflected on our presentday
struggles for equality and
justice; and renewed our commitment
to fight for a better
future,” said Louis, co-chair
of the City Council’s Women’s
Caucus and vice co-chair of
the Black, Latino/a, and Asian
Caucus. “This year, as Black
stories and voices are amplified
across the globe, the historical
significance of Juneteenth can
no longer be denied.
“In the City and State of New
York, Juneteenth has finally
been designated as an official
holiday,” added the daughter of
Haitian immigrants. “We have
witnessed the Black community
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receive disparate treatment
across the board – in police violence,
food access, healthcare,
and widespread injustice.
“Today, we came together
and showed them the resilience,
courage, and persistence
the Black community maintains
in the face of systemic
racism,” Louis continued. “I
hope that our young people are
empowered with a sense of cultural
pride and determination
to continue pushing for racial
equality.”
Adams noted that 150 years
ago in Galveston, Tx, Union
Army General Gordon Granger
announced Federal orders proclaiming
all slaves in Texas to
be free.
“For 155 years, our Black
community has celebrated this
day as a marker of our emancipation
from the shackles of
slavery,” he said. “This year, we
mark this solemn occasion in
the midst of a nationwide reckoning
about racial inequity in
the wake of the police killings
of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor,
and Rayshard Brooks, coupled
with the ongoing COVID-
19 pandemic, which has disproportionately
impacted communities
of color.
“Today, I am so proud that
the city where I was born and
raised, home to America’s
largest Black population, has
declared that Juneteenth will
be an official government and
school holiday going forward,”
Adams added. “I thank Council
Majority Leader Cumbo
and Council Member Louis for
holding this important event.
In spite of the challenges we
continue to face as a community,
we will remain resilient
and united.”
Council Majority Leader
Laurie A. Cumbo said on the
155th anniversary of this holiday,
Brooklyn Council Member Farah N. Louis and Brooklyn Borough
President Eric address ‘Cel-Liberation’ Rally. Brooklyn
“the words of James Baldwin
continue to resonate with
us, ‘Freedom is not something
that anybody can be given,
freedom is something people
take and people are as free as
they want to be.’
“This year of 2020 is time
for us to TAKE BACK the narrative!”
she said. “This is not
merely a legislative, or economic
taking back. This is a
cultural change – one where
our society glorifies Black joy
with the same energy it has
silenced our suffering.”
Cumbo said 155 years is “a
long time, and we are stronger,
smarter, and more prepared
than ever before to organize
and to demand the changes we
wish to see.
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Louis co-hosts inaugural youth
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