Juneteenth 2021: This is how Black L.A. is celebrating
We’re also partnering with the Crenshaw Family YMCA — we’ll be on that entire block for the day. There will be about 50 vendors, food trucks, wellness activities, music, games and good stuff. I’m gonna bring the funk. It’s family-friendly. Really good spiritual vibes, just let your hair down.
For Bay Davis, celebrating Juneteenth this year looks like being more intentional and taking a break. Not that it’s not valid, but I don’t want to go to barbecues. There’s more. There’s something more — a little deeper there. Cool, you’re celebrating. Cool, you’re marching. Cool, you’re chanting. Cool, you’re doing X, Y and Z. But then there’s still this missing piece of how that’s showing up in your everyday life and how you’re actually implementing that.
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