Celebrate Juneteenth on Main with music, poetry, dance, and more
A new event will come to downtown Three Rivers on Thursday, June 19, to celebrate Juneteenth with performances by musical artists, poets, dancers, and more.
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Three Rivers Juneteenth celebrations planned at Carver Center, Huss Project & Skate Dreams
Mayor Tom Lowry presented a proclamation during Tuesday evening’s city commission meeting in observance and celebration of Juneteenth (June 19) in the City of Three Rivers. Celebrations are scheduled at the George Washington Carver Center (June 9), the Huss Project (June 17), and Skate Dreams skating rink (June 19).
Local meeting primer: Three Rivers City Commission
The Three Rivers City Commission will convene for a regular meeting tonight June 6 at 6 p.m at Three Rivers City Hall. Here's what to expect and how you can participate.
Michigan Senate OKs bill making Juneteenth a state holiday
In bipartisan fashion, the state Senate on Wednesday approved legislation to make Juneteenth, a holiday widely celebrated by Black Americans for years, an official holiday in Michigan.
Torrey Brown: June 19th, 1865
A poem by Torrey Brown titled "June 19th, 1865" about Juneteenth: Freedom Day.
On History and Revision: ‘A one-sided history is really no history at all’
WSV Columnist Amy East writes, “In researching my own genealogy, I’ve found a number of ancestors who fought for the idea that all men were created equal in the American Revolution, and some that owned slaves. The movement of my ancestors to Cass County was very near to the time the Potawatomi were forcibly removed. Were they involved? I don’t know. Did they benefit? Without a doubt. But just because this knowledge might make me uncomfortable, or challenge how I’d like to see myself, it doesn’t mean it’s wrong. When you ask ‘what did you learn that you didn’t know before?’ you don’t get to choose if that knowledge aligns with your worldview. That’s the cost of curiosity, my friend.”
Bills you may have missed, from retail worker schedules to banning nooses as an intimidation tactic
Using nooses as an intimidation tactic would be banned and third-party sales of appointments at Secretary of State offices would be banned under bills recently introduced in the Michigan Legislature.
Column: What, to the Republican, is the nineteenth of June?
Michigan Advance's Jarvis DeBerry writes, "(Republican lawmakers) don’t think officially recognizing June 19, 1865, the day Black people in Texas learned of their freedom, costs them anything or that it benefits Black people enough for them to get worked up about. Acknowledging Juneteenth definitely doesn’t mean as much as police reform, voting rights, a higher minimum wage, Medicaid expansion or other policies that Black people have been demanding."
‘Blackness celebrated and amplified’
The City of Three Rivers saw its first-ever Juneteenth celebration Friday at The Huss Project, as widespread awareness of the holiday has grown in recent weeks with a resurgence in racial justice movements. The event drew approximately 90 people.
Q&A: Yolonda Lavender, “Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom”
Watershed Voice recently spoke with Yolonda Lavender, singer/songwriter, curator, composer, arranger, and performing artist from Kalamazoo, who also happens to be the “Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom” event organizer.
Three Rivers Juneteenth celebrations planned at Carver Center, Huss Project & Skate Dreams
Mayor Tom Lowry presented a proclamation during Tuesday evening’s city commission meeting in observance and celebration of Juneteenth (June 19) in the City of Three Rivers. Celebrations are scheduled at the George Washington Carver Center (June 9), the Huss Project (June 17), and Skate Dreams skating rink (June 19).
Local meeting primer: Three Rivers City Commission
The Three Rivers City Commission will convene for a regular meeting tonight June 6 at 6 p.m at Three Rivers City Hall. Here's what to expect and how you can participate.
Michigan Senate OKs bill making Juneteenth a state holiday
In bipartisan fashion, the state Senate on Wednesday approved legislation to make Juneteenth, a holiday widely celebrated by Black Americans for years, an official holiday in Michigan.
Torrey Brown: June 19th, 1865
A poem by Torrey Brown titled "June 19th, 1865" about Juneteenth: Freedom Day.
On History and Revision: ‘A one-sided history is really no history at all’
WSV Columnist Amy East writes, “In researching my own genealogy, I’ve found a number of ancestors who fought for the idea that all men were created equal in the American Revolution, and some that owned slaves. The movement of my ancestors to Cass County was very near to the time the Potawatomi were forcibly removed. Were they involved? I don’t know. Did they benefit? Without a doubt. But just because this knowledge might make me uncomfortable, or challenge how I’d like to see myself, it doesn’t mean it’s wrong. When you ask ‘what did you learn that you didn’t know before?’ you don’t get to choose if that knowledge aligns with your worldview. That’s the cost of curiosity, my friend.”
Bills you may have missed, from retail worker schedules to banning nooses as an intimidation tactic
Using nooses as an intimidation tactic would be banned and third-party sales of appointments at Secretary of State offices would be banned under bills recently introduced in the Michigan Legislature.
Column: What, to the Republican, is the nineteenth of June?
Michigan Advance's Jarvis DeBerry writes, "(Republican lawmakers) don’t think officially recognizing June 19, 1865, the day Black people in Texas learned of their freedom, costs them anything or that it benefits Black people enough for them to get worked up about. Acknowledging Juneteenth definitely doesn’t mean as much as police reform, voting rights, a higher minimum wage, Medicaid expansion or other policies that Black people have been demanding."
‘Blackness celebrated and amplified’
The City of Three Rivers saw its first-ever Juneteenth celebration Friday at The Huss Project, as widespread awareness of the holiday has grown in recent weeks with a resurgence in racial justice movements. The event drew approximately 90 people.
Q&A: Yolonda Lavender, “Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom”
Watershed Voice recently spoke with Yolonda Lavender, singer/songwriter, curator, composer, arranger, and performing artist from Kalamazoo, who also happens to be the “Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom” event organizer.
