Dodgers, Angels to recognize Juneteenth as company holiday
4 years, 6 months ago

Dodgers, Angels to recognize Juneteenth as company holiday

LA Times  

The Dodgers and Angels will both be recognizing Juneteenth as a holiday on Friday. The franchises joined a growing number of companies and institutions that have opted to officially recognize the holiday in recent weeks amid nationwide protests over systemic racism and police brutality against Black Americans. “Juneteenth honors black freedom and resistance and affirms the unique contribution that Black Americans have made in the struggle for justice in the United States,” a Dodgers internal email read. “Loving our country means acknowledging our past and fighting to ensure that freedom and justice extend to us all.” Sources tell me the @Dodgers sent this internal email out on Monday. pic.twitter.com/Y4EDaAwDXc — LZ Granderson June 18, 2020 Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw also tweeted a statement Thursday acknowledging Juneteenth and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

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L.A. formally makes Juneteenth a holiday for all city workers
1 year, 7 months ago

L.A. formally makes Juneteenth a holiday for all city workers

LA Times  

Daisa Chantel kisses Anthony Beltran as they take a picture to celebrate Juneteenth at Leimert Park in Los Angeles in 2022. The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to establish Juneteenth as a permanent paid holiday for city employees, a year after then-Mayor Eric Garcetti signed a proclamation creating the holiday. Garcetti’s 2022 resolution came two years after Councilmembers Curren …

Dodgers announce ‘Christian Faith and Family Day’ following Pride Night fallout
1 year, 7 months ago

Dodgers announce ‘Christian Faith and Family Day’ following Pride Night fallout

LA Times  

On the heels of a back-and-forth controversy over the invitee list to an upcoming Pride Night event, the Dodgers have announced a relaunch of their “Christian Faith and Family Day.” The event, which was tweeted out by star pitcher Clayton Kershaw on Friday, is set for July 30 at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers last held the faith-themed event in 2019, …

Los Angeles mayor proclaims Juneteenth official city holiday
2 years, 7 months ago

Los Angeles mayor proclaims Juneteenth official city holiday

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday signed a proclamation making Juneteenth an official city holiday to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States. The Los Angeles proclamation makes it a paid holiday for all city employees. The LA City Council voted unanimously in 2020 to start the process of making Juneteenth a Los Angeles …

Federal holiday pressures US companies to give Juneteenth off
3 years, 6 months ago

Federal holiday pressures US companies to give Juneteenth off

India TV News  

The declaration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday is putting the pressure on more US companies to give their employees the day off, accelerating a movement that took off last year in response to the racial justice protests that swept the country. But since many workers don't know that, they will likely wonder why they are not getting a paid …

Clayton Kershaw marks Juneteenth, reiterates he wants to help fight racial injustice
3 years, 6 months ago

Clayton Kershaw marks Juneteenth, reiterates he wants to help fight racial injustice

LA Times  

Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw walks through the dugout. Friday marked the seventh anniversary of the no-hitter in Clayton Kershaw’s Hall of Fame career, a 15-strikeout, no-walk masterpiece against the Colorado Rockies that fell an error short of a perfect game. I want my kids to be different.” Sports Granderson: Clayton Kershaw elaborates on his Juneteenth message By speaking up …

Juneteenth is now a federal holiday. Many Americans still get the history wrong
3 years, 6 months ago

Juneteenth is now a federal holiday. Many Americans still get the history wrong

LA Times  

President Biden hands a pen to Rep. Barbara Lee during the signing of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act in the East Room of the White House. The holiday is about the moment on June 19, 1865, when Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger told Texans that the Civil War was over and shared news of emancipation, reading aloud an order …

Juneteenth: A call for progress and national recognition
4 years, 6 months ago

Juneteenth: A call for progress and national recognition

Al Jazeera  

As calls for structural change grow, the US is pondering recognition of a Black holiday that celebrates emancipation. In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved Black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would be marked by African American families across the nation with a cookout, a parade, a …

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