JUNETEENTH DAY ISSUE

Black Resilience/Rising from the Ashes

Black Resilience/Rising from the Ashes

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OUR STORIES

United Way of Dane County’s Health Community Solutions Team: Now Is the Time for Change
(Part 1 Of 2)

Graduation at Edgewood College: Still Dreaming Inspite of the Pandemic
(Part 2 of 2)

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes: Leadership in a New Era
(Part 2 of 2)

Syed Abbas Elected Madison Common Council President: Cherishing Democracy
(Part 2 of 2)

Centerspread:

The Art of Matthew Braunginn: Feeling Driven Abstractions

COLUMNISTS

Reflections/Jonathan Gramling

To be honest, I don’t think I had really heard of Juneteenth Day until Mona Adams Winston and Annie Weatherby-Flowers established Madison’s celebration back in 1989. The first time that I met Annie and Mona was when I was farmed out by the Madison Urban League to help make sense of the books of the Madison Inner-City Council on Substance Abuse – everything ended up being cool – and the Juneteenth celebration was using MICCSA as its fiscal agent. Well since they were legally a part of MICCSA, I had to review their finances as well and I remember Annie and Mona looking at me with a little suspicion. I didn’t blame them. And yet the three of us founded Kujichagulia-MCSD about 17 years later to independently sponsor the Juneteenth celebration and I was its treasurer. I guess they liked what they saw after all.

Editorial Staff

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Jonathan Gramling

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