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National Juneteenth Observance Foundation
The Iowa Juneteenth Observance is affiliated with the
National Juneteenth Observance Foundation, which is under the
leadership of Rev. Dr. Ronald V. Myers, President. Dr. Myers is
spearheading a national campaign to make Juneteenth National Freedom
(Juneteenth) an official national holiday observance.
There are now 35 states, and the District of Columbia, that have made Juneteenth
National Freedom Day (Juneteenth) a state holiday or observance. The
most recent state is Ohio. “Ohio joins
Texas, Florida, Oklahoma,
Delaware, Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, California, Wyoming, Illinois,
Missouri, Connecticut, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Colorado,
Arkansas, Oregon, Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico, Virginia,
Washington State, Tennessee, Massachusetts, North Carolina, West
Virginia, South Carolina, Vermont, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota,
Indiana and the District
of Columbia in recognizing the end of enslavement in America,"
states Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D., who grew up celebrating Juneteenth in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
For
more information of the national Juneteenth holiday campaign, other
NJOF news, and Juneteenth shopping store (flags, music CD’s,
t-shirts, etc.) go to
www.njof.org.
National Juneteenth Holiday Campaign
Chair Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D. is
asking Congress to enact legislation to
make Junteenth a national day of
observance in America.
  
Rev.
Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D., (left) Chairman of the National
Juneteenth
Observance Foundation (NJOF) and the National Juneteenth Christian
Leadership Council (NJCLC), Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-IL),
(center)
Chairman of the National Juneteenth Congressional Committee and
Senator
Carl Levin (D-MI), (right) Senate Host of the U.S. Capitol
Juneteenth
Congressional Reception, are the invited featured speakers at the
2010
WASHINGTON JUNETEENTH National Holiday Observance. Sen. Roland
Burris (D-IL),
(below) will introduce legislation to make Juneteenth
Independence Day a
National Day of Observance.
Dr. Myers (seated
left) with the United Nations Secretary General’s Executive
Secretary, Luc Gnacadja, at the Juneteenth Prayer Breakfast, held at
the
National Press Club in
Washington, DC on June 19, 2009
Former
Gov. Sarah Palin was presented a copy of the book,
"Juneteenth a Celebration of Freedom" by Rev. Ronald
Myers, Sr., M.D., Chairman of the
National
Juneteenth Observance Foundation at the 2nd Annual
Alaska
Juneteenth Conference in Anchorage, Alaska at a
Juneteenth book dedication at the the
Z. J. Loussac
Public Library. (photo by Bishop Dave Thomas)
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