The Joy of Juneteenth

Led by a pickup truck filled with drummers with djembes and shakers, the parade brought together members of the North Fork community who shared a concern for justice for all — clergy and their congregations, students from local schools, North Fork Women, elected officials, a healthy contingent from the Greenport Fire Department, the North Fork Academy of Dance, the Butterfly Effect Project, CAST and a crew of kids on bicycles riding alongside Greenport Mayor Kevin Stuessi.

The Juneteenth Parade was sponsored by Clinton Memorial; the North Fork Chapter of Coming to the Table, a national organization which works to bring together the descendants of both enslaved people and enslavers; and the Southold Anti-Bias Task Force.

To read this article by Beth Young in the East End Beacon, Click Here.

Also read Multimedia: North Fork Juneteenth parade and celebration, by Angela Colangelo in the Suffolk Times.