Middletown Strong: Looking Up with Russell Library

Juneteenth 2022︱Middletown Ujima Alliance

June 14, 2022 Russell Library Season 2 Episode 6
Middletown Strong: Looking Up with Russell Library
Juneteenth 2022︱Middletown Ujima Alliance
Show Notes

The Middletown Juneteenth celebration is an event you won't want to miss! Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrated on June 19th to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans. In today's episode, Jae and Christy chat with Erica Hunter of the Middletown Ujima Alliance. The MUA works collaboratively to foster an authentic sense of diversity, equity, and inclusion in an effort to uplift, build and restore unification within the Middletown community. Erica is a lifelong Middletown resident whose vision for our community stands to make Middletown an even greater place to be. Thank you so much for listening.

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Book Recommendations

The Deep by Rivers Solomon, audio read by Daveed Diggs
Jubilee by Margaret Walker 
The 1619 Project: A new Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones, with 36 poems and works of fiction

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