Celebrating Juneteenth in 2023
The Imagine Institute recognizes Juneteenth as a federal holiday In 2020, the Imagine Institute’s leadership and staff joined the national movement supporting the recognition of the Juneteenth holiday as a vital celebration to the nation’s true independence, as many of our nation’s citizen, specifically African Americans, were exempt from freedom’s granted during the original liberation of the United States from the British Empire. The following year, the Imagine Institute was proud to witness the state of Washington join other states in recognizing