Santa Clara County is now the first county in California to make Juneteenth a paid holiday. The board will be putting $2.3 million into a reserve to fund the county holiday.
The death of George Floyd and many others really lifted up this conversation and one of the things I am so excited about with Juneteenth is it means that as a nation we are going to be taking a deep dive into our history and I think as Americans, we cannot be afraid of the past because by understanding it we build the present and the future we know America can be.
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