Lompoc Record Jun 21, 2021 Updated Jun 21, 2021
Hundreds turned out Saturday to celebrate Lompoc’s second Juneteenth event after President Joe Biden signed legislation into law on Thursday establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day. Attendees big and small visited Ryon Memorial Park to commemorate the day for its historical importance, which celebrates the emancipation of the last enslaved African Americans in 1865.
Local non-profit Collective Cultures Creating Change celebrates Juneteenth in Lompoc
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Central Coast residents are coming together to celebrate Juneteenth with rallies, cooking contests and dancing.
Collective Cultures Creating Change (C4), organized a Juneteenth event with the Santa Maria-Lompoc NAACP and the city of Santa Barbara at Ryon Park in Lompoc Saturday afternoon.
There was fun for the whole family, with arts and crafts, games, food trucks, a raffle and more.
People could participate in a peach cobbler and red velvet cake cooking contest.
C-4 was started in 2018 and is a group of activists addressing inequities in communities.
One attendee said although celebrating the new holiday is fun and important, there is still more work to be done.
Photos from Juneteenth 2021
