June 18, 2021
We’re living history. So much has already been experienced. Are we getting too much? It hits us. Rather than sinking in, history drops to the ground. How much can we hold in a single lifetime? Look at the history we’ve lived in the past twenty five to thirty years! Is our disconnection from thoroughly digesting it the end result of what technology is doing to us? We’re endlessly reading about this moment, then that moment, this decision then that reason for letting go. Juneteenth. It’s now a National Holiday. This is living breathing history. An action that will create a reaction in the hearts of every generation beyond ours. I was with Kareem Abdul Jabbar yesterday. We spoke openly about the global importance of Juneteenth. It can’t be just another day off. It needs to be activated. There needs to be an investment of time to bring forward the entire story. The one thing we can’t do is turn this National Holiday into a day or weekend of big sales and reasons to break free on a vacation. Materializing it will steal from its importance. Let’s celebrate it as one. Equal love, peace, forgiveness and awareness. What we do with this new Holiday today will affect future generations. It cannot go unnoticed. This isn’t President’s Day. Juneteenth is history. It needs to be activated.