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Freedom to Lead- Revisiting Juneteenth 2020: A Year Later

June 14, 2021

Join us on Thursday, June 17th, from 2PM-3:15PM PT (5PM-6:15PM ET) for "Freedom to Lead - Revisiting Juneteenth 2020: A Year Later," a virtual event hosted by East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC), National Employment Law Project (NELP), and National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR). On the anniversary of Juneteenth, our dynamic panel will explore what they need from the philanthropic community as leaders, to thrive and build institutions that will advance bold ideas and movement work.

Register for 'Freedom to Lead' here. 

To begin the conversation, we asked our panelists to share what revisiting Juneteenth means to them below: 

 

Dive deeper into the conversation with us by registering for 'Freedom to Lead' here. 

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