Assemblymember
RODNEYSE BICHOTTE HERMELYN
Wishes You A
HAPPY JUNETEENTH
Juneteenth, marks the day in 1865 that troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and freed enslaved people. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation (the proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free").[1]

On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law to recognize the day of freedom as a federal holiday.[2]

Though Juneteenth is on Sunday June 19 2022, this year, the federal holiday will be observed on Monday June 20, 2022.
However you choose to participate in this celebration, embrace the rich culture and history.

Happy Juneteenth!

1)https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamation
2) https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2021/06/17/bill-signed-s-475/
Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn represents the 42nd Assembly District in Brooklyn covering Ditmas Park, Flatbush, East Flatbush and Midwood. She is currently the Chair of the Subcommittee on Oversight of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs), Chair of the Task Force on Women's Issues and serves on the following committees: Housing, Government Operations, Education, Banks, Health, and Higher Education. She also sits on Governor Hochul's Domestic Violence Advisory Council and Mayor Adams MWBE Task Force.

As a current Assemblymember, District Leader, and Chair of Brooklyn Democratic Party, Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn has been an outspoken advocate on issues concerning immigration, education, economic development, unemployment, education reform, health care access, senior citizen centers, affordable housing, school safety, women's and LGBTQ rights, as well as other issues affecting the quality of life in the community.
  
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