{"id":45565,"date":"2018-06-11T17:51:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T17:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=45565"},"modified":"2018-06-11T17:51:37","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T17:51:37","slug":"acc-invites-community-to-annual-juneteenth-festival-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/06\/11\/acc-invites-community-to-annual-juneteenth-festival-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC invites community to annual Juneteenth Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Austin Community College (ACC) invites the community to its annual Juneteenth Festival 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 15, at the Eastview Campus courtyard (3401 Webberville Rd.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The festival,\u00a0sponsored by the ACC African-American Cultural Center and the Center for Public Policy and Political Studies, features a Buffalo Soldiers exhibit and a presentation of colors from the Buffalo Soldiers. \u00a0Families also can enjoy a Rhythm and Soul Dance performance, family-friendly activities, vendor booths, and information about programs at ACC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe invite the entire community to learn about the history of our freedom and celebrate the historical events that shaped our nation\u2019s move toward equality,\u201d says Darrell Merriweather, Student Services specialist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The college also will host a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the grand re-opening of the newly renovated ACC African-American Cultural Center 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday, June 18, at Eastview Campus, Bldg. 2000, Rm. 2131.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The center strives to increase understanding in the ACC and Central Texas communities of the culture, history,\u00a0and contributions of African-Americans. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both events are free and\u00a0open to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information about the events, contact Darrell Merriweather at 512-223-5197 or email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:dmerriwe@austincc.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">dmerriwe@austincc.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or Wanda Alexander with the Office of Community Engagement at 512-223-5030 or email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:walexand@austincc.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">walexand@austincc.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College (ACC) invites the community to its annual Juneteenth Festival 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 15, at the Eastview Campus courtyard (3401 Webberville Rd.). The festival,\u00a0sponsored by the ACC African-American Cultural &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/06\/11\/acc-invites-community-to-annual-juneteenth-festival-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":39352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,15,17,19],"tags":[744,847,1000,1945],"class_list":["post-45565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","category-students-and-alumni","tag-eastview-campus","tag-festival","tag-juneteenth","tag-juneteenth-festival"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}