{"id":50587,"date":"2020-06-30T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=50587"},"modified":"2024-11-21T12:17:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T17:17:22","slug":"acc-remembers-juneteenth-with-talks-on-equity-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/06\/30\/acc-remembers-juneteenth-with-talks-on-equity-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC remembers Juneteenth with talks on equity &amp; inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive  embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   title=\"ACC&#039;s Juneteenth 2020 Celebration Full Event\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Am-FriIaNAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) is looking deeper at what we can do to affect meaningful change in our community to address racial injustice and inequalities. On Friday, June 19, the college hosted a roundtable with students, employees, and community members to discuss the importance of&nbsp;Juneteenth&nbsp;\u2014 a day that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas. Participants reflected on historical events, shared their own experiences with racial injustice, and engaged in courageous conversations to discuss challenges, gaps, and opportunities for growth. ACC is listening and learning. We applaud our community&#8217;s commitment to helping build awareness so that we may create a more just and equitable society together. We invite you to watch the conversation in the clip above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College District (ACC) is looking deeper at what we can do to affect meaningful change in our community to address racial injustice and inequalities. On Friday, June 19, the college hosted a roundtable &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2020\/06\/30\/acc-remembers-juneteenth-with-talks-on-equity-inclusion\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,15,17],"tags":[2239,3555,1000,2237,3048],"class_list":["post-50587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-and-community","category-current-students","category-facstaff-news","category-news-and-announcements","tag-african-american-cultural-center-2","tag-equality","tag-juneteenth","tag-juneteenth-celebration","tag-truth-racial-healing-transformation-center"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50587","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\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}