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Communicator for Good | CEO, Mission Partners | B Corp leader | Host, Mission Forward podcast | Author, MORE THAN WORDS and Adventures in Kindness
Today is June 19, 2024—better known now as Juneteenth. It has been 159 years since the last enslaved people of the U.S. South received news of emancipation and were finally set free. It’s been just four years since the first wave of companies started recognizing the day as a paid holiday. It’s been just three years since it became designated as a federal holiday. And it’s been just two years since the New York Stock Exchange began observing Juneteenth as a market holiday. In our nation’s long and storied journey toward justice, progress can feel painfully slow. But today, on this Juneteenth celebration, we are wonderfully reminded that progress is always possible. Bit by bit, day by day, and one action after another, we can bend that “arc of the moral universe” toward justice. And slowly but surely, progress can take hold. Read on for more in today's #FindingtheWords reflection https://lnkd.in/eAySpWCX
