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Founder, Free Root Operation | Forbes 30 Under 30 | Reebok Human Rights Awardee | TedX Speaker | Social Entrepreneur Championing Gun Violence Eradication | Researcher, Innovator, & Consultant
Tomorrow is Juneteenth, and I would like to provide non-Black allies with an opportunity to truly celebrate the holiday. I’m calling on you to turn your paid time off for Juneteenth into reparations by donating to my non-profit Free Root Operation. We have over 1,800 women in our service base who expressed a NEED for our wellness programming. With your help, we can make a change in their lives and the lives of their children and families. If you can’t contribute, sharing this post is also impactful! Your contribution will allow us to expand our BLOOM Cohort: a six-month wellness program providing moms and women with 10 hours of individual counseling, 3 family counseling sessions, over 20 wellness events, and 60 hours of in-person support. BLOOM has been proven successful and improves the ability of moms to be even more effective parents, community pillars, and stewards of safer communities by giving them the wellness and economic development resources to care for themselves first. I would be remiss not to re-center the descendants of enslaved Africans within Juneteenth, a day marking when people learned they had been freed two years prior, on June 19th, 1865. Juneteenth is not just a federal holiday, it is a call to action to reconcile with our history. We celebrate by doing better. In the words of Brittany Packnett-Cunningham, “You are a mutual partner in the pursuit of freedom.” To celebrate Juneteenth with me, consider donating your paid time off wages here: https://bit.ly/supportfro #Entrepreneur #Founder #SocialImpact #BlackLinkedIn #Wellness #Chicago