@ShaneBeattyNews Imagine if at the end of a long days work an adult was handed an hour or two of work to do at home tonight, and it became legal and must be done. The country would go on stike, but we do it to our kids.
A young girl named America
slips off to her bedroom to cry
while her family parties on her birthday
And the fireworks hurt her ears
and the lights hurt her eyes
and her people are dying
And they didn’t get her any
of the gifts she asked for
—justice
—beloved community
—or peace
Per the event’s organizers, “Iowa Juneteenth asked the @IAGovernor to do a proclamation signing for Juneteenth. Her office said yes, then canceled it & told us they could mail us one. We declined, because it was disrespectful to our community to be treated that way.”