News About Town: The Board of Commissioners meeting agenda is available online. Once again, the meeting will be conducted remotely. To watch live, the meeting is available via Zoom (link here, meeting starts at 7 pm, Monday, June 22). A livestream of the meeting will also be available via the Town of Matthews YouTube Channel. To listen live, call toll free 888-788-0099 and enter meeting ID 992 1822 1601. For more information, including the process for public comment, visit the town website.
One Important Thing: Tomorrow, June19, is Juneteenth, a day that celebrates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the farthest reaches of the southern US. On June 19, 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, news reached Galveston, Texas that the Civil War had ended.
Today at noon, the Charlotte History museum will host Khadija McNair, Assistant Site Manager at Historic Stagville State Historic Site on a Zoom video conference. Khadija will explain the significance of Juneteenth and why it matters. The Zoom conference will celebrate the accomplishments, resistance, and persistence of the people Juneteenth remembers. Register here.
On Friday, Fifth Third and Truist/BB&T banks will close are 2 pm in observance of Juneteenth.
Also on Friday, Levine Museum (Facebook & YouTube pages), in partnership with House of Africa, will host an online,educational, family-friendly Juneteenth celebration. Through history, music, storytelling, and poetry, the event will underscore the advancement of civil rights for African Americans since the abolishment of Slavery.