I hope that you’re all well.
Juneteenth isn’t a holiday I grew up celebrating. In fact I don’t think I even heard of it until about ten years ago. And even then, I only had a vague idea of what it was all about.
Last year, though, I took the time to find out more. I made sure my children knew what the day signifies and why it’s celebrated. This year, we had conversations about freedom, equality, and racism.
Then I used this beautiful day to reflect on those themes and I couldn’t get Breonna Taylor out of my mind. (If you haven’t been following the news, here’s an article to get you started.)
As I thought about what it means to be black (and black and female) in this country, in the world, I painted this. I think it’d make a great postcard. I wanted to share it with you, too, so I’ve added it here as a free printable in case you’d like to support true American values, Black Lives Matter, and the U.S. Post Office all at once.
It’ll print out with four to a page, so you’ll have to cut them apart. If you want, you can send one to each one of your legislators to let him or her know that you care, too. Here’s a link to the addresses of all current U.S. senators and here’s a link to the list of representatives' addresses, too- just click on the “MS Word File” on the right hand side of the page.
After that, all you have to do is slap a stamp on them (aren’t these ones amazing?!) and pop them in the mail. Civic duty done! (Well, it’s a good start anyways. It definitely doesn’t end there, right?)