Much of Lee's life has been dedicated to service and helping others not only in her community but across the nation.
Civil rights activist Opal Lee has one piece of advice on how to celebrate Juneteenth: help someone else.that aired on Monday. She was joined by her granddaughter Dione Sims, the founding executive director of the National Juneteenth Museum.officially established as a federal holiday“I think they should spend this special day helping somebody else,” she said. “I find that when I help somebody else, all my problems seem to disappear.
Much of Lee's life has been dedicated to service and helping others not only in her community but across the nation. In addition to her work campaigning to get Juneteenth recognized as a national holiday, Lee is a former schoolteacher who ensured that her students had all of their necessities, including shoes, clothes and food.
After retiring, Lee continued to serve her community, leading what is now known as the Community Food Bank, which helps more than 600 members of the community access food, household supplies and pet food. She is also the namesake of Opal’s Farm, an urban farm in Fort Worth, Texas, that is expected to feed 25,000 people this season.Sims has continued the tradition of her grandmother's dedication to service and giving back.
“And in sowing those seeds, you’ll always reap a return on the time and the treasure and the talent that you sow into somebody else.", which takes place each year on June 19, is a holiday that marks the official end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, informing the enslaved people of the city that they were free.
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