It was a hot but dry Saturday afternoon for the Bronx Community Board 11 Juneteenth event, but there seemed to be some things that were missing from the three previous Juneteenth events. The only CB 11 members were the chair of CB 11 and the president of the coop where the event was held who stayed for the entire event. One other member of CB 11 stopped in for a short while. Elected officials on hand included City Councilwoman Shirley Aldebol, State Senators Gustavo Rivera and Nathalia Fernandez, and Bronx District Attorney Clark who said the Bronx Borough President was coming from out of town. Several of the elected officials listed as sponsors who did not attend were Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, Assemblyman Zaccaro, and City Council members Feliz and Riley as some have in past CB 11 Juneteenth events.
The emcee for the CB 11 Juneteenth event was Jose Rivera of X-Tremifiezent who introduced the Straight Outta Coop-City dancers who performed two dances. There was a speech by a local pastor, children recited Juneteenth poems, the elected officials on hand spoke one by one, with Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark giving the best performance along with her speech. There was also a karate demonstration showing off moves and board breaking by the students, and then some more poems about Juneteenth, and a singer who sang for about twenty minutes. After three community awards were presented food was served.
State Senator Gustavo Rivera addresses the audience.
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