92 Year-old Opal Lee Continues her Juneteenth Walk in Jersey City on 9.23.2019
92 Year-old Opal Lee Continues her Juneteenth Walk in Jersey City on 9.23.2019
Who: Jersey City Chapter of National Juneteenth Observance Foundation
What: 92 Year-old Opal Lee Continues her Juneteenth Walk in Jersey City
When: Monday, September 23, 2019 1pm-2pm
Where: Walk Step off at Lincoln Park – Lincoln Statue JFK & Belmont Ave
Jersey City, NJ, the Jersey City Chapter National Juneteenth Observance Foundation will be hosting and
walking with 92 year-old Opal Lee for her Juneteenth Walk in conjunction with 400 th anniversary of
Slavery 1619-2019. She relaunched her 2016 grassroots walking campaign to bring awareness to the
need for Juneteenth to be a National Day of Observance. Please come join us on Monday, September
23, 2019 at Lincoln Park (JFK & Belmont Avenue), Jersey City, NJ 07304.
Walk Schedule:
12:30 pm Lincoln Park: Meet & Greet Assembly
1:00 pm Lincoln Park: Walk Step off
First Stop: Metropolitan AME Zion Church, Bergen Ave, Jersey City, NJ
Second Stop: Hilton-Holden House, 97-99 Clifford Place, Jersey City, NJ
2:00 pm Apple Tree House: Meet & Greet VIP Reception, 298 Academy Street, Jersey City, NJ
For more information please call 201 451-3200, 201-681-116 cp or text 201 757-9043
Let’s Make June 19 th Juneteenth a National Day of Observance