- June 19, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
DENVER, Colo. — Juneteenth’s yearly celebrations bring the entire community together to celebrate when the last slaves learned of the Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery in the United States, and it’s usually a great weekend of business for Black-owned shops and restaurants.
In Denver, the organizers of the celebration are planning to make this Juneteenth leave an impact far beyond the festival.
Fathima Dickerson sees the need for support and investment in Denver’s historic Black neighborhood, Five Points. She and her family have owned the Welton Street Cafe restaurant for decades.
“We sacrifice friendships, relationships. We sacrifice our bodies with the labor. It’s not easy. Restaurant work is not easy,” said Dickerson.
Still, there’s nowhere she’d rather be than inside her family’s restaurant.
“It is the family reunion. It is where we gather, and food is why we gather,” said Dickerson.
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