Juneteenth honored in Coeur d’Alene
Blair Williams and Kitara Johnson-Jones spoke on a Juneteenth panel discussion Wednesday about issues affecting Coeur d’Alene.
KAYE THORNBRUGH/Press
COEUR d’ALENE — When Kitara Johnson-Jones arrived at the Human Rights Education Institute in downtown Coeur d’Alene and saw the “Love Lives Here” sign out front, she felt excited.
She said the Juneteenth celebration at HREI stood in contrast to two recent incidents that put Coeur d’Alene on the map: one when an 18-year-old Post Falls resident hurled racist slurs at members of the University of Utah’s women’s basketball team and another when Coeur d’Alene Tribal School students reported experiencing racist harassment during a field trip.
“This matters,” she told the crowd. “You, too, have a culture, and you’re confident enough in your culture to say Juneteenth matters. I don’t even think you know the impact.”
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