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DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION FOCUS MAGAZINE | AUGUST 2022

NAACP, CAMW! and LRCC Support Lansing Juneteenth

Jobs and Community Resource Fair

s part of
the 2022
ALansing
Juneteenth
Freedom Festival,
the NAACP-
Lansing and
the Lansing
Juneteenth
Committee
sponsored a Jobs
and Community
Resource Fair. The
event held on
Saturday, June
18 at St. Joseph
Park in Lansing
was also proudly
supported by
Capital Area
Michigan Works!
and the Lansing
Regional Chamber of Commerce.

More than 30 employers and several community
resource providers representing a diverse cross-section
of jobs met with job seekers during the jobs fair.

“The Lansing Juneteenth Committee is all about
redefining and transforming ourselves for the
betterment of the community. We felt that offering an
opportunity for employers, businesses and individuals Rogers Copedge Sand
to come together and connect in a relaxed and
positive setting was a win-win for all involved,” said employers were able to connect with able to reach two
Marilyn Rogers, chairperson, Lansing Juneteenth or more possible workers.”
Committee. “Our event allowed people to network with
local organizations and gain knowledge of available “The fair not only introduced job seekers to Lansing’s

positions that they may have interests in and support most highly-respected employers, but it allowed them
their financial goals. We were successful in bringing the opportunity to discuss diverse issues and cultural
people, businesses and organizations together for challenges in the workplace on a more intimate level,”
a common cause and community need. As a result, says Teri Sand, Business Services Team Manager at
we are building strong loving communities and look CAMW!.
forward to having this activity be a part of next year's
annual Lansing Juneteenth Celebration!” The mission of the Lansing Juneteenth Committee
is to commemorate the ending of slavery in the
“The fair not only provided opportunities to job seekers United States by celebrating the joys of liberty,
in the Lansing Area, but it also established new educating the community about our heritage, and
connections in the Black community,” said Dallas by promoting positive cultural interaction. Learn
Copedge, president, NAACP Lansing. “Individuals more about the Lansing Juneteenth Committee at
that participated in the fair met with employers that www.lansingjuneteenthcelebration.org. l
some never would have considered approaching. Most

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