As part of ongoing efforts to advance the University of Miami’s commitment to racial and ethnic equality, University of Miami President Julio Frenk shared several updates on a 15-point action plan announced last year to improve and build on diversity, equity, and inclusion within the University community.
Among the initiatives, Frenk announced that Juneteenth, now a federal holiday, will become an official University holiday.
Known as the country’s second independence day, Juneteeth is celebrated on June 19, the day federal troops marched into Galveston Bay, Texas, to announce that the more than 250,000 enslaved Black Americans in the state were free. Because the holiday falls on a Sunday in 2022, the University will observe the holiday on Monday, June 20.
The full 2022 holiday schedule is now available on the Human Resources website.
