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Keizer proclaims Juneteenth; community advocate urges council to pair proclamation with concrete reform
Summary
The council issued a Juneteenth proclamation; community advocate Julie Rayjoy accepted the proclamation but used the occasion to sharply criticize the council and city institutions, urging stronger oversight, diversity practices, and action on alleged ties to extremist events and racial bias in policing.
Keizer — The Keizer City Council proclaimed June 19, 2025, as Juneteenth at Monday’s meeting. Julie Rayjoy, founder of Black Joy Oregon and community advocate, accepted the proclamation but used her remarks to challenge the council to translate words into action on racial equity.
The proclamation text — read aloud at the dais — recognized June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, and declared the “immediate freedom of more than 250,000 enslaved African Americans in…
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