{"id":148,"date":"2020-06-18T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/?p=148"},"modified":"2024-08-30T11:09:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:09:56","slug":"mcc-closed-in-observance-of-juneteenth-state-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/18\/mcc-closed-in-observance-of-juneteenth-state-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"MCC Closed in Observance of Juneteenth State Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-150 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/06\/Juneteenth-Graphic-2020.jpg\" alt=\"MCC Observes Juneteenth\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" \/>As directed by Governor Andrew Cuomo and the State University of New York, Monroe Community College will join fellow New Yorkers in observance of the 155th<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">\u00a0anniversary of Juneteenth. This state holiday commemorates the emancipation of African Americans throughout the United States.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">MCC shares Governor Cuomo\u2019s recognition of the significance of this day and echoes the statement included in the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/no-204-declaring-juneteenth-holiday-new-york-state-employees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><u><span style=\"color: #0082bf; font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Executive Order<\/span><\/u><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">: \u201cJuneteenth honors the history, perseverance, and achievements of African-Americans, and celebrates America\u2019s progress and continuing commitment to realizing the principals of liberty and equality upon which our nation was founded.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">MCC classes are canceled and college offices will be closed on June 19, 2020 in observance of the holiday. Students and employees are encouraged to learn more about this day and reflect on its importance to our shared history.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Remote learning and working will resume on Monday, June 22.<\/span><br \/><br \/><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Monroe Community College values integrity, excellence, empowerment, inclusiveness, collaboration and stewardship.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As directed by Governor Andrew Cuomo and the State University of New York, Monroe Community College will join fellow New Yorkers in observance of the 155th\u00a0anniversary of Juneteenth. This state holiday commemorates the emancipation of African Americans throughout the United States. MCC shares Governor Cuomo\u2019s recognition of the significance of this day and echoes the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news","category-mcc-foundation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}