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Utahns participate in Juneteenth events, feel federal designation a ‘step in the right direction’

Residents of Salt Lake City and Ogden hope for progress after federal holiday.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nailah Mansa, volunteer coordinator for the Juneteenth Planning Commission joins Betty Sawyer, Director of Project Success Coalition Ogden as they take a brief break to catch their breath during the 32nd Annual Utah Juneteenth Festival and Holiday Commemoration at the Ogden Amphitheater on Saturday, June 19, 2021. Sawyer exclaimed “this has been a twenty year journey for me to pass this nationally, and it feels great.”