Dear Friends,
We have had much to celebrate this month, from San Francisco's reopening, appreciating fathers, celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, and elevating Black history by formally observing June 19th as a national holiday. Following President Biden's declaration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday, Mayor Breed declared Juneteenth to be a legal holiday for all City employees. Juneteenth National Independence Day, long celebrated in the African American community, commemorates the day on which enslaved African Americans in Texas learned of their freedom from bondage. As communities across our country continue to wrestle with the reality and legacy of institutional racism, we must continue to commit ourselves to the ongoing pursuit of equality and the hard work that must be done to eradicate racism, and remove all racial and ethnic disparities in our country. We must work together to ensure that everyone is treated with respect.
Karen L. Fletcher
Chief Adult Probation Officer
San Francisco Adult Probation Department