{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"THE Conversation","title":"Juneteenth","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4569,"description":"In an ongoing effort to foster dialogue and educate our community on racial justice issues, Falmouth Community Television (FCTV) presents the 20th episode in a series of programs entitled THE Conversation. Co-hosted and co-produced by Onjalé Scott Price and The Rev. Will Mebane, the series offers a timely dialogue on race. The topic of this month’s episode of THE Conversation is “Juneteenth.”Ms. Scott Price is the COO of Mizar Imaging in Woods Hole and Vice Chair of the Falmouth Select Board. The Rev. Mebane is the rector of Falmouth’s St. Barnabas’s Episcopal Church.This month’s panelists are Barbara Burgo, L’Merchie Frazier, and Ambrose Jearld Jr. Mark Long, Robin Joyce Miller, Krissie Williams, and Sonia Tellier also appear on the program. The discussion focuses on the questions: “What is Juneteenth?” and “Why don’t we learn about Juneteenth?”Barbara Burgo is the Co-founder, Clerk and Curator of the Cape Cod Cape Verdean Museum and Cultural Center in East Falmouth. Barbara was also Chair of the Barnstable County Human Rights Commission, Vice Chair of South Coastal Counties Legal Services, and former State President of American Association of University Women – MA. Barbara is a member of the NAACP Cape Cod and Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition. She also served for seven years as a Commissioner on the Brewster Housing Authority Commission.Visual activist, public historian and artist, innovator, poet and holographer, L’Merchie Frazier is Director of Education and Interpretation for the Museum of African American History, Boston/Nantucket and Executive Director of Creative Strategic Partnerships for SPOKE. She also serves as Director of Creative Engagement of the Transformative Action Project/Violence Transformed in the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University. She has served the artistic community for over twenty years as an award winning national and international visual and performance artist and poet, with residencies in Brazil, Taiwan,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/T8TNL0D7p7wcYnqCzG6MrQgHuSG2Y8OehClMMygmdRk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85NWNm/MjQzNTJkNjBkYTE1/MGUyOWYzYjQ2NGFk/NjUwMC53ZWJw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}