The Lima UMADAOP continued the weekend Juneteenth celebration with a special event in Faurot Park. Organizers say Juneteenth is a family event, and what better way to celebrate the family than on Father’s Day. The local Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program has also teamed up with the UMADAOP Federation Initiative to kick off a “Spread the Love” campaign. The goal is to end violence and bring much-needed cultural changes locally and across the nation.
“It has to be a community movement,” says Myrtle Boykin-Lighton, Ex. Dir. Lima UMADAOP. “The UMADAOP Federation thought if we did some of the similar things all across the state of Ohio, then we would get the word out that we need love. We need love, we need our kids to know they are loved, they come from love, and in order for us to make it through this, we need we have to love as a community.”
Boykin-Lighton says they will be working with their faith-based partners and local businesses to help push the “Spread the Love” message in Lima.
