board member, a county commissioner, lots of others. and they gave me this send-off, because i decided if i walked from fort worth to washington, d.c. 1,400 miles, somebody would take notice. >> i want to bring you into this, dionne. you represent a different generation than your grandmother. what does juneteeth mean to you as the next generation coming up? >> so, for me, juneteeth means unity. and it's an opportunity to be able to talk about the real issues that are facing our country. i think one of the things that we have to understand is that now that juneteeth is on the calendar, we can now ask freedom from what, we're celebrating freedom, but freedom from what. that then poses the freedom from slavery. and today the effects of that slavery are still happening. >> a couple days ago you were able to celebrate juneteeth and