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\u201cFor me Juneteenth is a reminder of a time when African American people were enslaved in our country, and how so many people fought for our freedom,\u201d says Chef Anthony Cardwell of New Britain, a longtime UConn Health employee. \u201cFor me to be able to work in an environment like UConn Health, a place where I have worked for 13 years, is great. African Americans didn\u2019t always have this opportunity. Now, that\u2019s a great feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cardwell warmly shared, \u201cI always love when my family and I get together to share barbeque food. I wanted to share that experience with the UConn Health community.\u201d<\/p>\n
On June 14 the menu of Chef Anthony Cardwell\u00a0will be:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cJuneteenth is a time of reflection for where we have come from in the past. It makes me think of family and friends getting together,\u201d heartfeltly shared Chef Mike Walker. He has worked at UConn Health for 10 years. He lives in New Britain but is originally from Chicago.<\/p>\n Walker says his special menu represents the bringing together of all the various cultures of Black people.<\/p>\n \u201cMy menu brings together all types of ethnic food,\u201d says Walker. \u201cI love seafood. I love veggies. We appreciate the opportunity we have been given this Juneteenth to show off our talents.\u201d<\/p>\n On June 17 the menu of\u00a0Chef Mike Walker\u00a0will be: <\/strong><\/p>\n Catering Chef Judith \u201cJuJu” Morrison of East Hartford, originally from Jamaica, only joined UConn Health in November 2023 but loves working at UConn Health.<\/p>\n \u201cI love my job, and what I do!\u201d Morrison says. \u201cAs an immigrant, I am learning the American culture. Coming here to share my food from Jamaica is a privilege. Jamaica too has a history of slavery, and it is very diverse. We communicate through food.\u201d<\/p>\n In her special Juneteenth menu she is paying homage to Jamaica and its people.<\/p>\n \u201cSharing my food is sharing history and love through food,\u201d Morrison concludes.<\/p>\n On June 18 the menu by\u00a0Judith “JuJu” Morrison<\/strong>\u00a0will be:<\/strong><\/p>\n “Food is an expression of our history and lived experience,” also shares Dr. Jeffrey F. Hines, Chief Diversity Officer at UConn Health and Interim Vice President, Chief Diversity Officer of the University of Connecticut. “The stories and food shared by these accomplished chefs celebrate the richness of the diaspora of Black people. This is an amazing collaboration of many partners at UConn Health. Please enjoy!”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The week of Juneteenth UConn Health’s Chefs will be celebrating freedom and America\u2019s Second Independence Day with their very own special food menu offerings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":98,"featured_media":215113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1715,179,2306],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1873],"class_list":["post-215105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-impact","category-uconn-health","category-uconn-voices"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-14 16:11:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215105"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215176,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215105\/revisions\/215176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/215113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215105"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=215105"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=215105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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