Bend quietly considered pulling funding for sole Juneteenth event over Facebook post

Bend quietly considered pulling funding for sole Juneteenth event over Facebook post

Joslyn Stanfield received a phone call from a community member a little over three weeks before the Juneteenth event she was co-organizing. The caller tipped her off that Bend city staffers had discussed backing out on the event because of a Facebook post she made. “That was very shocking and upsetting,” Stanfield said.Another group had already pulled out of holding a larger Juneteenth event because they were afraid of racist attacks against Bla…