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In Indianapolis, Juneteenth event organizers announced that they were pausing the parade, but would still host other events throughout the month to celebrate. \u201cWe were ultimately denied by public safety officials due to reported concerns from nearby residents, despite similar events taking place in that area in the past,\u201d Indy Juneteenth Inc. Executive Director James Webb<\/strong> told CNN.<\/p>\n In West Virginia, Republican governor Patrick Morrisey<\/strong>\u2019s office announced that the state wouldn’t host any Juneteenth events this year for the first time since 2017. The stop was due to \u201ccontinued fiscal challenges,\u201d according to deputy press secretary Drew Galang<\/strong>. However, just last month, Morrisey signed a bill to end all diversity programs.<\/p>\n \u201cBusinesses pulling back and universities canceling programs in response to attacks on DEI shows that many institutions and corporations were never truly committed to diversity and inclusion,\u201d LaTasha Levy<\/strong>, a professor of Afro-American Studies at Howard University, told<\/a> CNN. \u201cI think it really affirms what we\u2019ve already known. There are too many entities in our country who are not serious about freedom and liberation.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s move to target the National Endowment for the Arts earlier this year impacted other Juneteenth Day celebrations. The endowment provides hundreds of millions of dollars each year to individuals and institutions around the country, including those hosting Juneteenth events.<\/p>\n The Cooper Family Foundation, which throws one of the largest Juneteenth celebrations in San Diego each year, was told by the NEA in May that its $25,000 grant was being taken away. Maliya Jones<\/strong>, who works for the foundation, said that the email they received said the event no longer aligned with the agency\u2019s priorities. The organization, which will still host the event, was forced to figure out alternative funding at the last minute. \u201cWe will always have Juneteenth,\u201d Marla Cooper<\/strong>, who leads the foundation, said, \u201cAnd we will work it out.\u201d<\/p>\n A museum in Fredericksburg, Virginia, also had to scale back its Juneteenth celebration because of cuts from the National Endowment for the Arts.<\/p>\n The museum\u2019s grant was retracted on April 29th, \u201cwell after planning begun for this year\u2019s festivities,\u201d the president and CEO of the Fredericksburg Area Museum, Sam McKelvey<\/strong>, told CNN. \u201cWe are still holding a much smaller event with the museum in the red, but the community has stepped up for us and allowed us to make it still happen.\u201d<\/p>\n