Wendy Wilson

Sep 25, 2024 | rd.com | Caroline Fanning |Wendy Wilson

Last year, Emily Anadu answered a call from New York City’s Parks and Recreation Department. “Emily, I’m mad at you,” the man on the other end of the line told her. Anadu, 45, and thousands of other Brooklynites had just convened in Fort Greene Park for the Lay Out, an annual gathering the Sunday before Juneteenth. People come together to eat, buy clothes and crafts, and just bond with one another. “Oh, no,” Anadu replied, “did we do something wrong?”“No,” he said.