How to celebrate Juneteenth 2021

Use this guide as you decide how to commemorate the Juneteenth holiday in a way that is meaningful to you.

Educate Yourself

Events:

• Juneteenth: A Celebration Of Resilience — National Musuem of African American History and Culture June 19–20 Online
• The Second Annual Juneteenth Run & Ride 2021 — (Washington DC)
• The Black Matters Juneteenth Experience (Cambridge)
• Black Heritage Trail (MA)
• Museum of African American History (MA)
• Cambridge Families of Color Coalition present Juneteenth: Celebration of Black Joy — Music!
• Juneteenth Open Air Celebration (Baltimore)
• San Francisco Black Film Festival XXXIII
• Oakland Lake Merritt Juneteenth Festival (San Francisco)

Books:

• Between the World and Me — Ta-nehisi Coates
• How to be an Anti-Racist — Ibram X. Kendi
• Hood Feminism — Mikki Kendall
• Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race — Reni Eddo-Lodge

Podcasts:

• ‘1619,’ a Podcast From The New York Times
• Intersectionality Matters! Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
• Still Processing
• Code Switch
• Truth Be Told

Documentary/Movies:

• Good Hair
• The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
• Miss Juneteenth
• Malcolm X
• I am Not Your Negro
• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
• 42
• Moonlight

Support Others (Civic and Professional Support)

• Read: Support Black Employees in 2021 With These 3 Actions
• Read: Give Black Employees Time to Rest and Recover
• Read: The internet says ‘check in on your Black friends.’ It’s more complex than that.
• Read: Listen, Believe and Be Present: How We Can Support Black Friends
• Listen to Black Artists. Spotify has several playlists such as Black Lives Matter, Black Girl Magic and The Black Power Mixtape which highlight past and present artists.

Pay it Forward

• Support Black Owned Businesses via this crowdsourced list or this list from the City of Boston.
• DMV Black Owned Businesses
• Boston Black Owned Businesses
• San Francisco Black Owned Business

This list will be updated as more events are provided.