Attend one of the following in-person or virtual events:

• Embrace Inaugural Juneteenth Concert, June 14-16, Boston MA  
• 2023 Juneteenth Joy Celebration, June 17, Boston MA
• Boston Juneteenth Emancipation Observance: "Honoring our Martyrs and Heroes", June 19, Boston MA
  • Hosted by the Boston Juneteenth Committee and the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists  
• Juneteenth Concert: Celebrating Freedom - Springfield Symphony, June 19, Springfield MA
• Juneteenth Jubilee in Springfield, June 16-18, Springfield MA
• Juneteenth Public Programs | National Museum of African American History and Culture, June 17, Washington D.C.   
• Juneteenth Celebrations In Boston, varying dates June 1-20, Boston MA 

Plan a visit to: 

• The Sojourner Truth Memorial in Florence, MA
• The Museum of African American History in Boston, MA

Watch and reflect upon one of the recent DEI program videos:

• Reflecting on the journey of Ida B. Wells-Paula Giddings
• The Half Life of Freedom: Race and Justice in America Today-Dr. Jelani Cobb
• We Are All Trayvon: Fighting Racism in the 21st Century with Sybrina Fulton 
• Confronting our Racial Past: A Discussion of Caste and Stamped from the Beginning with Vice Presidents Dorothy Mosby and Kijua Sanders-McMurtry ​​​​​​​

And, join us in reading:

• On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed
• Juneteenth by Ralph Ellison
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• The Fire This Time edited by Jesmyn Ward
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
• Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
• The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone by Heather McGhee

• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum 

• Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa

• I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
• The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones 

For children:

• The Juneteenth Story by Alliah L. Agostini 
• All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom by Angela Johnson

• Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free by Alice Faye Duncan
• Freedom's a-Callin Me by Ntozake Shange
• The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, and Nikkolas Smith 
• Juneteenth for Mazie by Floyd Cooper
• Juneteenth Jamboree by Carole Boston Weatherford  

Image: “Juneteenth”, Synthia Saint James