Image Credit: “Juneteenth”, Synthia Saint James

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

• Juneteenth Jubilee in Springfield
• "Songs of Abolition: A Juneteenth Concert at Historic Deerfield"
• Senses of Freedom: The Taste, Sound, and Experience of an African American Celebration, Juneteenth Public Programs at the Smithsonian
• Juneteenth in Boston 2022

Plan a visit to the Sojourner Truth Memorial in Florence, Massachusetts.

Heed social impact leader Dr. Opal Lee’s call and organize a Walk for Freedom on June 18th.

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 

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

For children:

• All Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom by Angela Johnson
• Opal Lee and What It Means to Be Free by Alice Faye Duncan