St. Paul – Lunch and Learn: Juneteenth in Historical Context

Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center 130 South Macalester Street, Saint Paul, MN, United States

The Minnesota Humanities Center, in partnership with the Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers, welcomes the public to a boxed lunch and learn event at Macalester College's Arts Commons on "Juneteenth in Historical Context."

Free

St. Paul – Juneteenth Breakfast

Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

Join the Minnesota Humanities Center for a Juneteenth breakfast. Musical guest Jevetta Steele will perform, followed by a talk by Angela Tate, curator of women's history at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

$10

Golden Valley – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story (Morning Performance)

Breck School 123 Ottawa Avenue North, Golden Valley, MN, United States

Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story written by Rose McGee is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

Free

Golden Valley – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story (Reception and Evening Performance)

Breck School 123 Ottawa Avenue North, Golden Valley, MN, United States

Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story written by Rose McGee is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

Free

St. Paul – Educator Workshop: Black Freedom Struggles

Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

K-12 educators will receive 6 clock hours. Black Freedom Struggles will explore Black struggle as a global phenomenon with particular emphasis on historical and current movements led by Black communities.

$75

Duluth – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story

Denfeld High School 401 North 44th Avenue West, Duluth, MN, United States

Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story is a 90-minute two-act dramatization of a traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer enslaved in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

Free

St. Paul – Feeding Our Souls: The Essence of Black Joy

Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

Chefs Mateo Mackbee and Lachelle Cunningham engage participants in the cultural richness of food, music, and stories that define the essence of Black joy.

$10

St. Paul – The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks Film Screening

Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks blows away the myths we learned about the “tired seamstress” who gave up her seat on the bus. The only thing she was tired of was injustice. Join us for a screening of The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks, featuring a discussion after the film moderated by Kevin Lindsey.

Free

St. Paul – Remembering – A Black Writers’ Retreat

Minnesota Humanities Event Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, Saint Paul, MN, United States

Remembering - A Black Writers' Retreat centers around remembering as an act of joy that provides opportunities for healing and recovery in ways that forgetting does not.

$30

Minneapolis and Online – Westminster Town Hall Forum: Arc Toward Justice 2023

Westminster Presbyterian Church 1200 Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Join renowned philosopher and social critic Dr. Cornel West and social impact strategist and professional disruptor Ifeoma Ike in Minneapolis in a collaborative event with our partners Westminster Town Hall Forum and Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers. Minnesota Public Radio Host Angela Davis will serve as our moderator for the “ARC Toward Justice” event.

Free

Golden Valley – Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story (Morning Performance)

Breck School 123 Ottawa Avenue North, Golden Valley, MN, United States

Kumbayah The Juneteenth Story written by Rose McGee is a 90-minute fictitious, two-act play that addresses a factual and traumatic time in our history – when news was deliberately withheld that Black people were no longer to be kept as slaves in this country. Storytelling and music weave together mesmerizing scenes.

Free