Celebrating Juneteenth

4:00 pm: Doors open, food, and music

4:30 – 5:15 pm: Welcome from BSU, Poetry Collective performance, and panel of speakers 

5:15 – 6:30 pm: Explore resources, play games, and enjoy music by Josh Perkins! 

• Art activities, Athletics, and a Kids Reading Nook
• Check out community resource tables
• Enter Raffles – Winners drawn at 6PM, must be present to win

Main Dishes:

• Southern Style Fried Chicken
• Catfish Bites
• Mac & Cheese
• Collard Greens
• Candied Yams
• Summer Peas, Green Beans and Corn Salad
• Coleslaw
• Cornbread
  
  

Desserts:

• Peach Cobbler
• Beignets
  
  

Drinks:

• Fruit Punch
• Sweet Tea
• Iced Water

For Anyone:

• Juneteenth Flag Interactive Art Mosaic
• Photo Booth
• Cornhole
• Double Dutch Jump Rope
• Football Clinic with Bobcat Football Players

For Kids:

• Story Time Reading Nook
• Quilt Coloring Pages (based on Faith Ringgold's book Tar Beach)
• Free Books to take Home!

The Bozeman Poetry Collective

Led by Jasmine James (they/them)

• Performance will showcase current Black Poets

Destini French

• MSU Alum, Licensed Cosmetologist. and owner of Cultured Roots MT. 

Chris Walch

• Founder of Women of Winter, and the CEO/Co-Founder of LifeScore.

Jody Owens

• One of the most accomplished players in Bobcat football history, Current Safety Coach for the MSU Football team

Lyla Brown

• MSU Alum and creator of the Black Student Union, Senior Organizing Manager at Forward Montana

Justus Entertainment Group DJ

• Josh Perkins

• Crosscut 5-day Punch Pass 
• Ride Snowboards board boot & binding setup
• Steep Mountain Teahouse teas & gift cards
• Montana Racial Equity Project hoodie & t-shirt
• MSU Diversity Gift with Juneteenth Cookbook, Tote Bag, Socks, and a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation from D.C.

1. Cookout and Eat Together

Invite and gather with the people you would like to celebrate with on the 19th! Share some of this history
before eating. Having an open conversation about the history of Juneteenth honors the history and
significance of the day, and incorporate Black history throughout the year.

Planning your Cookout and Movie Night

• Hype up your household! Get those around you excited to celebrate this history with you, and get them excited to learn more about why it is a holiday!
• Find a screen! The most important consideration for choosing where to hold your cookout is your ability to comfortably watch and listen to a movie! This could be on a laptop, or could be on a TV or projector.
• Make some food! There are a few recipe linked below to get you thinking about making some food to celebrate Juneteeth. There are many more foods to make, but these are a few ideas.

Recipes to make for your Cookout

Collard Greens

Cornbread

Fried Chicken

Fried Okra

Tea Cakes

2. Join Ms. Opal Lee’s Walk

Opal Lee is considered the “Grandmother of Juneteeth” for her leading efforts to get Juneteeth recognized nationally. Ms. Opal Lee’s Walk is a 2.5 mile walk to represent the amount of time it took for word to reach all enslaved people about the Emancipation Proclamation. Get outside and celebrate in your own community.

3. Watch Media that Educates about Black History

There are various differnt ways to educate yourself and those around you about Juneteeth. There are
T.V. show episodes, books, and documentaries that you can watch to learn some of this history.

 

Links to poems, videos, and additional history about Juneteenth

History about Juneteenth

"Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou

'Blackish' Juneteenth Video

"The People Could Fly" by Virginia Hamilton

"Caged Bird" By Maya Angelou

The Thirteenth Documentary (free on YouTube and Netflix)

Resources for kids

"The Hate You Give" Movie (pay to rent or buy on YouTube)

"Monster" by Walter Dean Myers (free on Kindle AudioBooks)

Reading Rainbow: Follow the Drinking Gourd ($1.99 on Amazon)