Juneteenth Think Tank 2026
June 20 @ 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Join us for a culturally grounded, healing-centered Juneteenth Think Tank experience exploring the traditions, creativity, resilience, artistry, agriculture, foodways, and storytelling practices that have preserved community, culture, and freedom across generations throughout the African diaspora.
This curated experience invites participants into immersive, hands-on cultural engagement through:
• art and storytelling
• agriculture and environmental stewardship
• food and wellness traditions
• intergenerational learning
• creative expression
• community healing and connection
Featured experiences include:
? Sweetgrass Basket Sewing Workshop with nationally recognized Gullah Geechee artisan Mary Graham-Grant
? Florida Highwaymen art and cultural storytelling experiences
? African diaspora culinary and agriculture education facilitated by Chef Lamin Sanyang and Nyota King-Sanyang
? Cultural “RED” beverage experiences inspired by Juneteenth traditions across the African diaspora
? Community planting activities, herbal bundle experiences, and seed planting takeaways
? Interactive cultural art experiences and creative reflection spaces
? Intergenerational dialogue centered on resilience, liberation, family, wellness, land, and cultural preservation
The Juneteenth Think Tank is designed as an intimate and healing–centered engagement gathering encouraging meaningful conversation, participation, learning, and collective community connection.