Color Of Change’s Juneteenth Week Of Action: a week to celebrate Black joy, honor Black legacy, and take action to protect Black culture.
Juneteenth is a national holiday celebrated annually to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans across the United States. On Juneteenth, Black families and communities across the country celebrate the richness of Black history while observing our truth, beauty and joy. But the holiday is not just about celebration and reflection.
It’s about showing up to defend Black culture and legacy – TOGETHER.
Through a series of virtual and in-person events and actions, we’ll ground ourselves in joy, community, and purpose while organizing for the future we deserve.
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Join us for Color Of Change’s 2026 Juneteenth Week of Action from June 15–20 as we come together to celebrate Black joy, honor our legacy, and take collective action to protect Black culture, community, and political power.
This week is about more than reflection; it’s about showing up together. Through a series of virtual and in-person events and actions, we’ll ground ourselves in joy, community, and purpose while organizing for the future we deserve.
Across the week, we’ll center:
• Joy as resistance — celebrating Black culture and creativity as a force of power
• Community as care — showing up for one another in real time and in real ways
• Action today for our legacy tomorrow — building momentum through collective action
Each day will highlight a key issue and offer opportunities to plug in, learn, and take meaningful action with Color Of Change.
Sign up today to RSVP for Juneteenth Week of Action and receive updates for all events and opportunities to participate.
Monday – TX Action Tour: AT&T Petition Drop
Tuesday – Legacy Keepers Roundtable Virtual
Wednesday – Queen Bee Talk Virtual Program w/Shoa
Thursday – Memphis Data Center Resistance Teach-in
Friday- Day of Imagination, Baltimore- event
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared that Black slaves “are, and henceforward shall be free.”
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, however, did not instantly and effortlessly free all enslaved Black people. In some areas, the liberation of Black slaves required the Union military to enforce. In Texas, for instance, it took the arrival of Union troops in Galveston on June 19, 1965, two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation – to free Black slaves in the state. This incident is the inception of the Juneteenth holiday.
And since then, we’ve been fighting for full liberation since: The Fifteenth Amendment, Brown v. Board of Education, the March on Washington, the Civil Rights Act.
Currently, our communities are experiencing an onslaught with the Supreme Court’s decision on Louisiana v. Callais, one that handed right-wing extremists a roadmap to erasing Black political power through racially-redrawn congressional maps, essentially diluting Black representation at a time when it matters most.
We fight back and reclaim the full scope of our Black political power by exercising our right to vote.
Black political power and our democracy need you to be ready.
