Juneteenth Think Tank 2026

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.