You're listening to the First Name Basis podcast, Season 3, Episode 26. What is Juneteenth, and how can I celebrate?

Teaching our children to be inclusive and anti-racist starts with us within the sacred walls of our home.

First-name basis is designed to empower you with the confidence you need to be a leader in your family and a change maker in your community.

Together, we will wrestle with hard questions and use the answers to create the world we want,

a world that reflects our values of inclusion, compassion, and courage.

I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw, and I am so excited to be on this journey with you.

Hello, First Name Basis, fam. I am so glad you are here. Juneteenth is right around the corner,

and I am so excited to share this episode with you. If you don't know what Juneteenth is or you're

wondering what it might look like to recognize it or

celebrate it with your family, this is the episode for you. I'm so excited to share the ideas that I

have for you and to share the history. So we'll get into what is Juneteenth? Why do we celebrate

and how can you celebrate as a family? There's one idea

that I want to share with you right off the bat because I think it is so important. So there is a

writer that I follow on Instagram. Her name is Amanda Fawn. And she posted a screenshot of a DM that she got from somebody.

And the message says, what is the best slash most appropriate way for white people to celebrate

Juneteenth? And Amanda responds, give black folks your money. And I kind of laughed at that because I

love how straightforward she was but it is so

true june tenth and other black holidays are a really sacred time to us they're really important

and they're really special and it's a time for you those of you who hold white privilege

to support black owned businesses.

And guess what? First name basis is a black owned business. I am Black byracial and I am so

excited that you are here because listening to my podcast is absolutely supporting First Name

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