Welcome to episode 20 of the UnDeniably Well podcast from the University of Delaware’s Employee Health & Wellbeing Team! In this episode, Ryan Shuler, Associate Director of Employee Health & Wellbeing, is joined by guest, Dr. Kathryn Benjamin Golden, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware to discuss Juneteenth. Listen to learn more about the history of this commemorative day; ways we can support our Black students and colleagues; and how Juneteenth contributes to feelings of belonging and other markers of wellbeing.

Resources:

Delaware Juneteenth Association

Department of Africana Studies

UD’s Center for Black Culture

Office of Intuitional Equity

Black Table Talks Video

On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed

Episode 20 Transcript