Juneteenth Events

Washington, D.C. (Friday, June 19, 2020) – It’s Juneteenth and celebrations, rallies, and protests are planned across the country all weekend and including here in the DMV.  Here’s a list of what’s happening in the Washington, DC region.

District of Columbia

• Juneteenth Peaceful March and Rally: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 2208 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. S.E.
• Black Students Matter Rally: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Freedom Plaza, 1455 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
• Black Mamas March: 11 a.m., at Navy Memorial Plaza, 701 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
• Juneteenth Protest: Noon, start at National Cathedral and end at Dupont Circle.
• Defend Black Women Feeder March: 1 p.m., reflecting pool at 899 North Capitol.
• Freedom Day March: 2 p.m., Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, 1400 Constitution Ave. N.W.
• Defend Black Lives Event: 3 p.m., Malcolm X Park (Meridian Hill Park), 2500 16th St., N.W.
• Defend Black Lives Event: 3 p.m., Lafayette Square, 1600 H St., N.W.

• Defend Black Lives Event: 5 p.m., Freedom Plaza, 1455 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
• Don’t Mute DC Juneteenth Protest: Virtual events beginning 12 p.m., and ending 11 p.m.
• Ward 7 March and Caravan, Noon, RFK Parking Lot on Benning and Oklahoma Avenue, Northeast.
• DC Juneteenth Front Yard Festival for Justice! 6-10 p.m., across Washington, D.C.
• From Protest to the Polls: Saturday, June 20. 10-11:30 a.m., Faith Moravian Church, 405 Riggs Road, N.E.
• The People’s Juneteenth Celebration
• Juneteenth Freedom Walk
• NW4BLACKJUSTICE Juneteenth Protest
• Ward & Rising Call to Action Invest In Ward 7 Caravan
• DJ Art.Is Hosts Celebration & Art Exhibition
• Defend Black Lives Event
• Juneteenth 19 for 19 March
• Juneteenth Crush Mass-Incarceration and Racial Inequities
• Juneteenth Freedom March #WPOCMarch4Freedom
• Juneteenth Bike Ride for Racial Justice

Maryland

• Black Fathers Pledge Rally
• Say Her Name: March for Black Women and Femme Survivors
• Defend Black Lives Event
• Juneteenth March For Racial Equity
• CWC Juneteenth Telethon

Virginia

• Juneteenth Protest/Rally

• Black COP Discussion
• From Grief to Action: A Social Justice Town Hall Series
• Juneteenth Celebration