Toronto Juneteenth Celebration

June 19, 2025

6:00pm - 8:00pm

90 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto ON

Join the Toronto Racialized Members Committee and the Toronto Regional Women’s Committee for a celebration of Juneteenth on Thursday, June 19th.

When: Thursday, June 19th from 6pm to 8pm

Where: PSAC Toronto boardroom – 90 Eglinton Avenue East (6th floor), Toronto ON M4P 2Y3

Food and drink provided. Please register below.

Guest Speakers:

Randell Adjei

Ontario Poet Laureate 2021, famous author of I Am Not My Struggles raised in Scarborough, Ontario of Ghanian Descent

Crystal Aisha Kerr

Speaker, Writer, Poet, Antiracist Equity Educator and community engagement and development specialist. Recipient of the Viola Desmond Award in 2023; named one of CBC’s Herstory in Black 150 in 2017. Crystal is a first generation Canadian born to Grenadian immigrants.

While Juneteenth is a uniquely American holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the US, its message of freedom and equality has inspired people around the world including right here in Toronto. Many people don’t realize that slavery once existed in Canada – or that it was a critical destination along the Underground Railroad for those seeking freedom.