Juneteenth programs your team will love attending

Rethink your next corporate Juneteenth celebration with our highly immersive and engaging sessions.

For our Juneteenth programming, we have:

  • 250+ thrilled clients
  • led 300+  training sessions
  • trained over 20,000+ employees
  • 3 Juneteenth events to choose from
  • 1 Workplace Workshop to choose from

For your team’s training sessions, you can expect:

  • Friendly and knowledgeable facilitators
  • Interactive storytelling that delves into important and unflinching history, culture, and concepts
  • Impactful topics that embed core American history within each experience
  • Live, on-location guides at historic and cultural locations
  • Interactive questions throughout the event to teach those concepts
  • Experiences designed by historians and educators
  • Optional Celebration Boxes shipped to your team members
  • Marketing materials to provide to your company
  • Resource guide provided after the event with discussion questions provided to continue the learning and team building
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"Such an amazing experience that is informational and interactive! Highly recommended for anyone looking to hear and see amazing facts about Juneteenth. Not to mention some really great items included in the gift box!"

Kendra BattenBlend, Juneteenth: Emancipation

"An amazing experience!! This feels like a priceless experience. I learned new facts about Juneteenth, in an immersive and engaging way. Recommend to any company looking to honor the holiday. 10/10"

Erikka NelsonVoya Financial| Juneteenth: Emancipation | 100+ Attendees

"Loved hearing about the history of Juneteenth. I feel incredibly blessed to have known some of the history surrounding the day as well as some history about Black/AA Abolition history too. There was still plenty I learned, and it was amazing to see the site via virtually. It really helps connect the words from American History class being able to see it even thru a camera with someone talking about the places.
I strongly recommend everyone being able to learn this way. It truly helps break down the barriers of not everyone having the ability or finances to travel for the learning."

Ashley JacobsenToro | Juneteenth: Emancipation | 120+ attendees

"Joy, Denise, and Mike provided and exceptional experience teaching us about the origins of Juneteenth, filled with trivia and sightseeing, plus amazing history. Thank you so much!! 10/10!!"

Catie Ditmoredbt Labs | Juneteenth: Rise | 20+ attendees

"Don't know how y'all do it Every time but Another excellent presentation!! Thanks for covering so well and in depth the true meaning of Juneteenth and some of the outstanding African American women in history (Ida B. Wells, Opal Lee, etc.). Thanks Hillary, Jolyn, and Paris for going into the food culture as well (candied yams, red velvet cake, etc.) tying in the significance. Keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to your next presentation."

Sharon LongFSBPT | Juneteenth: Rise | 15 + attendees

"Our team welcomed Unexpected Virtual Tours & Training for a Juneteenth event this year. Their training, Juneteenth Rise Virtual Tour, was incredible!
The hosts Jolyn and Paris did a great job highlighting stories that both helped us learn more about Juneteenth and celebrate the holiday. It was also such a great touch to have Adam on the ground in Chicago to take us to historic sites! Our team members loved overall how interactive and engaging it was.
Highly recommend this event and recommend Unexpected Virtual Tours!"

Emma BoumaNexamp | Juneteenth: Rise | 45+ attednees

Training Sessions & Experiences for Juneteenth

Unique team building sessions loved by teams at Sodexo, Bristol Myers Squibb, LinkedIn, SurveyMonkey, and more!

Juneteenth: Emancipation Virtual Tour

Juneteenth: Emancipation

Available in June

Discover one of the most unique and uplifting ways to celebrate the powerful history of Juneteenth or EmancipationDay with a live streaming guide in Virginia. One of the ten best ways to honor Juneteenth by Lonely Planet!

Core Learner Concept:
Rejecting Stereotypes, Reclaiming History

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Live-streaming Guides

60

Minutes
Emancipation Details
Juneteenth Rise

Juneteenth: Rise

Available in June

Continue the story of Juneteenth and discover the impact of Emancipation from the 1870s to the present day, including a live-streaming look at the rise and turmoil within Black meccas like Chicago, plus trivia with a focus on soul food.

Core Learner Concepts:
Intersectionality

3

Guides

60

Minutes
Rise Details
Juneteenth Rise

Juneteenth: Celebration

Available in June

Explore how African Americans have shaped American identity through fashion, creativity, and cultural expression. From Emancipation Day parades where newly freed Black communities used clothing as a declaration of dignity and freedom, to the rise of designers who transformed the global fashion landscape, this program spotlights style as a form of power.

Core Learner Concepts:
Self-Expression

3

Guides

60

Minutes
Celebration Details
Anti Racism Training

Work Culture Workshop: Defining Anti-Racism and the Allyship Continuum

Available year round

Immerse your team in the allyship continuum and explore real-world scenarios about Frederick Douglass to help your team discern that allyship is a verb. This session is perfect to continue what you learned in a Juneteenth event but is suitable to do on its own as well!

Core Learner Concept:
Allyship; Anti-racism

3

Guides

60

Minutes
Anti-Racism Workshop Details

Why Choose Unexpected Virtual Tours and Training?

Why Choose Unexpected Virtual Tours and Training
  • #1-rated training events featured in The New York Times, Forbes, and The Guardian.
  • Research-backed training, built using the latest industry-class research on leadership training and work culture effectiveness.
  • Engaging and immersive sessions with knowledgeable facilitators.
  • Certified Woman-Owned Small Business.
  • Certified Minority Business Enterprise by the National Minority Supplier Development Council.
  • 400+ hours of research and development for a 1-hour program.
  • 8+ years of team building & training excellence.
  • 3 published historians on staff with 50 years combined research experience, specializing in underrepresented communities.
  • Intentionally inclusive, anti-racist corporate values.
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What Type of Training are the Virtual Tours?

Cultural competence training (sometimes called cultural consciousness training or cultural awareness training) centers on the history, culture, triumphs, and challenges of a representative group.

At Unexpected Virtual Tours & Training, we’re honored to offer a variety of cultural competence training programs. Our programs delve into the successes and the roadblocks faced by historically marginalized groups using interactive, data-backed learning approaches with a focus on fun and historical accuracy. Tying historical lessons to pop culture trivia, artistic challenges, live-streamed virtual field trips, and other engaging activities can help boost engagement and further reinforce key concepts.

Next Steps for Your Juneteenth Program

After learning about the variety of events for Juneteenth that we offer, we hope you feel confident and equipped to move forward in including Unexpected Virtual Tours and Training in your company’s Juneteenth Celebrations.

To plan your event for Juneteenth, simply fill out the form below and we’ll be in touch to plan your team’s Juneteenth Virtual Tour!

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FAQs

About Juneteenth Virtual Events

Which Event for Juneteenth should my company do?

In short, all of them!

Unexpected Virtual Tours and Training has many options to celebrate Juneteenth for a reason- there are so many important stories to honor and celebrate!

From inspiring stories of Freedom’s s Fortress and the Emancipation Oak in Hampton, VA during Emancipation…

to exploring the contribution of Black soldiers at the Victory monument in Chicago during Rise…

to the iconic statements fashion and clothing have had on American society for centuries in Celebration…

to the Allyship Continuum during the Anti-Racism Work Culture Workshop, we are confident that no matter which virtual Juneteenth team-building event your company decides on, your team will be uplifted and inspired.

Visit each page to learn more about each event for your Juneteenth program.

How does your team create the Juneteenth celebration events?

Unexpected Virtual Tours and Training has three full-time writers on our staff. Our writers focus on:

  • food history
  • the histories of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) people in America
  • music history
  • race and social justice

As such, we never use Wikipedia research. Instead, our historians use original source documents.

In fact, it takes our historians over 150 hours to research a 1-hour virtual team-building experience!

What's the pricing for the events?

Pricing starts at $56 per person for 1-60 attendees. We have a minimum rate of the price for 25 attendees, or $1,400

For groups over 60 attendees, we have group rates available to bring the price per person down. Pricing can get as low as $5/pp depending on group size!

Fill out the form above to get a pricing chart.

We offer discounts to schools and non-profits.

What Can I Expect From a Juneteenth Virtual Tour with Unexpected Virtual Tours and Training?

What do I get with my Juneteenth experience?

First, you’ll receive marketing materials like a Save the Date and promo video to send to your team to get them excited about the event.

Second, you’ll get a guide with free videos and resources to augment your Juneteenth Virtual Tour or Session.

Third, we provide a resource guide after the virtual tours with discussion questions to keep the team building going and enhance the stories that we didn’t have time for during the event.

Ultimately, you get a turn-key event for Juneteenth that your team won’t be able to stop talking about.

Are these virtual events "boring" or "preachy?"

Definitely not! We are sure your team will have a great time.

First, each experience highlights incredible history. And, each experience fosters an inclusive workplace.

Plus, we include games and trivia to keep your team engaged and interacting throughout the event. There’s a reason we have more than 2,000 five-star Google reviews from attendees- they love our events!

Are the Juneteenth events only appropriate or relevant for Black employees? Should we open our event to all employees?

We encourage your company or ERG to invite all employees to your team-building celebration. Black history is American history, and attendees regularly tell us how much they learned and enjoyed the Juneteenth virtual tours, regardless of their race.

Do we need the Treat Boxes?

For most of the events, no, your team does not need the Treat Boxes. They are optional add-ons that teams include if they fit into the budget. All the box contents are from Black-owned businesses.

If your company does not have the budget for everyone to receive a box, many companies choose to “raffle off” a few pre-ordered boxes to attendees after the event to encourage participation and give extra incentive for engaging!

Do the Treat Boxes differ for each event?

The Treat Boxes for both events, Juneteenth Emancipation and Juneteenth Rise, are the same.

Can we have a company sponsor do opening remarks?

Absolutely! In fact, we encourage a lead ERG member or company executive to give short opening remarks at the start of your event for Juneteenth. We provide a short video upon booking for suggestions for the opening remarks if you need help with what to say.

Juneteenth Training Resources

Browse our library of blog topics for more resources, ideas, and best practices! From virtual diversity and inclusion activities to posts on the importance of diversity in the workplace and how to create DEI training programs – we’ve got you covered!