{"id":54676,"date":"2023-06-20T08:10:50","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T15:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newrcblog.wpengine.com\/us\/en\/blog\/?p=54676"},"modified":"2025-03-13T06:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:37:11","slug":"ringcentral-commemorates-and-celebrates-juneteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/ringcentral-commemorates-and-celebrates-juneteenth\/","title":{"rendered":"RingCentral commemorates and celebrates Juneteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday, June 19 is Juneteenth, a national holiday <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commemorating June 19, 1865, when enslaved African Americansin Galveston, Texas, finally received the news they were free.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We sat down with RingCentral\u2019s Professional Services Project Manager Sydney Hick, sand Travel Services Manager Candace Madison, to learn more about the history and significance of Juneteenth celebrations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2021, RingCentral was one of the first companies to officially observe\u00a0 Juneteenth as a paid company holiday, , partly in response to the Black Lives Matter movement which brought new attention to issues of equity and justice. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion mandates a response to matters of social justice and we are proud to give our employees a day off to commemorate Juneteenth. We recently sat down with RingCentral\u2019s Professional Services Project Manager Sydney Hicks and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travel Services Manager Candace Madison<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to talk more about the history, significance, and traditions of Juneteenth celebrations. Based in our newly opened Dallas, Texas office, Sydney and Candace shared their perspectives on the importance and significance of the Juneteenth holiday in Texas and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Juneteenth recognized nationally<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2020, months of Black Lives Matter outcries protesting the murder of George Floyd brought a renewed focus on the inequities and injustices faced by minorities in the US. As a result, national leaders collectively resolved to acknowledge and honor the history of the Black community. In solidarity and support for the Black community, President Biden<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/17\/us\/politics\/juneteenth-holiday-biden.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">signed legislation in 2021<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that made Juneteenth, which falls on June 19, a federal holiday. Juneteenth<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">commemorates June 19, 1865, the date on which enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally received the news they were free<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Union troops freed enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay and across Texas, two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth is also known as \u201cEmancipation Day,\u201d \u201cFreedom Day,\u201d and \u201cJubilee Day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>A new tradition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral Professional Services Project Manager Sydney Hicks told us she first learned about Juneteenth as a teenager when she saw banners on a building in her hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. \u201cI began to do research to understand what it is and why it is celebrated. It wasn\u2019t taught at home or in my high school.\u201d She later moved to Houston, Texas, where Juneteenth is a huge event. Sydney and her friends took the opportunity to drive to nearby Galveston, where Juneteenth originated, to participate in authentic celebrations. As a result of her research and experiences, Juneteenth has grown in significance to Sydney personally, and she celebrates annually with family and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Rich family history.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travel Services Manager Candace Madison has another take on Juneteenth. She is a native Texan whose father is originally from Galveston, and she is from an older generation than Sydney. For her family, Juneteenth held deep significance and was celebrated in church with gospel music and a traditional church picnic to follow. They would always sing \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/interactive\/2020\/09\/us\/lift-every-voice-and-sing-trnd\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lift Every Voice and Sing,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d also known as the Black National Anthem, along with the Lord\u2019s Prayer and other gospel hymns. Although Juneteenth celebrations today don\u2019t always include religious observances, Candace notes that today\u2019s big barbecues and cookouts have their roots in the traditional church picnic.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Shared traditions.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Sydney and Candace had different childhood exposure to Juneteenth, as adults now living in Texas, they share some of the same Juneteenth traditions. Parades are a common part of celebrations with streets blocked off and colorful banners flown. There is an emphasis on highlighting Black culture and entrepreneurship. And of course, no Juneteenth celebration would be complete without music and food, food, food. Barbecues and picnics are everywhere with an abundance of soul food: bbq chicken, fried chicken, sweet potatoes, cornbread, greens, and lots of red foods.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Red foods.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why are red foods significant in Juneteenth celebrations? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/afroculinaria.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Culinary historian and writer Michael Twitty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/life\/a36479941\/juneteenth-food-traditions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recent article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the historical importance of red food goes back to the times of enslavement when red foods were rare. Also, \u201cThere were a lot of enslaved Africans who were coming to Texas from the continent and through the Caribbean. The color red is highly associated with the cultures that would&#8217;ve come through the later years of the trade, which would have been Yoruba and Kongo.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you attend a Juneteenth celebration, you can expect to see a variety of red foods including refreshments like strawberry sodas and hibiscus tea, Kool-Aid or Gatorade, plus barbecue sauces, red beans and rice, watermelon, red velvet cake, and more. For recipes and to learn more about Black food and culture, check out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/57000813-black-food?from_search=true&amp;from_srp=true&amp;qid=S1o7onl6sF&amp;rank=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bryant Terry\u2019s book Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Juneteenth events.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year RingCentral hosted the following events to honor Juneteenth:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June 15 &#8211; Our BE@R (Black Employees @ RingCentral) ERG sponsored a soul food lunch accompanied by red deserts in our offices which were catered by local Black-owned businesses. We also watched the documentary \u201cJuneteenth 1865-2022: The Pursuit of Economic Equality\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June 16 &#8211; Juneteenth special edition of our regular House Party Friday music session with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DJ E-TRANE (Elliott Broadnax) &#8211;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> celebrating<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and honoring the contributions of Black musicians in our society.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Opportunity for dialogue.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sydney is hoping RingCentral\u2019s Juneteenth commemoration brings everyone together. She sees it as an opportunity for people who haven\u2019t heard of it to ask questions, and to feel comfortable asking their counterparts about it. \u201cA lot of people get nervous around certain topics within the office, but I feel like at RingCentral, we have created a really comfortable working environment where we can have those hard conversations.\u201d Candace and Sydney each remind us that Juneteenth is not only about Black joy, it\u2019s about bringing everyone together and realizing that this society is possible because of Juneteenth and other important events in our history.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>A cultural shift.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While there is still healing to be done, Candace is proud of the progress that\u2019s been made toward equity. \u201cThere is a mantra that we often say in my community. It is that \u2018We are our ancestors\u2019 wildest dreams.\u2019\u201d Candace is elated to see more interest in the importance of Juneteenth and sees increasing interest as a historical shift. \u201cI am extremely happy to work for a company that commemorates this, to work for a company that would even have discussions about this. It makes me feel very seen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights: Monday, June 19 is Juneteenth, a national holiday commemorating June 19, 1865, when enslaved African Americansin Galveston, Texas, finally received the news they were free. We sat down with RingCentral\u2019s Professional Services Project Manager Sydney Hick, sand Travel Services Manager Candace Madison, to learn more about the history and significance of Juneteenth celebrations. 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