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Sam Law, Director of UX Research<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>

To be honest, I think the day can feel really heavy. So as an art history major and lover of all things music, I like to use the day for education, but also for immersion in cultural history, which I find really inspiring and uplifting.\u00a0<\/p>

There is a virtual tour of the Basquiat exhibit<\/a> at the MFA Boston that I\u2019ll be renting, which contextualizes Basquiat\u2019s work in relation to the birth of hip-hop. It parallels his visual language with the verbal language of his musical contemporaries as a form of expression that defied racial divisions.<\/p>

I\u2019ll also be watching Summer of Soul<\/i><\/a>, which has been on my list for a while. This is Questlove\u2019s documentary (a mix of documentary, performance, and retrospective of culture and fashion) on the Harlem Cultural Festival.\u00a0<\/p>

Sheldon Wells, Production Supervisor<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>

Juneteenth is an opportunity for me to reflect on how much we\u2019ve accomplished and to celebrate the future success we will bring into this world. It’s refreshing that Prose gives me an opportunity to celebrate and express myself freely on this holiday. Their support shows me that I\u2019m not just an employee, I\u2019m family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Megan Krebs, Employee Experience Manager<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>

I\u2019ve been reading Four Hundred Souls<\/i><\/a> throughout June to course correct and broaden my understanding of African American history. It\u2019s curated by Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to be an Antiracist<\/i><\/a>, and historian Keisha N Blain. It\u2019s incredibly captivating, completely digestible, and compels me to deeply examine and reassess the white narrative of American history I grew up with.\u00a0<\/p>

Rashi Birla, VP Brand & Creative<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>

I\u2019ll likely be spending the day finishing the book I started recently, The Vanishing Half<\/i><\/a>, by Black American author Brit Bennett. Not only is it a page turner, but a really interesting story about two girls growing up in a Black community in the south and how their identity took them on different life paths. The book also explores the topics of colorism, identity, and how past and present intertwine.\u00a0<\/p>

Nicolas Mussat, Co-Founder & CTO<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>

I\u2019m planning on watching 13th<\/i><\/a> which has been on my list for quite some time now. I\u2019ll use that time to educate myself on the issue of targeted mass incarceration and its political and economical root causes. <\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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