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The purpose of our courses is to bring African Americans together with European Americans to study erased history, understand the historical basis for the current racial wealth gap, and deconstruct the bootstrap and meritocracy arguments. In addition, we hope to facilitate a change in European Americans' attitudes, replacing the passive understanding of history with a sense of personal accountability and responsibility for righting the wrongs of the past. Finally, we hope to build support for the movement for reparations. It is our hope that these courses bring about racial healing through the fulfillment of justice.
"Only by acknowledging the full extent of slavery's grip on U.S. Society - its intimate connections to present-day wealth and power, the depth of its injury to black Americans, the shocking nearness in time of its true end - can we reconcile the paradoxes of current American life."
Douglas A. Blackmon
VIRTUAL CLASS AND COHORT-BASED OFFERINGS
New offerings available late Spring 2024!
OUR SIGNATURE LECTURE
In a conversation with Lotte Lieb Dula and Briayna Cuffie, we explore different aspects of the movement for reparations for slavery. We'll look at the genesis of white wealth in parallel with the historical harms that resulted from the enslavement of African Americans, creating the current 10-to-1 racial wealth gap, using Lotte's and Briayna's ancestral narratives as the backdrop for our conversation.
COHORT-BASED RETREATS
For white individuals who wish to take their support for reparations to the next level. We'll explore both the economic rationale for reparations to the descendants of the enslaved in America, as well as the moral and spiritual imperative for doing so. We'll craft family plans of repair based on our family histories plus evaluate ways we can further activate our commitments to repair.
Thank you so much for participating in our meeting last night. Yours is a great presentation that effectively tells the untold story behind the racial equity gap that exists today. It is a driving argument for reparations. Members have already relayed many positive comments about your talk. Sharing your website with us at the end was helpful as well. It enabled everyone to actually see the wealth of information you have amassed for all to access. I also appreciated the description of some of the concrete reparative steps you have taken personally. Kathe F.
Lotte and Briayna, thank you for joining our session last Wednesday. Your presentation of the facts around historical development of the racial wealth gap alongside your personal family stories was moving for many of us. You guys are rock stars! Steve B.
Hi Lotte and Briayna, It was an absolute honor to have y'all speak to us. Our organization loved it (the FB livestream video alone has accrued over 300+ views.🤩). Antar K.
Dear Lotte and Briayna: Thanks so much for coming to visit with the Linked Descendants on Sunday. Your presentation was one we will remember for a long time. There was overwhelmingly positive feedback and praise for your program. You not only modeled for us the nurturing of a loving "linked" relationship but also demonstrated how your teamwork has been a powerful force for change in our country. I personally felt it was the best presentation I have ever seen (and I've seen a few) on why we must have reparations in order to heal our nation and build the beloved community. Thanks again for your powerful sharing and witnessing. Angela D.
SELF-STUDY GUIDES
Coming in 2024 - Our interactive online education portal will bring our self-study guides to a new level!
REPARATIVE GENEALOGY
Reparative Genealogy is the act of researching our heritage, acknowledging our connection to slavery, and daylighting the history of those our ancestors enslaved. Learn about your ancestors and deepen your commitment to repair.
STATE BY STATE GUIDE
The erasure of our shared history is damaging to Black and white people alike. Learn about each state's history of slavery and racism with this state-by-state guide. Understand the context for your ancestors' lives.
ERASED HISTORY & THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP
Learn about the racial wealth gap, era-by-era, from slavery through Jim Crow and the 19th & 20th century entitlements that created the white middle class.
WHITE TRAUMA / WHITE SUPREMACY
Abuse that is not metabolized is often repeated in subsequent generations. To heal from white supremacy, we must understand the roots of the trauma that created it.
MODERN VECTORS OF ECONOMIC OPPRESSION
Once you've learned the history of the racial wealth gap, it's time to learn about how racism affects our modern lives in 14 areas.
MODERN VECTORS OF ECONOMIC LIBERATION
Once you've learned how racism affects our modern lives, let's look at ways we can heal the path forward in the same 14 areas.
R4S PODCASTS
HEALING BLACK FUTURES
Healing Black Futures is a podcast for Black and white reparationists alike, dedicated to exploring our shared history of oppression and the liberated path forward. With host Asia Dorsey.
ORAL HISTORY IN B & W
Co-produced by R4S and the African American Redress Network, this podcast series explores Black land loss, including eminent domain, and heir's property from personal perspectives.
