Description:

Please join us for a conversation with Lotte Lieb Dula and Briayna Cuffie, creators of reparations4slavery.com, as 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.  We’ll also look at retooling harmful family narratives that uphold the culture of white supremacy. 

Formats

Our signature offering, this online presentation can be given in the following formats:

• 60-minute lecture with Q and A
• 90-minute session with lecture, Q & A, scribing exercise
• 2-hour session with lecture, Q & A, scribing exercise, breakout groups, and group discussion.

What people are saying:

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. 

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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.  You guys are rock stars!  Steve B.

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It was an absolute honor to have y'all speak to us. Our organization loved it -  Antar K., Democrats Abroad

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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.  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 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., Coming To The Table

This course, which brings together African Americans and Europeans to study our ancestry, can be given as a single session lecture or as a 5-part series.  Topics can include:

• Introduction to the concept of reparative genealogy
• The importance of reparative genealogy in racial justice and the repatriation of slavery-era documents
• How Bri and Lotte met and why working across race and class toward repair is vitally important
• Tour of the R4S guide to reparative genealogy
• Preparing to build your tree - what materials to gather
• Lotte: demonstration of the construction of a simple vertical-structure tree
• Briayna: demonstration of the construction of a simple horizontal-structure tree 
• Lotte: demonstration of the addition of slavery-era records to a tree
• Lotte: demonstration of tree-building techniques to document the enslaved using slavery-era documents 
• Briayna:  comments on how African American families can find these trees using slave schedules, DNA through-lines
• How to search for mention of your (Black and White) ancestors on African American Facebook and online genealogy sites
• How to scout out museum archives and genealogical society library records.
• Demonstration of repatriation of slavery-era records on Facebook sites and genealogical organizations.
• Breakout sessions
• Clinics
• Q & A
• Storytelling: where has your genealogical exploration taken you?  What are your next steps?