Race, Place & Civic GenealogiesTM
Director’s Welcome
There is no better place than Washington, D.C. for the ASU Center for the Study of Race and Democracy to launch Race, Place & Civic Genealogies. This new Center initiative emphasizes the ways in which rigorous research, deliberate gazes and thoughtful inquiries enable us to unearth and to grapple with long-understudied histories of race and place.
Attention to race, place and civic genealogies provides us with remarkable opportunities to develop transformative public dialogues and collaborative research that increases our collective understanding of democracy and illuminates the work that remains to be done in order to achieve a more perfect union.
We are honored to have you with us for this historic symposium. Your presence today, coupled with your enthusiasm about genealogy, ancestry, community uplift, social justice and necessary national dialogues, already ensures that we are modeling the best of critical inquiry and fueling our shared pursuit of good and justice for all.
Lois Brown, PhD
Foundation Professor of English Director, ASU Center for the Study of Race and Democracy
Morning Session
Welcome Remarks
Lois Brown, PhD ASU Center for the Study of Race and Democracy
The Honorable Greg Stanton (AZ - 04)
Righting History
A Dialogue with Carole Coles Henry, Julie Zauzmer Weil and Lynda Robinson
Moderator
Lois Brown, PhD
Freedom Rising
L’Merchie Frazier Visual Artist
Executive Director, Creative/Strategic Planning SPOKE Arts, Boston
Connecting Places Within Our Sites
Keynote Address
Joseph McGill, Jr.
Founder, The Slave Dwelling Project
Memoir Reading Caitlyn Hunter Power in the Tongue
Civic Actions Luncheon
Afternoon Session
Recognition and Remembrance: The Ancestors Were Here!
Tijuani Phelps Jackson CSRD Impact Arizona Fellow
Memoir Reading
Gayle Pemberton, PhD
The Hottest Water in Chicago: Notes of A Native Daughter
Afternoon Session (continued)
Reparative Justice and Restorative Histories
Dreisen Heath
Racial Justice Advocate
L’Merchie Frazier
Visual Artist
Executive Director, Creative/Strategic Planning SPOKE Arts, Boston
Basil Ribakare CSRD Impact Arizona Fellow
Karen Newton Cole
Executive Director
Neighborhood Legal Services Program Washington, D.C.
Moderator
Lois Brown, PhD
Chronicling the Past and Presence
Gayle Pemberton, PhD
Professor Emerita Wesleyan University
Michele Neptune McHenry CSRD Impact Arizona Fellow
Caitlyn Hunter
Assistant Professor College of Southern Maryland
Tijuani Phelps Jackson CSRD Impact Arizona Fellow
Moderator
Shareé Hurts
Arizona Public Service
Faculty, Storytelling Institute
South Mountain Community College
Closing Reflections and Recognitions
Book Signings
