2022 Hands On Atlanta MLK Sunday Supper

2022 MLK SUNDAY SUPPER WHAT WE TEACH OUR KIDS ABOUT RACE

SCHEDULE

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TONIGHT'S LINEUP

WELCOME!

Welcome to our 8th annual MLK Sunday Supper. I’m thrilled you could join us tonight for what a meaningful conversation about "What we teach our kids about race." Together, I believe we can move Atlanta closer to Dr. King’s vision of the Beloved Community.

President & CEO, Hands On Atlanta

Jay Cranman

Thank you for joining us at the (virtual) table.

THE PROGRAM 4:45 PM

Zoom Waiting Room Opens

5:00 PM

Program Begins

“Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction.”

Ashlee Haze – Spoken Word Poet Cheryl Preheim – Morning Anchor, 11 Alive Jay Cranman - President/CEO, Hands On Atlanta Tanika Cabral – The Coca-Cola Company

5:30 PM

Panel Discussion

Harvard Debate Council

5:50 PM

Zoom Breakout Rooms Open

6:00 PM

Table Conversations

7:00 PM

Performance by Siana Altiise

7:05 PM

Closing Remarks/Event Concludes

– Martin Luther King, Jr.

3 questions Approximately 15 minutes per question

Dr. Beverly Tatum - President Emerita of Spelman College

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FEATURED SPEAKERS

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SPECIAL GUESTS

BRANDON P. FLEMING Brandon P. Fleming is a nationally acclaimed Harvard educator and author of MISEDUCATED: A Memoir. An atrisk youth and college dropout turned award-winning educator, Fleming is Assistant Debate Coach at Harvard University and Founder/CEO of the Harvard Diversity Project.

DR. BEVERLY TATUM Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College, is the author of the best-selling book, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations about Race, now in its 20th anniversary edition.

APPEARANCES BY

CHERYL PREHEIM

ASHLEE HAZE

SIANA ALTIIESE

11Alive Morning Anchor (Emcee)

Poet and Spoken Word Artist and Host of the "Moderne Philosophy" Podcast

Sensory Artist

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BREAKOUT FACILITATORS ATLANTA CHANGEMAKERS

PRESENTED BY

AARTI SHARMA

ADRIENNE WHITE

ALEX EBANKS

Executive Director of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Foundation

Atlantic Capital Bank, VP, Commercial and Not-forProfit Banker

Senior Manager, Brand & Business Communications North America at The Coca-Cola Company

ANN WILSON CRAMER

ANNE LOESCHER

ATIBA MBIWAN

Senior Director, Strategy & Planning, Scripps Networks

Executive Director, The Zeist Foundation

Senior Consultant, Coxe Curry

BRENDALEE CRANMAN C.J. STEWART

CHRIS BRUCE

Technology Executive, Accenture

Policy & Advocacy Director, ACLU of Georgia

Chief Visionary Officer for L.E.A.D., Inc. L.E.A.D. Center For Youth

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BREAKOUTFACILITATORS

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ATLANTA CHANGEMAKERS

DIONE D. SIMON, ED.D.

DR. STEVE GREEN

DR. TJUAN DOGAN

Principal, Harper-Archer Elementary School

Independent Education Consultant

Global Director of Social Impact, Coursera

DR. VICTORIA SEALS

EILEEN LEE

FRANK BROWN, ESQ.

President, Atlanta Technical College

Co-founder, The Lola

Chief Executive Officer, Communities In Schools of Atlanta

FABIOLA CHARLES STOKES Head of Global Sites Strategy, Google

JACORIA BORDERS

JAY BERNATH

Program Officer, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

President, C&S Wholesale Meats

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BREAKOUT FACILITATORS

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ATLANTA CHANGEMAKERS

JOEY WOMACK

KURT FORD

KWAME JOHNSON

Founder and CEO, Goodie Nation

Director of International Network Planning, Delta Air Lines

President and CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta

KWEKU FORSTALL

LILLIE MADALI

LISA SHARP

Director, Atlanta Civic Site, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Senior Smart City Growth Lead, Cox2M

Compliance Director, Southern Company Services, Inc.

MONIQUE SHIELDS

PHIL OLALEYE

ROBBY GULRI

CEO, Breakthrough Atlanta

Executive Director, Next Generation Men and Women

CEO, Co-founder, Seva Security - Cybersecurity Workforce Development

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BREAKOUTFACILITATORS

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ATLANTA CHANGEMAKERS

ADAM HARRELL

CARL HILL

DAVID RICHARDSON

Co-founder, Nebo Agency

Director of Multicultural and Community Affairs, Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, Inc.

Director,T-Mobile

DAVID WENDER

DOUG HOOKER

Partner, Alston & Bird

Executive Director, Atlanta Regional Commission

DR. MERIA CARTSARPHEN

KEITH PEPPER

WHITCLIFF MCKNIGHT

WHITNEY MARSHALL

Publisher & Owner, Springs Publishing

Head of Lower School, The Westminister Schools

Founder, Whitney Marshall Coaching LLC

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BREAKOUT FACILITATORS

PRESENTED BY

ATLANTA CHANGEMAKERS

SCOTT BROWN

TINA FERNANDEZ

TODD CROOM

Senior Director, Community Affairs, Georgia-Pacific

Executive Director, Achieve Atlanta

CFO, Jackson Spalding

RASHIDA WINDFREY ZENITH HOUSTON V.P. Atlanta Minority Entrepreneurs, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

CEO, GaillardHouston

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INTROS QUESTION 1

CONVERSATION GUIDE

THREE BIG QUESTIONS

Share your name, where you’re from, and when you first became aware of your own racial identity.

A Southern Poverty Law Center study from 2017 found that most students are misinformed about issues related to slavery. Georgia’s Standards of Excellence for Social Studies mentions slavery first in the third grade, but 92 percent of high school seniors surveyed could not identify slavery as the central cause of the Civil War. Furthermore, fewer than one-third correctly named the 13th Amendment as the formal end of U.S. slavery.

What do you remember learning about race when you were at school (K-12)? Is there something you wish you had been taught, or not taught? Why?

QUESTION 2

Those in favor of teaching a more comprehensive American history often say that unless we learn our history, we are doomed to repeat it. Many who are against it believe that teaching racial history keeps us trapped in the past.

What’s at stake if we teach children and young people about our racial history; and what’s at stake if we don’t?

QUESTION 3

Author and children’s rights advocate, L.R. Knost, once said, “It’s not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It’s our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless.”

Share your vision for how we can support our children in creating a brighter future for themselves and our country? What is one action you can take to support this vision?

HOW IT WORKS TIPS FOR A GREAT CONVERSATION

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HOW IT WORKS As the table conversations/breakout rooms begin, please follow the prompts from your table facilitator get to know those at your table or in your breakout room and develop new or foster existing relationships!

You will introduce the Sunday Supper conversation, then get into three big questions.

You'll want to make sure everyone participates and shares their thoughts, feedback, reactions and opinions with one voice at a time, and equal time to share.

REMINDERS BE CURIOUS + WILLING TO LEARN

Conversation is as much about listening as it is about talking. Listen and be open to hearing all points of view.

BE MINDFUL AND SHOW RESPECT Conversations encourage vulnerability. Be mindful of people’s privacy and acknowledge their bravery. What is said here stays here, what is learned here leaves here.

LIVED EXPERIENCE Be respectful of those with lived experience.

Avoid tokenizing them or putting an undue burden on them by asking them to educate or explain. Let them take the lead with how much they want to share.

QUESTIONS? For more info on the Hands On Atlanta MLK Sunday Supper visit www.handsonatlanta.org/sunday-supper Need more help? Email Ashley Collier at: acollier@handsonatlanta.org.

SUSPEND JUDGEMENTS + ASSUMPTIONS Setting judgments aside opens you up to learning from others and helps them feel respected and appreciated. Rather than making assumptions, listen and ask questions to better understand who another person is and where they are coming from.

BE AUTHENTIC + WELCOMING Speak authentically from your personal experience. Personal stories open our hearts.

Look for common ground and appreciate the differences in the beliefs and opinions of others.

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