2022 MLK SUNDAY SUPPER WHAT WE TEACH OUR KIDS ABOUT RACE
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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 ALTIISE
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
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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 ATLANTA CHANGEMAKERS
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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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BREAKOUT FACILITATORS
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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 CARSTARPHEN
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
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ATLANTA CHANGEMAKERS
SCOTT BROWN
TINA FERNANDEZ
TODD CROOM
Senior Director, Community Affairs, Georgia-Pacific
Executive Director, Achieve Atlanta
CFO, Jackson Spalding
RASHIDA WINFREY V.P. Atlanta Minority Entrepreneurs, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
ZENITH HOUSTON 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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