Guide for Breakout Groups

  1. Click on the link corresponding to your breakout group.

  2. If you haven’t already done so, please review your group’s materials (story, conversation prompts, historical sources).

  3. As a group, discuss your group’s central question, referencing the conversation prompts as needed. During the conversation, feel free to take notes in your personal notebook. (The notebook is yours to keep.)

  4. Select a group member to “report back” to the rest of the workshop at 4:00.

CELIA GAINES: When it comes to data, how can Kinfolkology respect the claims of kinfolk?

DELIA GARLIC: How can Kinfolkology support Descendants as storytellers and knowledge keepers?

BURWELL LEE: How can Kinfolkology support and join Descendants' calls for reparative justice?

CHARLES MOODY: How can Kinfolkology facilitate collaboration and community among Descendants?

BATTLE PAYNE: How can Kinfolkology support Descendants as political actors and activists?

ELLEN STEPHENS: How can Kinfolkology support Descendants' commemoration of enslaved ancestors?