Program

Welcome!

Doors open at 8:15 am. 

8:30 Check-in at the welcome table.

Video of Morning Sessions

9:00 Welcoming Remarks

Ana Edwards, Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project
Gregg Kimball, Library of Virginia

Performance by Nickey McMullen, Vocalist

9:15 SESSION 1

MODERATOR: Michael L. Blakey
Douglas Egerton (live video) - Telling Gabriel’s Rebellion in 1993 and Today

Pamela Bingham - Keeping Gabriel’s Legacy Alive

Elvatrice Belsches - Free Black Life in Richmond During Slavery

10:45 BREAK

11:00 SESSION 2

MODERATOR: Christy Coleman
Midori Takagi (live video) - Industrial Slavery in Urban Richmond

Lauranett Lee - The Lives of Enslaved Children
Lenora McQueen - Defending Ancestors: Richmond's 2nd African Burial Ground
Ryan Smith - Public History of Richmond Cemeteries
Ellen Chapman - Archaeological Stewardship in Shockoe Bottom

12:30 LUNCH

Performances by
Valerie Davis "Nanny" at 1:00
Joseph Sharif Hakim Rogers "James Apostle Fields" at 1:25

Video of Afternoon Sessions

1:40 SESSION 3

MODERATOR: Carmen F. Foster
John Moeser - Public Policy Affecting Black Neighborhoods

Rhonda Pleasants - East Marshall Street Well Project
Shawn Utsey - Historical Trauma: Challenging “Reconciliation & Forgiveness”
Ram Bhagat - Healing Trauma: Legacies and Cures

3:10 BREAK

3:20 SESSION 4

Raymond P. Hylton, Virginia Union University - Connecting VUU to Lumpkin's Jail
Phil Wilayto, The Virginia Defender - Reclaiming Shockoe Bottom: Three Stages of the Struggle

Ana Edwards, Sacred Ground Project - Historic Place, Sacred Space, Site of Conscience: The Community Proposal for a Shockoe Bottom Memorial Park (2015)
Elizabeth Kostelny, Preservation Virginia - The Case for Equitable Economic Development in Shockoe Bottom - Visit A Future for Shockoe Bottom to download the two reports, "Equitable Economic Redevelopment Resource Guide" and "Community Impacts and Benefits." (the links are at the bottom of the page)

4:10 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Lawana Holland-Moore, Program Assistant, African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, National Trust for Historic Preservation

Ana Edwards - Closing

4:30 Thank you for attending! 

If you have never visited Richmond's African Burial Ground and Devil's Half Acre/Lumpkin's Jail sites, you should. They are located about 8 blocks east of the Library of Virginia, just off Broad St. at 16th, and off Grace at 17th. Here is a Map

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Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed during this symposium are those of the organizers and participants only and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the sponsoring entities.