The Mellon Humanities For All Times Grant: Movement Memory and Justice is a 3-year initiative at Morehouse College devoted to the study of the intersection of Africana History, Digital Humanities, Justice, and Cultural Heritage Preservation, with an eye toward raising student and community awareness and growing the Humanities disciplines in the Atlanta University Center.

The purpose of the convening, February 7-9, 2024 is to bring together the community of scholars, artists, and partnering organizations aligned in efforts to link enslavement to the criminal justice system, fight for civil rights, prevent Black land loss, ensure cultural and environmental sustainability, and produce thought provoking music, art, books, film, and curriculum resources.This gathering is part of the process of reclamation. We invite common thought partners to join us in this work.

11 am:  Holding Power to Account with Corey Johnson, Pulitzer Prize Winning Investigative Journalist, “Poisoned”

12 noon: Lunch: Diving With Purpose with Kamau Sadiki

1:30pm:  Remnants of Reconstruction: Power of Public History

• Cameron Nesmith, Moderator
• Robert Adams, Executive Director, Penn Center
• CB Claiborne, Apple Distinguished Educator, Texas Southern University 
• Ahmad Ward, Executive Director, Mitchelville Freedom Park

• Javier Wallace: Master Storyteller, Duke University

2:30pm:  Kinfolk App Preview, Idris Brewster, founder of Kinfolk App

3pm:  Slavery By Another Name: Legacy of Chattahoochee Brick Company

• Keon Rosado, Moderator
• Douglas Blackmon, Pulitzer Prize-winning Investigative Journalist
• Darrin Sims, Director of Truth & Transformation Initiative, National Center for Civil and Human Rights
• Donna Stephens, Founder of Chattahoochee Brick Company Descendants Coalition

• Karcheik Sims-Alvarado: Morehouse College, Fulton County Reparations Task Force

4pm:  Tied to the Land

• Christian Harvey, Moderator
• Jazz Watts, Commissioner, Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor
• Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation
• Jillian Hishaw, Agricultural Attorney 

• Tyanna West, North Carolina State University 

5pm:  Tribute to Mrs. Josephine Wright, Tracey Love Graves, Granddaughter of Mrs. Josephine Wright

5:30pm:  Film Screenings

• Voices & Visions CTEMS Student Films, Avery Williams, Morehouse College

• “Another Day Will Find Us Brave”: Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole & The Art of Justice, Mikki Harris & Emani Saucier, Co-Directors

6:30pm:  Evening Reception