Liberation & Freedom Days Descendant Power: A Rubric for Engaging Slavery Descendant Communities

Join Niya Bates (PhD Candidate at Princeton University, Founding Member of DEC-UVA), James French (Montpelier Foundation Board Chair), and Matthew Reaves (Director of Archaeology, Montpelier) as they discuss the Rubric as a Framework for Engaging with Descendants of Enslaved Laborers. Moderator: Justin G. Reid (Cultural Organizer, Griffin Blvd Archives)

Transportation will be provided with buses leaving from the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center beginning at 12:30pm.

Take a Highlights of Montpelier Tour or East Woods Hike at Montpelier starting at 2pm. Highlights of Montpelier Tour slots continuing until the Rubric conversation at 4pm. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments provided.