PANEL 1: The Black Family Workshop Facilitators FAQ

"For this panel discussion, we bring our project’s workshop facilitators together to respond to frequently asked questions regarding Black family history and to discuss issues that arise in practice.
Workshop Facilitator Bio’s
Denyce Peyton is a genealogist with 25 years’ experience, providing professional research since 2004. Her specialties are African Americans, research methodologies, evidence analysis and nineteenth/twentieth century investigations. Denyce holds completion certificates in “Advanced Methodology and Evidence Analysis” at the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR), ProGen31 study group, and “Genealogy Writing from Planning to Publication”, Midwestern African American Genealogy Institute.
In 2003, Dr. Gina Paige co-founded African Ancestry, Inc. (AfricanAncestry.com) and in doing so, pioneered a new way of tracing African lineages using genetics, and a new marketplace for people of African descent looking to more accurately and reliably trace their roots. Paige travels the world helping people demystify their roots and inform on identities so that they may better understand who they are by knowing where they’re from.
Ryan J. Heathcock, a 1993 graduate of Howard University School of TV and Film Production, specializes in oral history preservation through video documentation. In 2015 Ryan International, Inc., began to focus on projects that are aimed at preserving the oral histories of individuals and organizations. Once Upon A Time (OUAT) was created with the intent to give individuals and historical institutions the opportunity to video document their stories to ensure that their history and legacy are preserved and passed on to the next generation “in their own words”
Skyla S. Hearn is an archivist, special collections librarian, visual artist and co-founder of The Blackivists-a collective of trained Black archivists who prioritize Black cultural heritage preservation and memory work. Skyla is most concerned with supporting a community’s attempt to understand, document and share its own history, particularly those that have not been well recorded; to expand archives to include increased representation and to diversify mainstream historical records. She is a homegrown Chicagoan by way of Mississippi.
Timothy Prolific Edwaujonte is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and organizer who fuses their creative and genealogical practices in pursuit of reparations for Afro-Indigenous peoples. Pro is the author of multiple books of poetry, including their latest, Ofrenda para las ancestras, which combines family stories, genealogical research, and ancestral practices into poetry. Edwaujonte is the VP for Institutional Culture at PURPOSE Productions, teaches at Ember Charter Schools, and founder of the Owo Foro Adobe collaborative. Visit www.ProJones.com to learn more.
To learn more about The Black Family: United by History, Restored by Storytelling please visit www.asalh.org/family-history and follow the #BlackFamilyASALH on social media!
Program Description
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History in collaboration with Archival Alchemy® presents, The Black Family: United by History, Restored by Storytelling. This national program aims to demonstrate how oral storytelling, genealogy, and familial archiving can serve as a return and a way forward. We want to empower individuals to reunite with their families to uncover more about themselves, and to uplift the ordinary and extraordinary folx within their unique heritage. The Black Family: United by History, Restored by Storytelling includes pre-recorded workshops and Q&A sessions, as well as panel discussions. This program highlights the legacy of Black family reunions by encouraging families of all backgrounds to build and renew their own familial traditions and stories.
This programming is sponsored by New York Life."
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