History and Reconstruction

History and Reconstruction will pair formerly incarcerated African-American individuals and at-risk youth with public historian Phillip Seitz and a team of professional historians and psychologists. All parties will attend workshops that address the history and legacy of race and racism in American culture, in an effort to enhance participants' capacity for self-determination, and to build their self-confidence through learning. The participants will be trained in storytelling techniques and will share their personal experiences at public events in schools, youth detention centers, churches, and other venues, thereby demonstrating how, in the project team's words, "history is a current event."

Additional unrestricted funds are added to each grant for general operating support.