Culminating the youth summit, the attendees will participate in a community action effort that allows them to demonstrate how they are doing reconciliation efforts as a final action within their summit activities. Adult participants are invited to support the youth as well.

****THIS EVENT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC**** The ceremony will provide tribute to the lives lost, the survivors, and descendants of the race massacre. Additionally, acknowledgments to the legacy of Board Chair, Julius Pegues will be provided.

From her youth vantage point, Miller will discuss how she has seen activism and advocacy and would like to see how improvements can occur. Miller will be joined by local educators and community advocates, and other youth in discussing their thoughts on advocacy after hearing Miller’s presentation.

Youth & adult participants will participate in a dialogue protocol that engages each participant in considering the themes and content from the symposium for the three days, along with considering their next steps in working collaboratively in reconciliation work after the symposium.

The youth debate team provide deliberations over the symposium topic, “The Case for Education in Reconciliation: Focusing on Advocacy.” The information the youth present will provide foundation for subsequent dialogue sessions with both the youth and adults for the remainder of the symposium day.

****THIS EVENT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC**** Dr. Natalia Mehlman Petrzela will discuss current issues in American politics and culture that give insight into the political and educational tensions that are relevant to the reconciliation work of our times.

Youth attending the Youth Leadership Summit will participate in a reflective walking tour of monuments within the Greenwood area while making connections to the history and perspectives presented over the past two days of the Symposium.

Symposium attendees will participate in a reflective walking tour of monuments within the Greenwood area while making connections to the history and perspectives presented over the past two days of the Symposium. Attendees will focus on making connections with symposium themes and discussion.

Dr. Buckner-Inniss will share how her family’s stories of being survivors and descendants of the Tulsa Race Massacre were threads in a larger tapestry about anti-Black racism, the value of having our own spaces, the passage of time, and finally, the law’s power to grant recognition and relief.

Sandra Quince will provide a national perspective of how business leaders, board members, and academics can build coalitions to overcome disparity issues within their organizations and communities.

****THIS EVENT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC**** Dr. Dyson, will provide perspective on reconciliation efforts through multiple lenses of current concern across the nation.

Led by Vanessa Adams-Harris, the initial event for the John hope Franklin Symposium activities, the Greenwood Bus Tour will include significant sites often identified within the 1921 Race Massacre and significant landmarks for Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood area.

Culminating the John hope Franklin Symposium activities, the Greenwood Bus Tour will include significant sites often identified within the 1921 Race Massacre. This tour will leave from the OSU-Tulsa parking lot (across the street from the Ellis Walker Woods Memorial).

Honoring those (and their descendants) who experienced the traumatic events of the 1921 Race Massacre, the evening ceremony will provide tribute to the lives lost, the survivors, and descendants of the race massacre.

Dedication of the Pathway to Hope, a highly anticipated pedestrian walkway that will provide a direct walking route between John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park and other sites in the core of the Greenwood District.

Looking back 100 years, the national and international press coverage provides a glimpse into the connections of the Tulsa Race Massacre with other historical events beyond time and geography.

Pulitzer prize journalist Eli Saslow will share a luncheon panel with Derek Black, the former white-power heir apparent, and Matthew Stevenson.

Policy Analyst and Data Scientist Samuel Sinyangwe will provide perspective on how policy and data can provide a lens into how looking back at historical events can shape the work needed to improve the future.