The Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Initiative originated as a response to the growing public awareness of Georgetown’s involvement with slavery. In September 2015, President John J. DeGioia convened a group of faculty, students, and staff to form the Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation. This page provides access to university websites; the publications of the Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation; statements and reports by the Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia; and University news.
Websites
- Georgetown Reflects on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation
- The Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies
- Racial Justice Institute
- Georgetown Slavery Archive
- Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation
Publications of the Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation
- “What We Know Booklet,” Georgetown Slavery Archive
- Report of the Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation to the President of Georgetown University, Summer 2016
Statements and Reports by Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia
- Announcing the Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, September 2015
- Responding to Racial Injustice: New Commitments, February 2016
- Racial Justice, A Georgetown Response, Continuing the Conversation, September 1, 2016
- Invitation to events related to Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, April 18, 2017
- An Update on Efforts Related to Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, January 12, 2018
- Regarding the Student Referendum and our Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Efforts, April 12, 2019
- Next Steps on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, October 29, 2019
- Confronting Racism, May 31, 2020
- An Update on the Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Initiative, March 16, 2021
- Announcing the Center for the Study of Slavery and Its Legacies, March 17, 2023
- Today’s Supreme Court Ruling and Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, June 23, 2023
- Race, Elite College Admissions, and the Courts, report by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (2023)
University News (selected)
- Georgetown President Makes Major Commitments to Racial Justice, February 5, 2016
- New Black Georgetown Remembered Book Celebrated with Community, February 25, 2016
- Board Approves Department of African American Studies, June 17, 2016
- Georgetown Shares Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Report, Racial Justice Steps, September 1, 2016
- University Begins Series on the Condition of African American D.C. Residents, September 16, 2016
- Mellon Grant Helps University Advance Racial Justice Recommendations, February 13, 2017
- Georgetown Continues Engagement with Descendants, Historical Relationship to Slavery, March 24, 2017
- Building to be Renamed for Pioneer Black Educator Anne Marie Becraft, April 13, 2017
- Georgetown to Rename Building for Isaac Hawkins, One of 272 Enslaved in 1838 Sale, April 13, 2017
- Georgetown Apologizes for 1838 Sale of More than 270 Enslaved, Dedicates Buildings, April 18, 2017
- DC Jail Students Benefit from Georgetown’s Popular Problem of God Course, August 29, 2019
- Enslaved Ancestors Remembered as Retiree Starts as Georgetown Undergrad, August 29, 2017
- DC Jail Students Benefit from Georgetown’s Popular Problem of God Course, August 20, 2019
- New Undergrad Course Examines University’s Historical Connection to Slavery, November 26, 2019
- Prison Scholars Program Receives $1 Million Mellon Foundation Grant, December 19, 2019
- History of Enslavement Project to Create Common Database for Universities, August 3, 2020
- Master’s Student Examines Effects of Slavery in History of the White House through Fellowship, January 22, 2021
- Georgetown Launches Racial Justice Institute with Multidisciplinary Leadership, February 22, 2021 (updated July 10, 2023)
- Georgetown Continues Support as Jesuits, Descendants of Enslaved Form Foundation, March 15, 2021
- Georgetown Preserves Memory, Charts Path for Lasting Change at Emancipation Day Conference on Legacies of Enslavement, May 5, 2021
- Black Georgetown Rediscovered: Students Help Preserve History at Underground Railroad Hideout, July 8, 2021
- Incoming Medical Students Begin Education with Anti-Racist Curriculum, August 11, 2022
- Georgetown Forms 5-Year Partnership with Southern University System, May 26, 2022
- Georgetown Launches $400,000 Annual Fund to Support Descendants of the Enslaved, October 26, 2022
- Georgetown Awards Funding to 5 Projects that Support Descendant Communities, April 28, 2023
- Georgetown’s Center on Slavery Launches with Carlos Simon Tribute Honoring the Enslaved, September 25, 2023
- How Do the Arts Play a Role in Racial Justice? Georgetown Students, Faculty Are Finding Ways to Spark Change, June 19, 2024
- On This Summer Trip, the Bahamas Was Their Classroom, August 2, 2024
- Georgetown Reconciliation Fund Awards $200,000 to Support Descendant Communities, October 15, 2024