Sankofa Educational Enrichment Program
Presents
SANKOFA EXPLORATIONS
A virtual, culturally relevant educational program designed for Black families and small groups!
"Knowing about your past can bring clarity to the present. It is important that people understand that. I feel my gift is being able to design experiences that can bring the past alive. Reading and memorizing dates in a history book does not ensure that the story is internalized."
Gain access to one year of Sankofa Explorations.
Learn and explore activities together as a family.
Sankofa Explorations provides online educational resources that include on-demand history lessons and engaging activities for traditional families as well as mentoring organizations, church groups, afterschool programs, and others. All family enrollments must include at least one adult and a child/multiple children, aged 10+.
Sankofa Explorations' goal is to strengthen families by providing culturally-relevant activities that they can do together. Sharing learning experiences and multi-generational adventures that highlight the full truth of our shared history - a legacy not just of oppression but also of resilience - becomes the glue that affirms Sankofa families and bonds them together. Working together is the Sankofa mantra; sustaining our historical legacy of resilience, while also strengthening family and community bonds, is our ultimate goal.
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Families work together on each unit’s related educational activities:
MUST DO'S - Each unit includes rigorously curated ‘Must Do’ family activities, designed for personal exploration of key unit themes (Click for details)
TOUCHPOINTS: In-person and video conference opportunities to build community among participating families
JOURNEYS: Guided family activities in the community
EACH ONE TEACH ONE: Youth-led opportunities to teach the adults
HOW IT WORKS:
- The first lesson of every unit is done via Zoom, so that the concept of the unit is understood and so that we establish connections and a family spirit.
- Subsequent lessons are online and self-paced, so families can work together to complete each unit’s activities at their convenience.
- Throughout each unit, Sankofa facilitators periodically meet with families for virtual touchpoints.
- End of the year touchpoints occur annually. These are in-person weekend gatherings, full of activities, tours, celebratory events and displays of families’ completed “Must Do’s.”
- In the following year, we start over again with new content so that families can continue to learn with us, year after year.