{"id":64,"date":"2026-03-10T04:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T04:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ggn.lyy.mybluehost.me\/website_c2edff8b\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2026-05-27T16:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:49:08","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"64\" class=\"elementor elementor-64\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3343eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f3343eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b563c6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b563c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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Conference<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56ff549 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56ff549\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">America 500K:<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95385f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95385f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Honoring the 500,000 Enslaved at the<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6714fa1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6714fa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dawn of the American Revolution<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ad31e4 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ad31e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>JUNE 6, 2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56b5cdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"56b5cdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zeffy.com\/en-US\/ticketing\/annual-conference-22\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Buy 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf0028b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf0028b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Why We Gather<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7df886d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7df886d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69cb874 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69cb874\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">In light of America 250, this conference centers the lives of the half-million enslaved people living in British North America as the nation moved toward independence \u2014 people too often erased from America&#8217;s founding narrative, yet essential to its creation.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">This year, we come together for <strong>one powerful day<\/strong> to honor, remember, and discover. We celebrate members of our community who uplift our ancestors through genealogical research, storytelling, and the sacred act of speaking their names.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6315cf8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6315cf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Together, we reclaim our past to strengthen our future \u2014 honoring those who came before us, and guiding those who will follow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6601a2b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6601a2b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e42160 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e42160\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e1edb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e1edb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What To Expect<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5362d50 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5362d50\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-101bde5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"101bde5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52cd571 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"52cd571\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d382a52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d382a52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1586\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mic-icon-1-scaled.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-119\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mic-icon-1-scaled.png 1586w, https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mic-icon-1-186x300.png 186w, https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mic-icon-1-634x1024.png 634w, https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mic-icon-1-768x1240.png 768w, https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mic-icon-1-952x1536.png 952w, https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/mic-icon-1-1269x2048.png 1269w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1586px) 100vw, 1586px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-815df60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"815df60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Keynote Address<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f5c164 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f5c164\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"\" data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"152\">Our distinguished keynote speaker will anchor the day with a message woven directly from the theme of this year&#8217;s conference \u2014 <em>America 500K: Honoring the 500,000 Enslaved at the Dawn of the American Revolution.<\/em> Come prepared to be moved, informed, and inspired.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e708cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e708cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbca021 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dbca021\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53ae140 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"53ae140\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo-1650240852447-46505dba4726-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-46\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo-1650240852447-46505dba4726-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo-1650240852447-46505dba4726-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/photo-1650240852447-46505dba4726-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a382701 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a382701\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Awards Celebrations<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c9de38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c9de38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are proud to honor this year&#8217;s <strong>Service Award<\/strong> and <strong>Phillis Wheatley Book Award<\/strong> recipients \u2014 members and scholars who have dedicated their work to preserving the legacy of our ancestors. Their contributions remind us why this work matters.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a62f8df elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a62f8df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d809832 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d809832\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b446190 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b446190\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d90951 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5d90951\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2344\" height=\"2344\" src=\"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hands-icon.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-121\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hands-icon.png 2344w, https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hands-icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hands-icon-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hands-icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hands-icon-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hands-icon-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hands-icon-2048x2048.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2344px) 100vw, 2344px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-546c722 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"546c722\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rememberance Ceremony<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78f77f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78f77f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We will pause together in a solemn and beautiful remembrance honoring all enslaved and freed ancestors whose sacrifices, resilience, and love made us possible. Come ready to say their names.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd33875 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fd33875\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-435ca83 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"435ca83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96d3a4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"96d3a4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fea2ccc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fea2ccc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"callfor\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Exclusive Sidebar Presentations \u2014 For Ticket Holders Only<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1adebf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1adebf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"block-wrapper\"><h5 class=\"block-content\">\u00a0<\/h5><h5 class=\"block-content\">This year, we are proud to introduce <strong>Sidebar Presentations<\/strong> \u2014 intimate, focused sessions available <strong>exclusively to conference ticket holders.<\/strong> These sessions go deeper, offering scholarly insight, personal testimony, and discovery you will not find anywhere else.<\/h5><div>\u00a0<\/div><p>This year\u2019s Sidebar topics include:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Submit to Our Journal \u2014<\/strong> <em>Roots &amp; Remembrance<\/em> is preparing its <strong>first edition.<\/strong> Hear directly from our editorial team about submitting your research, family history, or scholarly article. Be part of history \u2014 literally. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/roots-and-rememberance?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Review submission guidelines here.<\/b><\/a><\/li><li><strong>Revolutionary War Soldiers of African Descent \u2014<\/strong> A deep dive into the documented and underdocumented African American men who took up arms in the fight for American independence, and what their service means for lineage documentation today.<\/li><li><strong>Our European Ancestors Who Fought for Freedom \u2014<\/strong> Descendants of enslaved people share personal research journeys discovering European ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War \u2014 complex, layered stories that expand our understanding of lineage.<\/li><li><strong>Discovering St. Augustine: Members of African Descent \u2014<\/strong> New discoveries about the African and African-descended community in St. Augustine, Florida \u2014 one of the oldest sites of Black freedom-seeking in 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