Please await an email advising you of your accountability group assignments and bear with us as we navigate serving the 7,000+ registrants for the training.
Please note, accountability groups are closed. If you did not complete the accountability group survey, you were not assigned an accountability group and will instead have access to personal accountability questions.
Your groups were assigned so that people who share a preferred time-slot are grouped together; however, you are not bound to any particular time. Groups should decide together when to meet.
Groups should decide on a preferred method of communication. We suggest Zoom. We also strongly recommend that you develop a plan for Zoom security: Use a password, share only in your main communication channel, and have one another’s email addresses handy so, in the event of a "Zoombombing", you can all immediately leave the call and regroup via email.
During your first group meeting you should develop the group agreement; you can build it together before getting started.
Each day you’ll receive a prompt with discussion questions.
If you have any questions or concerns about your group assignment, please contact ratliff@ufl.edu.
If you are not apart of an accountability group and would like to be apart of one, we encourage you to create your own. The Academics for Black Survival and Wellness Open Group is a good place to start and you can connect with others who may want to be in groups.
https://www.academics4blacklives.com/group/academics-for-black-group/discussion
Ok thanks
The link from the email about
the accountability group I got just leads me to this. I’ve not used this platform before, so I wonder if there is something I am missing...
The link led me here as well.
I too am confused. The link led me here. I ddi complete the survey
I too was led here
Thank you for letting us know! We will reach out to you soon to make sure you receive the correct link. Thank you for your patience!
I also found emails that went to junk email with expired links; I would very much like to be assigned to a group of this is still possible
I have seen many posts from individuals stating that they missed the link to the survey to join a group for various reasons (e.g. email went to spam folder) -- I also missed emails that went to junk/spam. In acknowledging that the organizers are VERY BUSY trying to keep activities going, I would like to suggest that individuals (like myself) that missed those links and are not part of a group currently work together to take on the responsibility of grouping ourselves. I will be available MOST days from 12:30-2:00 for 90 minute group small group accountability working sessions, but definitely today (Friday, Juneteenth) I am available from 12:30-2:00. Please contact me at kkawecki@bowiestate.edu in order to reach out to create a 12:30-2:00 working session today. Please use the subject "Academics4BLM 12:30 working Session" to help me find any of your emails. We can create a zoom meeting on our own to create a space for working together and striving for community accountability.
For individuals not available at 12:30 today, I encourage you (hopefully with the blessing of our organizers) to post a thread for a time that you are available to come together with a group.
To any organizers that read this: I will try to be mindful of maintaining focus on the goal, objectives, and accountability questions for a given day as I try to bring ungrouped folx together for small group work. I invite you to email me as well if there is anything that you want to address with me to make sure that the organizers goals are maintained. I am also willing to try to facilitate more ungrouped individuals in self-grouping and taking on this responsibility themselves, so you may point others my way, and I will do my best to facilitate getting folx in committed discussion and work together.
Just to follow up: Accountability group sign-ups are totally closed now; however, our community is self-organizing into accountability groups, so please feel free to join that discussion, which can be found above - Thanks
@kkawecki for getting the conversation started here: https://www.academics4blacklives.com/call-to-action/training-information/accountability-group-information?utm_campaign=2eb8a3b6-a302-46b8-86cb-bea5ce48334d&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=fa7c6c84-2afa-497c-9aba-64c5fddff5fe
You don’t need to be assigned to a group to get the information about the accountability groups. The welcome video that came via email and the group contract is in the Day 1 materials posted on the site, which can be found here: https://www.academics4blacklives.com/day-1-a4bsw Please excuse my mistake:
We had over 7,000 people to set up in accountability groups and other parts of the training, and, as you can imagine, there might be a few glitches given it is the first day. Your patience is very much appreciated.
Sincerely,
A4BL
Thank you
I never received an email with information about accountability groups.
I also never received the email to sign up, but have been waiting to receive it. thank you!
I believe the emails are going to spam folder. I just found them in mine. Add the email to approved sender list. Can we still be assigned to groups later this week if we missed survey?
Second that notion.
no not all, still nothing
I am in the same situation. By the time I got my email finally confirmed (after many tries) I had missed the deadline.
Thank you so much for the time and energy you have taken to prepare us for this experience.
I did not receive a survey.
Hi I responded to the survey and signed up for the entire week but cannot figure out when my accountability group is and what group I was assigned to
same....
Hello. I also signed up and did not receive an email and checked spam folder. Did you all figure it out or are you creating your own?
I missed the survey. If it is not too late I would like to be added to any slot available. Thank you.
Ok! Just sent an email about this before finding this thread! Glad to see I'm not alone. I'm going to keep going on the posted trainings and activities and am happy to join any group if that is possible in the meantime. So grateful for this work and these opportunities, I am happy to connect with anyone here!
Just to follow up: Accountability group sign-ups are totally closed now; however, our community is self-organizing into accountability groups, so please feel free to join that discussion, which can be found above - Thanks @kkawecki for getting the conversation started here: https://www.academics4blacklives.com/call-to-action/training-information/accountability-group-information?utm_campaign=2eb8a3b6-a302-46b8-86cb-bea5ce48334d&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=fa7c6c84-2afa-497c-9aba-64c5fddff5fe
You don’t need to be assigned to a group to get the information about the accountability groups. The welcome video that came via email and the group contract is in the Day 1 materials posted on the site, which can be found here: https://www.academics4blacklives.com/day-1-a4bsw Please excuse my mistake:
We had over 7,000 people to set up in accountability groups and other parts of the training, and, as you can imagine, there might be a few glitches given it is the first day. Your patience is very much appreciated.
Sincerely,
A4BL
Hello! Is there a link to the Zoom meeting today, June 19?
Hi Kala! Aside from the Accountability Group meetings that folks may be enrolled in or self-organized into, today’s activities are asynchronous and to be completed independently. If you check out the website, you can find the videos, readings, and reflection activities. :-)
Thank you, Camara!
Hi everyone, I know it's short notice but my group has been unresponsive and I'm wondering if anyone would like to join my group. I'm going to hold a Zoom meeting at 4:30 ET, please email me if you would like to join (rachelweger97@gmail.com)
I give up.... on groups...not getting daily emails not getting responses. not in my junk folders...I just want the daily content at this point. I am totally committed to this and LOVED day 1 but feel like i am hunting in the dark for content and unclear where to find it, links send me to dead pages. Sorry I know this is a huge gathering just frustrated, as this means so much to me. I will now try to find day 2.
If you have not yet found, here is the Day 2 page: https://www.academics4blacklives.com/day-2-training?utm_campaign=cd854202-0ec9-42d1-b38c-1e1a24060c07&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=6f46f4e6-a022-4430-8839-e507845c279b
Also, if you still want to join a group, there is a group that Rebecca Toporek started (posted in another forum thread you might not have seen) that is meeting at 3:30 PST/6:30 EST. You can get to the forum/comment with the joining details here: https://www.academics4blacklives.com/call-to-action/main/comment/5eed0f403520d70017003757