Given a graph G with a coloring, a Kempe chain of G is a maximal connected subgraph of G in which each vertex has one of two colors. A Kempe change is the operation of swapping the colors of a Kempe chain. Two colorings are Kempe equivalent if one can be obtained from the other by a sequence of Kempe changes. In this talk, we survey some of the existing results, open problems and common proof techniques in this area.