3 minute read
Thursday, February 24
11:00a—12:30p EST Solo Session
PRESENTERS Dr. Valerie Grim - Indiana University
“From the Margins to the Middle: Ways An Inclusion of Sexuality in Black Studies Enhance Our Study of African Descended People.” Dr. James Stewart - Penn State University “Black Queer Studies and the evolving Black /Africana Studies Project.” Dr. Maulana Karenga - California State University - Long Beach “Black Studies and Black Sexuality Studies in Creative Tension: Issues of Foundation Disciplinary Commitments and Open-Textured Expansiveness” Chair: Dr. Maulana Karenga
1:00p—2:30p EST 2 concurrent sessions
Session 1 “Womanism and Issues of Identity, Inclusion and Self-Determination”
PRESENTERS Dr. Dorothy Tsuruta - SanFrancisco State University Womanism: Imbuing the Brilliance of the Past in the Present Dr. Maulana Karenga - California State University - Long Beach A Critical Source of Kawaida Womanism: Ida B. Wells’ Womanly Woman in the World Dr. Kevin Brooks - Michigan State University Womanism, Community Wellbeing, and the Reclamation of Black Girls and Women Chair: Dr. Serie McDougal - University of California Los Angeles
Session 2 “Power and Pain: The Black Superwoman and Mental Health”
PRESENTERS Marita Golden - Author and Literary Consultant Black Superwoman: Power and Pain Dr. Venise Berry - University of Iowa "Television and Representation: How Prime-Time Black Female Characters Shape Issues of Mental Health Among Real African American Women Viewers" Dr. Deborah Whaley - University of Iowa Chemo Chronicles: Why Pink Ribbons Make Me Angry Dr. Cathay Jackson - Norfolk State University The Power of Representation: Black Women, Stereotypes, and Other Depressing Images in Film Dr. Sharon Honore - University of the Virgin Islands Less Stress, more Joy: Focusing on Positivity and Gratefulness as a Black Superwoman Chair: Dr. Venise Berry - University of Iowa
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3:00p—4:30p EST Board Plenary Our Sisters Speak!
A Special Plenary Roundtable on the Past, Present and Future of Women in the Making of Africana Studies, Honoring & Building on the Legacy of Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey, Co-founder and First President of the National Council for Black Studies, as Our Discipline Grows to Face New Challenges and Opportunities Dr. Leslie Alexander ASWAD Past President & NCBS Board Member - Arizona State University Dr. Georgene Bess Montgomery NCBS Past President - Clark Atlanta University Dr. Valerie Grim NCBS Board Member - Indiana University Dr. Shirley N. Weber NCBS Past President - California Secretary of State
5:00p—6:30p EST 3 concurrent sessions Session 1 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION “Speaking Truth to Power: Black Women’s Responses to Violence and Harm Within Movements for Black Liberation”
PRESENTERS
Dr. Jasmin A. Young - University of California Riverside Dr. Josh C. Schuschke - John Hopkins University Thandi Chimurenga - Independent Researcher & Author CHAIR: Dr. Jasmin A Young - University of California Riverside
Session 2 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Without Remorse:The Universality of Violence Against Black Women
PRESENTERS Dr. Sheryl Felecia Means - University of New Mexico Lyrric M.R. Jackson, MFA - Spelman College
CHAIR: Dr. Daija S. Foster - Napa State Hospital
Session 3 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Racism, Sexism & Appropriation: An Emmett Till Continuum
PRESENTERS Dr. Atty. Alvin O. Chambliss, Jr. - Lead Counsel, Ayers v. Fordice Case Dr. A. J. Stovall - Rust College Dr. James B. Stewart - NCBS Past President - Penn State (retired) Dr. Aubrey Bruce - Senior Sports Columnist, New Pittsburgh Courier FEATURED SPEAKER Dr. Clenora Hudson-Weems - University of Missouri RESPONDENTS Judge Joe Brown - CBS 15-Year Syndicated TV Court Show Dr. Alveda King - Niece of Dr. M. L. King, Jr. - Director, Civil Rights for the Unborn CHAIR: Dr. Amilcar Shabazz - NCBS President / University of Massachusetts
