2016 Conference Program Schedule
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CONFERENCE OPENING PLENARY
6 to 9 PM
The Black Prophetic Voice in a Morally Broken World
Mother Bethel AME Church | 419 S. 6th St.
6 to 9 PM
6pm: Pamela Lightsey and Obery Hendricks
7pm: One on One conversation with Jeremiah Wright and Renee McKenzie
8pm: Nyasha Junior to moderate a conversation with Leslie Callahan, Ramona Africa, and Kameelah Mu'Min Rashad
Mother Bethel AME Church, Rev. Mark Tyler, Senior Pastor
Co-Sponsored By:
The Church of the Advocate, Rev. Dr. Renee McKenzie, Vicar
Mother Bethel AME Church, Rev. Mark Tyler, Senior Pastor
*Separate registration for Thursday's event not necessary.
We highly encourage registrants to check in earlier than later to reduce the traffic stream right before our first People's Assembly at 6:30pm.
CHECK-IN BEGINS AT 12PM
Anderson Hall, Temple University
We highly encourage registrants to check in earlier than later to reduce the traffic stream right before our first People's Assembly at 6:30pm.
at 2:30 PM
MARCH FOR OUR FUTURE
Assembling at BROAD ST. & ERIE AVE
at 2:30 PM
The Moral Bankruptcy of Capitalism: The Black Radical Tradition as Socialist Alternative
PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY 1
6:30 – 8:30PM
The Moral Bankruptcy of Capitalism: The Black Radical Tradition as Socialist Alternative
Speakers: Cornel West and Anthony Monteiro
Moderator: Kashara White
ONLINE REGISTRATION CHECK-IN and WALK-IN REGISTRATION TIMES:
8:30AM - 7:30PM
Panelists: Glen Ford, Vijay Prashad, Johanna Fernandez and Steven Salaita
Panel 1 | 9:30-11am
War, Peace and Global Justice: Resistance to the U.S. Empire
Panelists: Glen Ford, Vijay Prashad, Johanna Fernandez and Steven Salaita
Moderator: Johanna Fernandez
Panelists: Rickie Sanders, James Dupree, Megan Malachi, and Nellie Bailey
Panel 2 | 11:15AM - 12:45PM
Neoliberalism, Spatial Domination and Gentrification: the Struggle to Resist the New Urban Strategy
Panelists: Rickie Sanders, James Dupree, Megan Malachi, and Nellie Bailey
Moderator: Patrice K. Armstead
Panelists: Pam Africa, Kathryn Summers, Margaret Stevens
Panel 3 | 1:45 - 3:15PM
Black Women: In the Black Radical Tradition
Panelists: Pam Africa, Kathryn Summers, Margaret Stevens
Moderator: Iman Sultan
Speakers: Robin D.G. Kelley Jamala Rogers, and umi selah
People’s Assembly 2 | 3:30 - 5:30PM
Challenging White Supremacy: the Black Radical View
Speakers: Robin D.G. Kelley Jamala Rogers, and umi selah
Moderator: Walter Smolarek
Speakers: Charlene Carruthers, Angela Y. Davis and Mumia Abu Jamal
People’s Assembly 3 | 7:30 - 9:30PM
Police Prisons and the Neoliberal State
Speakers: Charlene Carruthers, Angela Y. Davis and Mumia Abu Jamal
Moderator: Vijay Prashad
ONLINE REGISTRATION CHECK-IN and WALK-IN REGISTRATION TIMES:
8:30AM - 5PM
Three Concurrent Sessions: Panels 4-6 | 9:30 - 11:30AM*
Panelists: Glen Ford, Larry Hamm, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Donald Tibbs
Panel 4
Post-Obama Realities: Where Do Black Radicals Go From Here?
Panelists: Glen Ford, Larry Hamm, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Donald Tibbs
Moderator: Eugene Puryear
Panelists: Hakim Pitts, Mani Martinez, Che Gossett, Pamela Whitney Williams, Tyrone Reed, Meejin Richart
Panel 5
Queer Resistance and the legacy of the Black Radical Tradition
Panelists: Hakim Pitts, Mani Martinez, Che Gossett, Pamela Whitney Williams, Tyrone Reed, Meejin Richart
Moderator: Gabe Gonzalez
Panelists: Nyle Fort, Kashara White, Meghna Chandra, Wei Chen, Wafai Dias, Tiara Mitchell
Panel 6
From Mizzou to Temple: A New Stage in Student and Youth Organizing
Panelists: Nyle Fort, Kashara White, Meghna Chandra, Wei Chen, Wafai Dias, Tiara Mitchell
Moderator: Rose Daraz
Panelists: Ewuare X. Osayande, Mani Martinez, Ozzie Jones, Ursula Rucker
People's Assembly 4 | 12:45 - 3 PM
The Souls of Black Folk: Art, Culture and the Emancipation of Humanity
Panelists: Ewuare X. Osayande, Mani Martinez, Ozzie Jones, Ursula Rucker
Moderator: Lorenzo Pierce
Art for the People’s Sake, Black Panther Artist, Emory Douglas
People’s Assembly 5 | 5:30 - 8:00 PM
@ Church of the Advocate
Art for the People’s Sake, Black Panther Artist, Emory Douglas
Featured Speaker: Emory Douglas
Patrice K. Armstead, James Dupree, Renee McKenzie, and Yvonne King