Schedule
Day 1
Thursday, October 6th
- 9:00am - 9:15am
- Welcome
- Dr. Amoaba Gooden, Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- In-Person Oscar Ritchie Hall, Theater
- 9:15am - 12:00pm
- Teach-In on Understanding Anti-Racism
- Charmaine Crawford, Daniel Nilsson, Andrew Barnes, Christa Porter, and Jennifer Marcinkiewicz
- In-Person Oscar Ritchie Hall, Theater
- 1:00pm - 2:30pm (all virtual)
- Session 1 - Arts and Humanities: Confronting, Deconstructing and Moving Through Anti-Racism
- Using Film to Foster Dialogues about Diversity and Disparity, Dr. Rekha Sharma
- Aligning Global Learning and DEI, Marie Gasper-Hulvat
- Depicting the Borderlands of Arizona (USA) and Sonora (MEX), John-Michael Warner
- The Roots of Anti-Racism in African American Literature, Babacar M'Baye
- Session 2 - Creating Space for Anti-Racist Conversations in the Classroom
- Creating Inclusive Environments for International Students, Peggy Nzomo, Dr. Richmond Nettey, Dr. Gumiko Monobe, Dr. Jef Davis, Dr. Amanda Johnson, Miao Liu
- Creating a "Third Space" for KSU Transnational Students, Bee Viton, Haoting Cui, Noor Agustina, Yu Li, Dr. Gumiko Monobe
- Session 3 - Elevating Voices and Communities
- Reflecting on Disparities in Global Knowledge Production: Causes, Impacts, and the Way Forward, Paul Haridakis, Sarah Smiley, Babacar M’Baye, Timothy Scarnecchia, Lisa Bhungalia, Charmaine Crawford, Felix Kumah-Abiwu, Téwodros W. Workneh
- Teaching Beautiful Brilliant Black Girls, Shemariah J. Arki, Heather E. Burton, PhD, Alice N. Ragland, PhD, E. Phelps
- 2:30pm - 4:00pm (all virtual)
- Session 4 - Inclusive Conceptions of Anti-Racism
- Inclusive Entrepreneurship: LaunchNET's Black Women Bosses, Tabitha Messmore
- Admission Test Scores: Implications on Access and Equity, Claudia V. Garcia
- Framing Race: Notes on Racisms and Discriminations, Davide Lombardo
- Exhibit A and B: Reflecting Vision and Justice Aperture 223, Denise A. Harrison
- Session 5 - Workshop
- Who Really Wants to Talk About Race?, Linda Piccirillo-Smith
- Session 6 - Workshop
- Archeology of the Self: Centering Racial Literacy in Practice, Francisco L. Torres, Dr. Rhonda Hylton, Elizabeth Kenyon
- 4:45pm - 5:00pm
- Art Performance
- The Saxophone of Today: Repertoire by Living Black Composers, Dr. Perry Roth, Dr. Anna Grudskaya
- Virtual - Livestream in Ballroom
- 5:00pm - 6:30pm (Doors Open 4:45pm)
- Keynote Speaker - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
- Dr. Bettina Love
- Virtual and In-Person (Ballroom)
Day 2
Friday, October 7th
- 10:30am - 10:45am
- Welcome and Poetry Reading
- Carla Goar, Director, Anti-Racism and Equity Institute
- Mwatabu S. Okantah, Professor and Chair Department of Africana Studies “Word Sounds and Power: Anti-Racism/White Supremacy from an Afrocentric Perspective”
- Virtual
- 10:45am - 11:00am
- Art Performance
- The Rainbow Connection Illusions of Freedom, Ambre Emory-Maier
- Virtual
- 11:00am - 12:15pm
- Session 1
- “How Artivists Will Save The World”, Elizabeth Vega
- Virtual
- 1:00pm - 2:30pm (all virtual)
- Session 2 - Creating Anti-Racism in Educational Spaces
- English Language Learners and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Noor Qomaria Agustina
- "True to Me": Family History Contradicts School Curricula, Katie Anderson Knapp
- Using Anti-Racist Literature in Early Childhood Classrooms, Jasmine Price
- Experiences of Black Female Pre-service Teachers, Elizabeth Kenyon, Robyn Robinson
- Session 3 - Workshop
- Equity-Minded Academic and Co-curricular Assessment, Shannon Helfinstine, Jenny Marcinkiewicz, Valerie Samuel, Rebecca Catto
- Session 4 - KSU Student Organizations
- Black United Students, Deanna Baccus
- Anti-Racism and Student Government: The Process of Creating Inclusive Spaces, Undergraduate Student Government, Aiyana Ncube
- Creating a space for mutual dialogue: Support systems for graduate students, Black Graduate Student Association, Cheryl Ann Lambert
- 2:30pm - 4:00pm (all virtual)
- Session 5 - Brilliance & Knowledge
- Moving Mountains: AAAPI Voices, Healing and Resilience, Elaine (Lan Yin) Hsiao, Yuko Kurahashi, Susan Mark-Sracic, Gumiko Monobe, Aatiqa Shakoor, He Yin
- Designing Equity, Architect's Role in Equitable Communities, Judson A. Kline
- Session 6 - Workshop
- Anti-Racist Teaching - Are You Brave Enough?, Sonya Wisdom, Dr. Todd Hawley
- Session 7 - Workshop
- Design Justice: Strategies to Shape Our Classrooms, Mary Hricko
- 4:15pm - 4:45pm
- Refreshments
- In-Person, KIVA
- 5:00pm - 6:30pm
- Live Performance
- Brokers Without Borders, Gum-Dip Theatre
- In-Person, KIVA