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