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Tuesday, September 12
Wednesday, September 13
Thursday, September 14
Tuesday, September 12
| Time | Schedule | |||||||
| 9:00am – 12:00pm | Bus Tour of Historical Sites | |||||||
| 6:00pm – 7:00pm | Holy Convocation | |||||||
| 7:00pm – 9:00pm | Dinner | |||||||
Wednesday, September 13
Breakout sessions are held both in the Sheraton and the BJCC Medical Forum Bldg. (see map)
| Time | Schedule | |||||||
| 8:00am – 8:50am | Check in and Breakfast | |||||||
| 9:00am – 10:30am | Keynote Speaker Dr. Hasan Jeffries | |||||||
| A | B | C | D | |||||
| 10:40am – 11:30am | A101A | Conflict Resolution, T. Marie King [BJCC Forum A] | B201A | Community Healing, Libba Vaughn [Sheraton IV] | C301 | The Watsons Go To Birmingham, Christopher Paul Curtis [Sheraton V/IX] | D401 | Documentary Film: 1963 The Year That Changed Everything [Forum E] |
| A101B | How Racism/White Supremacy Shaped the Experiences of Foundational Black Americans: Intergenerational Trauma in the Black Community , Vaughn O’Neal [Sheraton III] | B201B | White Power and the Jim Crow System, Dr. Robert Corley [BJCC Forum B] | |||||
| A101C | Emmett Till Cold Case Project [BJCC Forum D] | B201C | Public Health Response to Racial Disparities and Racism Healing at the Population Level,Dr. Mark Wilson [BJCC Forum F] | |||||
| 11:40am – 12:30pm | A102A | Racial Trauma: Individual Liberation and a Pathway to Healing, Dr. Justin Hopkins [BJCC Forum D] | B202A | Restoring the Community, Georgette Norman [Sheraton IX] | C302 | Forging Social Justice in the Magic City (Panel), Denise Gilmore [Sheraton V/IX] | D402 | Documentary Film: Shuttlesworth (56m) T. Marie King [Forum E] |
| A102B | At The Dark End of The Street, Dr. Danielle McGuire [BJCC Forum A] | B202B | From Tragedy to Transformation, Lukata Mjumbe [BJCC Forum B] | |||||
| A102C | Front Line of the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Bernard Lafayette [Sheraton III] | B202C | Arthur Shores. A Husband. A Father. A Great Legal Mind. Philip Howard [BJCC Forum F] | |||||
| 12:30pm – 1:40pm | Lunch and Keynote Speaker Kevin Lindsey | |||||||
| 1:40pm- 2:00pm | Special Presentation by GirlTREK Founders | |||||||
| 2:10pm – 3:00pm | A103A | A Legacy Burden: Transgenerational Grief Over the Events of 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Patricia Cruz [BJCC Forum D] | B203A | Community Healing, Rev. Dr. Stephen Haynes [Sheraton IV] | C303 | Art Franklin and Shuttlesworth Family [Sheraton V/IX] | D403 | Documentary Film: Mighty Times: The Children’s March 1963 (41m) [Forum E] |
| A103B | Triumph over Terror, Barbara Shores [Sheraton III] | B203B | Courageous Conversations, Chris Nanni and Kathy Boswell [BJCC Forum F] | |||||
| A103C | Trauma, Beverly Stone [BJCC Forum A] | B203C | Humanities Education Session: Music and Healing, Willie Williams [Sheraton IV] | |||||
| 3:10pm – 4:00pm | A104A | Bishop Calvin Woods [BJCC Forum B] | B204A | Trauma, Rev. Maureen Gerald [Sheraton IV] | C304 | A Time To Speak (Panel), The Morgan Project. Panelists: Charles Morgan, Lisa McNair [Sheraton V/IX] | D404 | Healing Circles, Dr. Nadia Richardson [Forum E] |
| A104B | Relearning History, Carey Fountain and Gina Millasham [BJCC Forum A] | B204B | Schooling the Movement: The Activism of Southern Black Educators from Reconstruction through the Civil Rights Era, Dr. Tondra Loder-Jackson [BJCC Forum D] | |||||
| A104C | Letter From A Birmingham Jail, Dr. Samantha Briggs [Sheraton III] | B204C | Freedom Riders, Dorothy Walker [BJCC Forum F] | |||||
Thursday, September 14
Breakout sessions are held both in the Sheraton and the BJCC Medical Forum Bldg. (see map)
| Time | Schedule | |||||||
| 8:00am – 8:50am | Check in and Breakfast | |||||||
| 9:00am – 10:30am | Keynote Speaker Elizabeth Silkes | |||||||
| A | B | C | D | |||||
| 10:40am – 11:30am | A501A | OPEN | B601A | Steve Crocker’s Conversation with Mayor Richard Arrington [Sheraton IV] | C701 | Personal Stories of Trauma and Healing: Pathways to Authentic Recovery. Panelists: Dale Long, Pam Powell, Ashley M. Jones & Charlotte Clarke Houston [Sheraton V/IX] | D801 | Documentary Film: 1963-The Year That Changed Everything [BJCC Forum E] |
| A501B | Racial Trauma: Individual Liberation and a Pathway to Healing, Dr. Justin Hopkins [BJCC Forum D] | B601B | Community Healing, Rev. Dr. Stephen Haynes [BJCC Forum B] | |||||
| A501C | A Legacy Burden: Transgenerational Grief Over the Events of 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Patricia Cruz [BJCC Forum F] | B601C | National Trust for Historic Preservation, Tiffany Tolbert [Sheraton IV] | |||||
| A501D | My Journey to Freedom, Janice Kelsey | |||||||
| 11:40am – 12:30pm | A502A | While the World Watched, Dr. Carolyn McKinstry [Sheraton III] | B602A | “Tikkun Olam: Repairing Our World through Reflections on Jewish Responses to Birmingham’s Freedom Movement.” Temple Bethel, Margaret Norman/Melissa Farah Young [BJCC Forum F] | C702 | The Church Then and Now, Panel [Sheraton V/IX] | D802 | Footsoldiers Share Their Stories (Pane) – Moderator: Priscilla Hancock- Cooper, Panelists: Janice Kelsey, Alvin Wesley, Eloise Gaffney [BJCC Forum E] |
| A502B | Healing Circles, Dr. Nadia Richardson [Forum D] | B602B | Voices of Truth, Gina Mallisham [Sheraton III] | |||||
| A502C | Trauma, Andrea Miller [BJCC Forum A] | B602C | Restoring the Community, Georgette Norman [BJCC Forum B] | |||||
| A502D | How Racism/White Supremacy Shaped the Experiences of Foundational Black Americans: Intergenerational Trauma in the Black Community , Vaughn O’Neal [BJCC Forum C] | |||||||
| 12:30pm – 2:00pm | Lunch and Keynote Speaker Tony Evans | |||||||
| 2:00pm – 2:50pm | Featured Presentation: Sweet Potato “Comfort Pies” | |||||||
| Farewell | ||||||||