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Concurrent Sessions
October 31st Concurrent Session 1
I. Film & Television
o Internalized Racism and the Role it Plays on Reality Television (Fran Dorsey & Traci Easley Williams)
o Film Lecture (Todd McFadden)
II. African American Professionals in Higher Ed Block
o Preparing the Next Generation of Cultural Center Staff and Administrators: Passing the Torch (R. Thomas)
o How I Made It: African American Women College Leaders (L. Gyant)
o Dr. Carolyn D. Princes, African-American Cultural Center
III. STEM Block
o From STEM to STEAM and the Role of Black Cultural Centers (Juanita Crider)
o The University of New Mexico, African American Student Services STEM Summer Scholars Academy Program (Jamila Clayton & Christina Foster)
IV. The Experiences of African Professionals and Students Block
o The Interplay between Transnationalism and High Blood Pressure Risk Factors among African Immigrants (K. Ibe-Lamberts & D. Ilunga Tshiswaka)
o African-born female educators at United States colleges and universities: The intersection of race, gender, class and ethnicity. (Oyibo H. Afoaku)
October 31st Concurrent Session 2
I. Advancement & Fundraising for Cultural Centers
o “Fundraising for Diversity” (Tierney Bates)
o Rodney Cohen
II. Clinical & Cultural Outreach to African American Students Block
o Unconventional Services in Traditional Spaces: Millennials & Mental Health (L. Poole)
o “Do You Know?”: The Intersection Of Cultural Identities From a Clinical Lens (Don Trahan, Jr. & Dontrell Williams)
III. African American Student Retention Programs & Initiatives
o The effects of Mentoring from High School to the University (Regina Curry & Duane Wilson)
o Second through Senior Year Success Programs… (Amir Law)
IV. Black Studies & Black History Block
o The Miseducation of the Negro in 2014 (Stephen Samuels)
o The Study of Blacks verses Black Studies (F. Dixon)
October 31st Concurrent Session 3
I. Poetry and Fiction Writing (Frank Dobson & Fred Hord)
II. Diversity Within Our Centers & Communities
o Different and Included: The Challenge for Cultural Centers of Articulating Diversity (Veronica M. Kann & Berenice Sánchez)
o Exploring Our Class Identities and Backgrounds (Shane Lloyd)
III. Black Millenials Block
o The Experience of the Black Millenial (A. Sullers)
o The Media Millenial: Taking a consumer behavior approach to engaging the Black Millennium (Brandon Bell)
IV. Activism and Marketing Culture Centers to Black Students: The 21st Century Approach
o Using Social Media for Student Activism and Protest (M. Fuller)
o Marketing Black Culture Centers to Black Students (Freedom Hunt)
November 1st Concurrent Session 4
I. Jazz Music Workshop – Michael Williams, Ron Zeigler
II. Networking & Professional Development of the Black Collegiate
o Getting in our own Way: The Degradation of Student Organizations (Johnny “Slin-K” Brownlee II)
o "Network to BUILD Relationships" (Derrick Hayes)
III. Program Highlight Block
o Personal and Professional Identity Development Through the Black and Latino Male Summit Program (Cecilia Suarez, Berenice Sanchez, & Gioconda Guerra Pérez)
IV. The Excellence Project & The Academic STARS Program
o The Excellence Project: Creating Community through Scholarship & Academic Achievement at UNCW (T. McFadden & B. Bell)
o The Academic STARS Program (Marjorie M. Fuller)
November 1st Concurrent Sessions 5
I. The Art of Performance: Ashley M. Davis, Larry Williamson
II. Challenging the Gatekeepers: An Organizational Model for Black Higher Educational Professionals (R. James, K. Hodges & T. Kato)
III. Cultural and Civic Engagement Block
o MEANINGFUL CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: What we don’t know can hurt us (Vaneitta Goines, MDA)
o Giving B(l)ack: Maximizing Black Student Engagement and Service for Greater Campus and Community Impact (Darryl K. Lester)
IV. Engaging Students Abroad: Exploring Identity in Africa Block
o Traveling to Nontraditional Destinations: 5 Things Americans Should Know and Do Before Studying Abroad in "Africa" (Ifeyinwa Onyenekwu, MSW)
o Dr. Rodney Cohen
o Dr. Laverne Gyant