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The 12th Annual Lemon Project Spring Symposium-The Time is Now: The Lives of Black Men Past, Present, and Future
March 25, 2022 - March 26, 2022
March 25-26, 2022
This event will take place both in person and virtually.
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IN PERSON: Register here if you would like to attend the event in-person. All in-person events will be held at the School of Education, unless noted.
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VIRTUAL: To attend the Symposium virtually, you must register for each individual panel. Virtual registration links are below on the right.
Friday, March 25, 2022 |
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In-person location |
Virtual Registration
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8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. |
Check-In for In-Person Participants |
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8:50 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome |
Matoaka Woods |
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9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
Plenary Panel |
Matoaka Woods |
Join Plenary Panel webinar |
10:30 a.m. |
Brief Remarks by Provost Peggy Agouris |
Matoaka Woods |
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10:35 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. |
Breakout Rooms |
Matoaka Woods, Dogwood, and Holly |
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12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
Future of Ethnic Studies Panel, co-sponsored by the Asian Centennial
*This panel will take place virtually and be broadcast in Dogwood. |
Dogwood |
Zoom registration |
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
Matoaka Woods & Holly |
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1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
Panel 1: African American History – Oral history, Genealogy, and Performance |
Holly |
Zoom registration |
1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. |
Panel 2: Identity, Transformation, Reclamation |
Dogwood |
Zoom registration |
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. |
Panel 3: Black Male Well-Being |
Holly |
Zoom registration |
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. |
Panel 4: Justice, Belonging, Autonomy |
Dogwood |
Zoom registration |
4:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. |
Break |
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6:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m. |
Keynote Speaker Dr. Tommy Curry |
Matoaka Woods |
Join Dr. Tommy Curry webinar |
Saturday, March 26, 2022 |
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In-person location
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Virtual Registration
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8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. |
Check-In for In-Person Participants |
Lobby |
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8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome |
Matoaka Woods |
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9:00 a.m.- 10:15 a.m. |
Keynote Speaker Kiese Laymon |
Matoaka Woods |
Join Kiese Laymon webinar |
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. |
Panel 5. Black Men Navigating and Shattering Stereotypes |
Holly |
Zoom registration |
10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. |
Panel 6. African American History – Freedom, Ingenuity, Legacy |
Dogwood |
Zoom registration |
11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Breakout Rooms and Lunch |
Matoaka Woods, Dogwood, & Holly |
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12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. |
Panel 7. Roundtable with Highland’s Council of Descendant Advisors |
Holly |
Zoom registration |
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. |
Panel 8. Trauma, Truth and Triumph: The Journey of Black Professionals in Corporate America |
Dogwood |
Zoom registration |
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. |
Panel 9. (In)Valuable: Black Boys at the Williamsburg Bray School, 1762
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Matoaka Woods |
Zoom registration |
2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. |
Panel 10. Interrogating the Narrative of “the Fear of Black Men” as a Defense for the Unjust Killing of Black Males in America |
Dogwood |
Zoom registration |
2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. |
Panel 11. Black Male Supervisors Navigating Racial Battle Fatigue in the Workplace |
Holly |
Zoom registration |
3:15 pm – 3:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |
Matoaka Woods |
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7:00 p.m. |
Spoken Word event |
Reveley Garden (Rain location: Sadler Center Lodge 1) |