Schedule

3:00 - 4:00 PM

TBD

4:00 - 6:00 PM
Taste & Deco Lounge, Fine Arts Center (FAC)

Conference registration and check-in.

6:00 - 8:00 PM
Cornerstone Screening Room

The Block Plan introduces CC’s unique academic schedule to those unfamiliar.

7:45 - 8:45 AM

A shuttle bus will pick up conference participants from the partnered hotels.

8:00 AM

Conference registration opens for the day. Includes continental breakfast and coffee.

9:00 - 10:30 AM
Max Kade Theater (third floor), Armstrong Hall

Pedagogy/Theory/Community

– "Bringing Theory Close to the Skin: Vulnerability and Beautiful Risk in the Classroom" (Carrizo)
– "The Classroom. Community, and Change: Bridging the Gaps between Theory and Antiracist Praxis" (Vartabedian)
– "Meet Them Where They Are, But Where are the Faculty?" (Adkins)

“Localizing the Humanities: An Interdisciplinary Theory and Method for Student-Centered Learning” (Miami Dade Community College Faculty and Students)

10:15 - 10:45 AM
Lobby, Armstrong Hall

Coffee break and snacks.

10:45 AM -12:00 PM
Max Kade Theater (third floor), Armstrong Hall

“De-Emphasizing Grades, Re-Emphasizing Learning, Centering Care: Social Justice Praxis in the Classroom” (Ho, Duggirala, Devereaux, and Shizuyo Popham)

12:00 - 2:00 PM
FAC Outdoor Stage

TEPEX Food Truck and performance by Noel Sterling Jr.

2:00 - 3:00 PM

Conference participants can either choose to go on an optional campus tour or take a personal break.

3:00 - 5:00 PM
Max Kade Theater (third floor), Armstrong Hall

Film screening of Black Lucy and the Bard by Nashville Ballet.

5:30 - 7:00 PM
Gaylord Hall, Worner Center

Dinner is provided for conference participants.

7:00 - 7:45 PM
Max Kade Theater (third floor), Armstrong Hall

Caroline Randall Williams

7:45 - 8:30 PM
Max Kade Theater (third floor), Armstrong Hall

Caroline Randall Williams

8:30 - 9:30 PM

Book signing with writer & shuttle back to hotels.

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Shuttle pickup from partnered hotels. Continental breakfast & coffee.

9:00 - 10:15 AM
Max Kade Theater (third floor), Armstrong Hall

Storytelling and Social Justice

– "Stories of Death, Love, and Liberation" (Leza)
– "Empowering Community Ownership Through Accessible and Storytelling Archives: The Case of Iceland's Citizen-Driven Constitution" (Jarrett)
– "Documentaries, Humor, and Social Change" (Lynch)

10:15 - 10:45 AM
Lobby, Armstrong Hall

Coffee break

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Max Kade Theater (third floor), Armstrong Hall

The Arts and Social Justice

– "Art Meets History: Picking up the Unfinished Work of History Slideshow and Talk" (Kasini)
– "Dangerous Landscapes: Bringing Art and History Together to Understand Climate Change" (Cribelli and Grant)
– "Inner Lines: Exploring a Diasporic Trajectory through Dance Performance" (Théobald)

12:00 - 2:00 PM
Tent, Tava Quad

Buffet lunch

2:00 - 4:00 PM
Cornerstone Screening Room (overflow in Max Kade Theater, Armstrong Hall if necessary)

Professor Dylan Robinson (University of British Columbia)

Professor Dwanna McKay (Colorado College)

4:00 - 5:00 PM
Tent, Tava Quad

Cocktail/Mocktail hour

5:00 - 7:00 PM
Tent, Tava Quad

Catered dinner

7:00 - 8:30 PM
Cornerstone Screening Room (overflow in Max Kade Theater, Armstrong Hall if necessary)

Jordan Casteel, with Q&A session

8:30 - 9:30 PM

Shuttle back to hotels

9:00 - 10:00 AM
Luggage storage, Armstrong Hall 102

Shuttle pickup from partnered hotels, continental breakfast, and coffee

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Max Kade Theater (third floor), Armstrong Hall

Symposium on “next steps” for all conference attendees, hosted by CC faculty

12:00 PM

Official end of the conference and send-off to local Juneteenth festivities