New Schools of Black Thought: A Black History Month Symposium

This conference is the final event of the 2016 Black History Month Celebration at New College of Florida, Black Construction: Alternative Modes of Blackness Through Time.

You should register for the main conference and the keynote address separately.

Conference Schedule and Information:
New Schools of Black Thought: A Black History Month Symposium
Saturday, February 27, 2016

Event #1: Main Conference Panels: 2:30 - 6:10 PM

• 2:30 – 2:40 PM: Opening Remarks and Welcome

• 2:40 – 3:10 PM: Artist Performance/ Talk: Moor Mother Goddess

• 3:20 – 4: 40 PM - Panel 1: Black Youth Matter: Living and Growing Up Black in the Violent States of America -- Panelist: Dr. Marcia Chatelain, Georgetown University; Dr. Cheryl Rodriguez, University of South Florida, Tampa; Duane Khan, M.S., New College of Florida

• 4:50 – 6:10 PM - Panel 2: Newtown: Past, Present, and Future

• Panelist: Mr. Arthur Larkins, Robert Taylor Community Center; Mayor Willie Shaw, Sarasota, FL; Dr. Lisa Merritt, Multicultural Health Institute and New College of Florida

Event #2: Keynote Address: 7:30 - 9:00 PM

• Keynote Speaker: bell hooks
  
  bell hooks is an acclaimed intellectual, feminist theorist, cultural critic, artist, and writer. hooks has authored over three dozen books and has published works that span several genres, including cultural criticism, personal memoirs, poetry collections, and children's books. Her writings cover topics of gender, race, class, spirituality, teaching, and the significance of media in contemporary culture.

  Born Gloria Jean Watkins in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, bell hooks adopted the pen name of her maternal great-grandmother, a woman known for speaking her mind. hooks received her B.A. from Stanford University, her M.A. from the University of Wisconsin and her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her books include, Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism, Rock My Soul: Black People and Self-Esteem, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom, Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics, Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope, Where We Stand: Class Matters, and We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity.

  The bell hooks Institute was founded in 2014.

  Please visit the bell hooks Institute's website for more information: http://www.bellhooksinstitute.com/