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First
World
Reunion
"The Diaspora: African American/African,
Caribbean and Latino Legacies in the Northeast"
Saturday, October 21, 2006
This conference will bring together
professors, teachers and persons in all professions concerned with the history,
culture, status and contemporary lives and affairs of Blacks and Latinos in the
Northeastern United States. Discussions include, but are not limited to
education, the arts, business, law and law enforcement, science, medicine,
health care, social services and the military, economic, political and
religious sectors. Persons may present scholarly research or may participate in
panel discussions on issues of triumph, concern or future directions.
SCHEDULE
Saturday, October 21, 2006
| TIME |
EVENT |
COST |
| 8:00-9:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Student Union Building (SUB), Room 100
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$10.00
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| 9:00-10:20 a.m. |
Greetings/ Keynote Presentation: Dr. A.J. Williams-Myers from
SUNY New Paltz
Student Union Building (SUB), Room 100
"Resist, Resist! Agitate, Agitate!: Those who would be free must strike
the first blow--lessons of struggle from the Diaspora for Diasporic leaders of
the 21st century"
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| 10:30-11:00 a.m. |
Plenary Sessions
Professor Kaba Kamene, SUNY New Paltz: "The Only Difference
Between Us is a Boat Stop" and more |
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| 11:25 a.m.-12:40 p.m. |
Panel Session I (Concurrent Panels)
Student Union Building (SUB), 4th Floor |
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| 12:50-2:50 p.m. |
Luncheon with Special Guest Speaker Dr. James Turner
from Cornell University, Live Entertainment by Steel Impressions
Steel Band, Voices of Unity Gospel Choir and Poetry Association, and
Founder Awards
Student Union Building (SUB), Room 100
Dr. James Turner, Professor of Africana Studies, Cornell University:
"Redefining the Concept of the African Diaspora in the 21st
Century"
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$20.00 |
| 3:00-4:15 p.m. |
Panel Session II (Concurrent Panels)
Student Union Building (SUB), 4th Floor |
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| 4:25-5:40 p.m. |
Panel Session III (Concurrent Panels)
Student Union Building (SUB), 4th Floor |
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5:45-7:30 p.m. |
Closing/Social Hour
Sponsored by SUNY New Paltz Office of Alumni Affairs
Student Union Building (SUB), Room 100
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| 6:30-9:30 p.m. |
Gospel Concert
Lecture Center, Room 100
Voices of Unity Gospel Choir Hosts the Celebration of the Pentecostal Church of
New Paltz in Priase and Song
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