Pan African Youth Summit 2009 List of Events

Schedule of Events
February 23, 2009
Day 1: Education and the Arts
8:45 am---- Opening Program and Libations

Education
9:00 am- 10:30 am---- Panel One |Higher Education: The African Past and Future
Panelists include: Dr. Gregory Carr, HU Department of Africana; Dr. Ackyln Lynch, HU; Mjiba Frehiwot, Phd Candidate, HU

11:00 am- 12:30 pm---- Panel Two |Educating our Children
Panelists include: Dean Leslie Fenwick, HU School of Education, Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, author of The Isis Papers; Bernida L. Thompson, The Roots School; Dr. Kmt Shockley, George Mason University

2:30 pm- 4:00 pm ---- Panel Three | A Pan-African Education for All?
Panelists include: Haile Gerima, Sankofa Video and Books, Dr. Bartley McSwine, Chicago State University; Faruq Muhammad, UNIA-ACL
Location: Blackburn Ballroom

Arts
10:30 am- 11:00 am---- Dance Performance One
Featuring: Nsaa Dance Ensemble
Location: Hilltop Lounge

11:00 am- 12:00 pm---- Dance Workshop One
Facilitated by Nsaa Dance Ensemble
Location: Blackburn Reading Lounge

3:00 pm- 3:30 pm---- Dance Performance Two
Location: Hilltop Lounge

3:30 pm- 4:30 pm---- Dance Workshop Two
Location: Blackburn Reading Lounge

5:00 pm---- Student Production: Tomorrow

8:00 pm----Africana Talent Showcase
Location TBA

Lunch and Networking- 12:45-2:00 pm
Location: Blackburn Reading Lounge



February 24, 2009
Day 2: Political Economy
8:45 am---- Opening and Libations

9:00 am- 10:30 am---- Panel One |The Military Industrial Complex and the Financial Crisis
Panelists include: Banbose Shango, Regional Coordinator of the Venezuelan Solidarity Network; Chioma Odruh, HU Graduate Student; Diop Olugbala, Uhuru Movement; Marcos Garcia, Labor Attaché, 1st Secretary Embassy of Venezuela
Location: Blackburn Ballroom

11:00 am- 12:30 pm---- Panel Two |Youth and Unemployment in Africa and Throughout the Diaspora
Panelists include: Ben Woods, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement; Dr. Chinua Akukwe, Africa Union Africa Diaspora Health Initiative; Mr. Nefta Freeman, Institute for Policy Studies; Dr. Claire Nelson, Founder/President Institute of Caribbean Studies
Moderated by: Austin Thompson, Co-Coordinator
Location: Blackburn Ballroom

2:30 pm- 4:00 pm ---- Panel Three | Pan-Africanism, Science, and Appropriate Technology
Panelists include: Dr. John Trimble, All-African People’s Revolutionary Party and HU College of Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Science; Bianca Baily, Engineers Without Borders; Bob Stephenson, John Tharakan
Location: Blackburn Ballroom

4:00 pm- 6:30 pm---- Roundtable Discussion| Engaging the Audience
Moderated by: Dr. Gregory Carr, HU Department of Africana Studies
Location: Blackburn Ballroom

6:30 pm-9:00 pm- Keynote Lecture| Mukasa Dada
Followed by Q & A
Location: Blackburn Ballroom

Lunch and Networking- 12:45-2:00 pm
We will provide a catered vegan lunch for registered participants.
Location: Blackburn Reading Lounge




February 25, 2009
Day 3: Health and Nutrition
8:45 am---- Opening and Libations

9:00 am- 10:30 am---- Panel One | Nutrition in the Pan-African Community
Panelists include: Dr. Quito Swan, HU Department of History; Prof. Mark Mack, HU Department of Anthropology; Tiana Matthews, Ph.D. Candidate HU
Location: Blackburn Digital Auditorium

11:00 am- 12:30 pm---- Panel 2|Alternative Wellness
Panelists include: Dr. Kokayi Patterson, African Wholistic Health Association; Dr. Stephanie Mwangazaa Brown, Blue Heron Wellness Center; Dr. Darrell Fogan, HU Department of Physical Education; Dr. Baruch, Everlasting Life Health Complex
Location: Blackburn Digital Auditorium

1:00 pm-2:30 pm---- Panel Three| Perceptions of Beauty
Panelists include: Dr. Tariqah Nuriddin, HU Department of Sociology, Dr. Jules Harrell, HU Department of Psychology, Nubia Kai Al-Nura Salaam, HU Department of Theatre Arts
Location: Blackburn Digital Auditorium

3:00 pm- 5:00 pm---- Panel Four| The State of Health in the Pan-African Community
Panelists include: Dr. Chinua Akukwe, Africa Union Africa Diaspora Health Initiative; Dr. Nomonde Xundu, South African Embassy; Dr. Clarence Hall, Africare; Dr. Krista Johnson, HU Department of African Studies
Location: Blackburn Digital Auditorium

6:30 pm ---- Book Talk| Dr. Wade Noble, author of Seeking the Sakhu
Location: Sankofa Video and Books

Lunch and Networking- 12:30-2:30 pm
We will provide a catered vegan lunch for registered participants.
Location: Blackburn Reading Lounge







February 26, 2009
Day 4: Gender Roles and the African Family
8:45 am---- Opening and Libations

9:00 am- 10:30 am---- Panel One | History of the African Family from Antiquity to Present Day
Panelists include: HU Department of History Faculty

11:00 am- 12:00 pm---- Genealogy Workshop One
Dr. Reginald Washington, National Archives
Location: Blackburn Ballroom

12:30 pm- 2:00 pm---- Lunch with Keynote Lecture: TBA
Location: Blackburn Reading Lounge

2:15 pm-3:30---- Panel Two | Sacrifice and Struggle
Panelists TBA

3:45 pm-4:45 pm---- Genealogy Workshop Two

4:45-pm- 6:00 pm---- Recreating the Village: Exploring the Viability of Creating Communities that are Synonymous with the Term ‘Family’
Panelists: Dr. Angela Conti, The Renaissance Group

6:00 pm-7:00 pm----Film Screening | snippet of Sankofa and audience discussion
Location: Blackburn Ballroom






February 27, 2009
Day 5: Spirituality

9:00 am- 9:30 am----Opening and Libations at the Flagpole
Location: Upper Quadrangle

9:30 am- 11:00 am---- Panel One | My Spiritual Journey
Panelists include: HU Students: Hiram Reid, Dionta Thopson, Akosua Akoto, Azizah Moore, Devin Crawford
Location: Blackburn Ballroom

11:00 am- 12:00 pm---- Keynote Lecture| Dr. Jeff Menzise, Society of Ausar and Aset
Location: Blackburn Ballroom

2:00-4:00---- Spirituality Workshop with Dr. Jeff Menzise
Location: Blackburn Gallery Lounge

5:00-6:30----Panel Two| Liberation Theology in the African World
Panelists include: Courtney Javois, Graduate Student Temple University; Ava Wilson, Graduate Student Temple University; Jaminnia States, HU Undergrad; Sawdayah Brownlee, HU Undergrad
Location: Blackburn Gallery Lounge

Lunch and Networking- 12:45-2:00 pm
We will provide a catered vegan lunch for registered participants.
Location: Blackburn Reading Lounge





February 28, 2009
Day 6: Final Day
8:45 am---- Opening and Libations

9:00 am- 10:30 pm---- Panel One | A Young Pan-African Agenda
Panelists include: Mjiba Frehiwot, Phd Candidate HU; Melvin Barolle, Phd Candidate HU; Nana Brantuo, Undergraduate HU; Jaheed Wise, Morehouse Alum; Nkoyo Efretei, Undergraduate HU
Moderated by: Dr. Sulayman Nyang, HU Department of African Studies
Location: Blackburn Digital Auditorium

10:30 pm- 12:00 pm---- Panel Two| The Role of the African Diaspora in Development
Panelists include: Bob Brown, All-African People’s Revolutionary Party; Hope Masters, President of Leon Sullivan Foundation; Dr. Akil Khalfani, Professor of Sociology, Essex Community College; Mrs. Stephanie Kane, Founder of the Senegalese-American Bilingual School; Dr. Gregory Jenkins, HU Department of Physics
Location: Blackburn Digital Auditorium

10:00 am- 3:00 pm----Pan-African Marketplace
Location: Blackburn Reading Lounge

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm---- Keynote Lecture and Dinner | Dr. Jared Ball, Morgan State University
Location: Blackburn Reading Lounge

Dinner passes are limited and will be given to registered participants first. It will be a catered vegan dinner.