Festival Panels - 2023 Panel Listings

Session || 9:30 am

The Role of Public Arts in Placekeeping and Social Justice

Grace Kim || Consultant || Moderator

Panelists:

Charmaine Minniefield || Praise House Project

LeJuano Varnell || Sweet Auburn Works

Miranda Kyle || Beltline Arts

Sessions || 10:30 am

Liberation through Seed Saving

Sagdrina Jalal || Sage D || Moderator

In conversation with:

Stephanie Simmons || Farmer

The Dirt Talks Back: Probing Neighborhood History

Edith Kelman || BiRacial History Project || Presenter

Session || 12 pm

Cemetery Preservation: Treasured Memories, Treasured Histories

Dr. Shari Williams || The Ridge Macon County Archaeology Project || Moderator

Lisa Y. Henderson || Lane Street Project, Black Wide Awake Blog

Debra Taylor Gonzalez || Friends of Geer Cemetery and Genealogist

Handout from Cemetery Preservation Panel-  

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Session || 12:30 pm

Preserving Our Ancestors Stories: Sacred Spaces and Heirlooms

Tanzy Ward || Zanathia Jewelry and Antiques

Preserving Black Craft History Through Chairmaking

Robell Awake || Furniture Maker, Black Craft Artist

How Grassroots Organizations Can Work with Ciy Departments to Preserve Community Assets

Rita Cofield || The Watts Community of LA

Session || 12:30 pm
Workshop Session

Sierra X Chasity || Build Your Archive

Session || 2 pm

How to Be a Dope Artist

Artemus Jenkins || Disscussant

Sessions || 2:30

The Importance of Saving LGBTQ Histories

Leslie Spencer || Sankofa Cultural Resources

In discussion with

Christopher Gleason || PhD Studies

Placemaking in Print

Courtney Napier|| Black Oak Society, EIC of BOS Magazine

Session || 4 pm

How LGBTQ Rights Brought the Bible Belt Out of Bondage

Leslie Spencer ||  Moderator

Panelists:

Dave Hayward || Touching Up Our Roots, Inc, Georgia’s LGBTQ Story Project

Maria Helena Dolan || Touching Up Our Roots, Inc,

Sessions || 4:30 pm

Preserving the Black Built Environment

Tonja Khabir || Jones Cafe, Macon, GA

Black Iron and the Rhizome

Y. Malik Jalal

Sessions || 5:00 pm

Black History Education, So What?

Nedra Deadwyler || Save Your Spaces, Civil Bikes || Moderator

Rachel Willis || Elevating Equity

Jonathan Peraza Campos || Buford Highway Peoples Hub

6- 7:30 pm DJ Ramadhan

Intercession - Dance Party

Evening Sessions- Doors 7:00 pm start promptly at 7:30 pm

Inspire || Poetry Talk-back

Brittany Williams || B-SpokeIt

Inspire || Filmmakers/ Documentaries & Panels

Sed Lakpa || United Storytellers || Moderator

Alahna Lark || Filmmaker

Kaliena “Kow” Bowen || Filmmaker || JUNK M3D!A

Rita Cofield ||

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Additional Festival Sessions and Workshops