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Black Studies Forty Years Later, 1969-2009
Apr 30, 2009 to May 3, 2009
Location: Temple University
Description: Black Studies Forty Years Later, 1969-2009: 100 Day Assessment of the Barack Obama Presidency From an African American Perspective Sponsored by Center for African American Research and Public Policy at Temple University and the Philadelphia Community Institute of Africana Studies Black, Studies as a discipline was institutionalized in 1969. The first department was established at San Francisco State College. Since then, over 200 Black Studies departments have been established at colleges and universities across the United States with several offering doctoral degrees in African American Studies or Africana Studies. As an academic discipline, Black Studies was originally designed to describe and explain the conditions and problems faced by African American communities and to identify and assess alternative solutions to improve their life situations. Over the years, Black Studies departments have struggled to remain true to the original mission. Faced with changing circumstances, Blac
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Black Studies Forty Years Later: An African American Perspective
Apr 30, 2009 to May 3, 2009
Location: Temple University - Anderson Hall -17
Description: Registration (Anderson Hall -17) 2:00 pm Welcome (Anderson Hall - 17) 5:00 pm 5:15 pm Black Politics and the Barack Obama Presidency: Plenary 5:15 pm 7:30 pm Amiri Baraka, Dr. Mack Jones, Dr. Augustine Lao-Montes, Kenneth Lawrence and Dr. Ron Walters Intergenerational Dialogue Coordinator: Cleo Silvers 7:30 pm 8:30 pm (Anderson Hall - 17) Mabel Williams& Youth Student (TBA) Reception (Anderson Hall - 17) 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Saturday, May 2, 2009 Continental Breakfast/Registration (Beury Hall - 160) 7:30 am - 8:30 am Working Group Meetings (Anderson Hall) 8:30 am - 10:15 am Black Studies Forty Years Later: Plenary 10:30 am - 12:30 pm John Bracey, Jr., Dr. Jimmy Garrett, Dr. Charles Jones and Dr. Rosemari Mealy (Beury Hall 160) Lunch (on your own) 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Working Group Meetings (Anderson Hall) 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Black Labor: Plenary 3:15 pm - 5:15 pm Janet Hammond Ryder, Saladine Muhammad, Henry Nicholas (Beury Hall - 160) Reception/Dinner (Diamond Club) 5:30 pm -
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May 1, 2009

Friday

1st Latin American & Caribbean Pan Africanists World Convention
May 1, 2009 to May 3, 2009
Location: Hall Vice Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Description: Brother and sister as many of you now yet, we want invite you to participate at this historical conference with our 150 million africanas sister and brother who speaking spanish. The conference call intelectuals, youth, women, activist , grassroot and goverment to meet in La Paz Bolivia on 1-3 May 2009 and take a Pan-African World declaration. This conference its historical because will give orientation to this movement in terms of Reparation and social justice at the same time the president Morales who will open the convention is very excited with the Pan-African solidarity with the indigenous and Bolivian democracy process. At the same time the conference will pay tribute to sister Miriam Makeba 2009. Its our challenge and we are the maroons of the XXI century and reparation its our responsability and Pan-Africanist is the key . abuy nfubea 1st world convention of Pan-Africanist movement in America and Caribe from Marcus Garvey to Obama trough Durban La Paz Bolivia 1st-3rd May 2
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