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Centers of Distinction

"Ain’t I A Spelman Woman?"
Sister Scholars for Social Change!
12th Annual Toni Cade Bambara Scholar-Activism Conference

A joint project of the Women’s Research
and Resource Center & Title III
Location of Events: Cosby Academic Center
2nd Floor

Thursday, March 22, 2012

11:00
Calling All Warrior Women
Dr. Patricia McFadden, Radical African Feminist Scholar-Activist

Friday, March 23, 2012

6:30 p.m. 
Gallery Conversation
“Soul Sisters: The Art & Activism of Faith Ringold ” Anne Collins Smith, C'96, Curator of Collections

Opening Reception
The Spelman College Jazz Ensemble
Directed by Professor Joseph W. Jennings, Music Dept.

7:00 p.m.
Opening Celebration:
The Inspiration of Toni Cade’s Life & Work Sister of Ceremonies: Phoenix Nacto, CWS, C’2012

Welcomes
Dr. M. Bahati Kuumba, Associate Professor, Women’s Studies
Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Director, WRRC

Remembering Toni Cade
Alice Lovelace

Performance
“My Body is Not Your Temple”
Brittanae-Smith McGee, Drama & Dance, C’2012

Spoken Words
Theresa Davis, Educator/Activist/Poet/Artist/Pirate

Introduction of Speaker
Banah Ghadbian, CWS & Sociology/Anthropology, C’2015

Keynote Presentation
Women of the Syrian Revolution”Dr. Mohja Kahf, Associate Professor, University of Arkansas

Solidarity Statements
Women’s Center Student Organizations: Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance (FMLA), Afrekete, SisterFire, Toni Cade Bambara Scholars/Writers/Activists Program

Saturday, March 24

9:30 a.m.    
Registration and Continental Breakfast                  
10:00-10:15 a.m.       
Welcome      

Dr. M. Bahati Kuumba,                                               Professor and Associate Director, WRRC
Location: Ennis Cosby Reading Room

10:15-11:15 a.m.
Opening Plenary: 

‘Ain’t I A Spelman Woman?’: Channeling The Rebellious Spirit of Toni Cade Bambara
Facilitator: Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Panelists:  L’ Erin Asantewaa, CWS, C’ 2009,  Moya Bailey, CWS, C’2003, Malika Redmond, CWS, C’2004,  Chantal James, Philosophy, C’2005
Location: Ennis Cosby Reading Room

11:20-12:35
Concurrent Sessions (A)

Panel #1: From Two Good Girdles and a White Dress to the Spelman “Power Suit”
Facilitator: Lauren L. Crim, CWS, C’2012
Presenters: TBA
Location: Cosby 214

Panel #2: Women of the Revolution: Radical Women Who Started the Arab Spring
Facilitator: Banah Ghadbian, C’2015
Presenters: Dr. Soraya Mekerta, Associate Professor of
World Languages, Director, ADW
Location: Cosby 217

Panel 3:  “Health and (Un)Wellness:
Facilitator: Dr. Monica Melton, Assistant Professor of
Women’s Studies
Presenters:  “Spreading the Infection”
Jennifer Polk, Clayton State University
Location: Cosby 224

12:45 – 2:00 p.m.
Luncheon Keynote Presentation

Location: Manley Center Atrium
(*Lunch is not provided, but it may be purchased in the cafeteria.)        

2:15-3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions (B)

Panel #4:  The  Black Female Body
Facilitator:  Phoenix Nacto, CWS, C’ 2012
Presenters:
Andrea Younger
Malika L. Evans, CWS, C’2013
Dr. Al-Yasha Williams, Associate Professor/Chair,
Philosophy & Religion Department
Location: Cosby 214

Panel #5:  Dismantling the Master’s Tools?:  Difference & Sexuality From a Lesbian Feminist Perspective
Facilitator: Riann Lippe, Sociology, C’2013
Presenters:
“Challenging the Institution of “Category of Sex”
Samara D. Chapple, Clayton State University
Location: Cosby 217

3:45-5:00 p.m. 
Closing Workshop: Where Do We Enter?: Women of Color
in Political Movements Today
Facilitator: TBA
Presenters:
Laverne C. Hayes, Clayton State University Location: Ennis Cosby Reading Room

5:15-7:00 p.m.   
Film Festival (C)
:
Video: “The Battle at Osage Avenue”  by Toni Cade Bambara
Discussion Facilitator: TBA
Location: Cosby 214

Video: “The Shadow Behind the Rainbow”
Discussion Facilitator: Cyncere White, C’2012
Location: Cosby 217

Video: Maetra (Federation of Cuban Women
Discussion Facilitator: TBA

  • A special thank you to the following:
  • Spelman College Ethel Waddell Githii Honors Program
  • Professor Joseph W. Jennings and the Spelman
  • College Jazz Ensemble
  • Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
  • Faculty and Staff of the Women’s Research and Resource Center & Archives
  • Spelman College Office of Undergraduate Studies