"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
