Saturday, April 21, 2018 12:30 pm-8:00 pm
Come for any one program or stay for the day!
Join Myers Park Baptist Church and
the Stan Greenspon Center at Queens University of Charlotte
1900 Selywn Avenue, Charlotte, North Carolina
11:00 Pre-conference Interfaith Service | Myers Park Baptist Sanctuary
- Service led by UNC-Charlotte’s Symphony of Diversity, MeckMin and Charlotte Clergy Coalition for Justice
11:45 Registration/Check In Opens | in front of Burwell Hall
- Lunch on your Own (Young Dining Hall in Trexler or Coffee House at Queens University)
- Queens students with Bill Furman, Queens University Professor of Design, are creating an “immigration wall” where participants can incorporate a photo of a relative who immigrated to America. If you care to contribute to this piece of public art, bring a photocopy of a relative who immigrated to America, or a photo of the country or flag they came from, no larger than 6”x 8”.
1:00 Opening Keynote: “Why do people move?” | Myers Park Baptist Sanctuary
- Presentation by The Possibility Project Charlotte
- Dr. Terza Lima-Neves, Johnson C. Smith University Professor of Political Science
- Dr. Glenn Hutchinson, Professor at Florida International University & playwright
2:00 Session I
- Slam Poetry & Rock Band with the Johnson C. Smith University’s Black Ink Monks and Queens University Sovereign Line Rock Band (also offered at Session 2) | Heaton Hall, Myers Park Baptist Church
- Short Films for Long-term: the 100 Word Film Festival with Scott Galloway (also offered at Session 2) | Ketner Auditorium, Queens University
- Photography: Capturing Real Life through the Lens with the Light Factory | Duke Auditorium, Queens University
- Performance as Activism with The Possibility Project Charlotte | Shalom Hall, Myers Park Baptist Church
2:45 Break with Snacks | Myers Park Baptist Church patio & in front of Burwell Hall
3:15 Session II
- Slam Poetry & Rock Band with the Johnson C. Smith University’s Black Ink Monks and Queens University Sovereign Line Rock Band (also offered at Session 1) | Heaton Hall, Myers Park Baptist Church
- Curatorial Activism: Mint Museum and the Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art | Duke Auditorium, Queens University
- Short Films for Long-term: the 100 Word Film Festival with Scott Galloway (also offered at Session 1) | Ketner Auditorium, Queens University
- Theatre and Performance as Empowerment with the Youth Exchange Project | Shalom Hall, Myers Park Baptist Church
4:20 Staged Reading of The Pot by Glenn Hutchinson | Belk Chapel, Queens University
5:45 Closing Keynote in Spanish and in English | Burwell Terrace & Residential Quad, Queens University
- Federico Rios, International and Integration Manager for the City of Charlotte
6:15 Multicultural Festival | Burwell Terrace & Residential Quad, Queens University
- Immigrant owned food trucks
- Concert with musicians who are first generation immigrants
- Tables for non-profit organizations working with immigrants
Presenting sponsors: Myers Park Baptist Church and the Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice
Program Sponsors: Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art, East Coast Entertainment, and Johnson C. Smith University
Partnering Organizations: Carolina Jews for Justice, Charlotte Clergy Coalition for Justice, Charlotte Latin Pride, Charlotte Women’s March, Charlotte Racial Justice Consortium (Johnson C. Smith University, 100Words Film Festival, Queens University of Charlotte, University of North Carolina – Charlotte), Levine Museum of the New South, the Light Factory, McColl Center for Arts + Innovation, MeckMin, UNC Center for the Study of the New South, Youth Exchange Project, YMCA of Greater Charlotte
Friends: Harris Teeter, White Coffee Company
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