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The Sankofa* Project
Womanist Convening 2006
Womanist Theology and Thought In Action
March 31-April 2, 2006
College of St. Catherine
St. Paul, Minnesota
Schedule of Events
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Hosted by Rev. Dr. Paulette Sankofa, Bush Grant Scholar for Diversity
and Democracy at the College of St. Catherine, 2004-2006.
Sponsored by
the Bush Foundation Grant for Diversity and Democracy,
the Centers of Excellence with support from the St. Paul Foundation and the Bigelow Foundation, Admissions, Critical Studies of Race/Ethnicity Program, and the Office of Multicultural Education at the College of St. Catherine, the Global Women’s Network, St. Paul/Minneapolis District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Visitation Monestary of Minneapolis, and Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, March 31, 2006
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul Campus, Jeanne d’Arc Auditorium
6:30 – 7:00 p.m. Registration
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Opening Celebration, Featured Speaker, & Concert
The Souls of Black Folk in Music, Movement, and Spoken Word
Saturday, April 1, 2006
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul Campus, Coeur de Catherine Building
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Breakfast, Morning Celebration, & Featured Speaker
11:00 – 12:30 p.m. Concurrent Workshops for Adults
11:00 – 12:30 p.m. Workshops for Adolescent Girls
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Lunch in the Dining Hall
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Repeat of Workshops for Adults
2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Workshops for Adolescent Girls
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Community Gathering/Closing Celebration
Sistahs and Allies, Womanists and Feminists Continuing the Dialogue:
Setting an Agenda for Collective Action
Sunday, April 2, 2006
Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Church, Minneapolis
11:00 a.m. Morning Celebration Service
Guest Preacher Rev. Dr. Linda Hollies
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Presenters
Dr. Rose Brewer is a Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of African American and African Studies at the University of Minnesota. Professor Brewer was also the principal investigator of a Ford Foundation grant and has received the Josie Johnson Human Rights and Social Justice Award. She has co-authored the upcoming book The Color Of Wealth: The Story of Racial Wealth Inequality in the U.S.
Rev. Vicki Caldwell is a preacher and Womanist theologian. She is a member of the ministry team at Washington Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri. Her workshop is Black Women and Girls Created in the Image of God.
Sharon Cooper, M.D., FAAP is an adjunct professor of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill School of Medicine, and is the executive director of Developmental & Forensic Pediatrics, P. A., a consulting firm that provides clinical care for children. Dr. Cooper spearheaded the production of the revolutionary publication Medical, Legal & Social Science Aspects of Child Sexual Exploitation: A Comprehensive Review of Pornography, Prostitution, and Internet Crimes. This first-of-a-kind publication discusses multidisciplinary efforts to demolish businesses based on child sexual exploitation.
Dr. Emma Buffington Duren is a multicultural educator who currently teachers fifth grade in the Roseville (Minnesota) Area Schools. She is a former educational trainer and seminar leader for the Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity (SEED) division of the Minnesota Inclusiveness Programs. She will co-facilitate the workshop Re-imagining Our System of Education with Dr. Margo Lloyd.
Pamela Fletcher, M.F.A. teaches English at the College of St. Catherine. As a writer she has received The Loft’s Creative Nonfiction Residency Award and a Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship. She is a co-editor of Transforming a Rape Culture, now released in its tenth anniversary edition. Her workshop is Transforming a Rape Culture.
Dr. Nancy Heitzeg is an associate professor of sociology at the College of St. Catherine and director of the Critical Studies of Race/Ethnicity program. She serves as the primary consultant for assessment of the campus climate for diversity. She is the author of Deviance: Rulemakers and Rulebreakers.
Rev. Dr. Linda Hollies, a woman who has “been there and done that,” is founder and executive director of WomanSpace, a place of sanctuary for God’s bodacious professional women. Ordained United Methodist, she is a preacher, teacher, author and consultant to women’s groups across the country. Her workshop is Women in Prison… Everyone is Doing Time! Dr. Linda H. Hollies will facilitate our conversations as a mother who is “doing time.”
Rev. Janet Johnson is an ordained elder serving on the ministry team at Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Church. She is the facilitator of the Prevention Empowerment Action Compassion and Education (PEACE) Prison Ministry of Wayman. She will lead a panel discussion entitled Saving Our Babies… Prison Prevention.
Mary Jude Jun, OSU is a co-founder of Imani Family Center of St. Louis, Missouri. She has been an Ursuline Sister for over 57 years and has served both in the United States and southern Africa. She will co-facilitate Speaking Truth to Power with LaDoris Payne.
Dr. Margo Lloyd is a world traveler with over 30 years of teaching experience. She is currently chair of the Education Department at North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Lloyd will co-facilitate Re-imagining Our System of Education with Dr. Emma Duren.
Dr. Haki Madhubuti, Ph.D. is a poet, publisher, editor and educator, and serves as a pivotal figure in the development of a strong Black literary tradition. He has published over 25 books under his former name, Don L. Lee, and is one of the world’s best-selling authors of poetry and nonfiction. His Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous?: The Afrikan American Family in Transition (1990) has sold over 1,000,000 copies. His most recent release is Yellow Black: The First Twenty-One Years Of A Poet’s Life, A Memoir (2005).
Juliette Mitchell, M.A. is the coordinator of Ujimaa Teen Program at Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church, a motivational speaker, educational consultant and youth mentor. She will co-facilitate the youth sessions with Talaya Tolefree.
LaDoris Payne is the co-founder and executive director of WomanSpirit and the Imani Family Center in St. Louis, Missouri, which help grassroots women present their voices as they participate in public decision making and community conversations to create alternatives to injustice and violence. She will co-facilitate Speaking Truth to Power with Mary Jude Jun, OSU.
Elise Peterson is a senior and candidate for graduation at the College of St. Catherine. Elise serves as research assistant for The Sankofa Project. She is a quadruple major in Philosophy, Women’s Studies, Sociology and Critical Studies of Race/Ethnicity. She will present a critical reflection on her experience as research assistant and how that experience helped her to strengthen her competencies for working across cultures.
Rev. Dr. Paulette Sankofa is an Assistant Professor and Diversity and Democracy Scholar-in-Residence at the College of St. Catherine’s Centers of Excellence. She is the principal investigator of The Sankofa Project. Her dissertation title was “Sankofa” Reaching Back to Embrace and Reclaim What We Left Behind: Toward a Critical Womanist Pedagogy of Education for African-American Girls. She is a member of the ministry team at Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Dr. Karla D. Scott is the director of African American Studies at St. Louis University. Dr. Scott’s research interest in culture and communication has led her to focus on issues related to race, gender, and health in African American communities. Her workshop, Strengthening and Engaging Women for Action: Nia Kuumba Discernment House will provide a history of the planning and development of Nia Kuumba, discuss the format and goals of current programming and future plans for encouraging participation from Black women of all ages.
Talaya Tolefree, M.A. is a graduate of Luther Seminary in Educational Leadership. She is an educational consultant and program director at Union Gospel Mission of the Twin Cities. She has served as a research assistant and transcriptionist for The Sankofa Project, as well as lead facilitator for the project’s Youth Council. She will co-facilitate the youth sessions with Juliette Mitchell.
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