Popup presentations (Until 4:30)

Plenary: Welcome

Open for Networking (Until 12:30)

Oral Presentation: Historic Black Communities I

Panel Discussion: Movement Building Towards Black Land and Food Sovereignty

Panel Discussion: The West Side Revive Movement Model to Address Poverty

Panel Discussion: Bending the Market Towards Justice

Panel Discussion: Race and Influence in a Southern College Town

Panel Discussion: Black Land Ownership

Oral Presentation: Communities of Faith

Panel Discussion: African-American Tourism in South Carolina: Ownership & Opportunity

Oral Presentation: Black Experience: Arts & Nature

Panel Discussion: The Hemp Industry: Building a New Industry in N.C.

Panel Discussion: The Economic Citizenship of Black- Owned Food Trucks in Birmingham

Oral Presentation: Black Communities: Then and Now

Panel Discussion: Pretrial Detention, Juvenile Justice, Family Reunification, & Social Reintegration in CT

Panel Discussion: The Myth of the “Ghetto”: Critical Archeology of Baltimore Ghetto Areas

Panel Discussion: The Hemp Industry: Avoiding Pitfalls

Panel Discussion: Black Communities and Public Policy

Panel Discussion: Media, Stories, and Communities of Color: Getting Real

Oral Presentation: Policy, Health & The Environment

Plenary: Thomas Allen Harris - Why Family Photos Matter

Tour: NCCU Campus

Workshop: Can Black Homeschooling Help Preserve Black Communities?

Oral Presentation: Entrepreneurship and Community Development

Panel Discussion: Combating the Media's Strategic Attack on Black Leadership in Cincinnati

Oral Presentation: Black Community Histories: Documented, Digitized and Displayed

Panel Discussion: Actively Safeguarding: Implementing Diversification Strategies to Sustain Cultural Heritage...

Workshop: Yoga Session with Patrice!

Workshop: Grant Writing Workshop for Faculty and Graduate Students

Workshop: The New Political Warfare: Real Self-Care for People of Color

Working Group: Afro-Native History, Culture, and Language Retention in the United States

Working Group: Tech Pipeline: How are we Responding?

Workshop: Telling History and Herstory: Storytelling to Map Trajectories of Blackness

Workshop: Digital Diaspora

Tour: Pauli Murray & Durham's History of Racial Segre- gation

Workshop: Let Them Speak: Strategies to Ensure Inclusive Community Research and Practice

Working Group: The Future of Work in Black Communities

Workshop: Culture, Community, and Christ: Human Trafficking in the African American Community

Workshop: Debunking the Myth of the Strong Black Woman

Working Group: Lessons from Healing Justice Initiatives for Black Movement- Building (QTPOC)

Workshop: Can I get at Witness! Toxic Masculinity & Its Effects on Black Women and Girls

Panel Discussion: In Search of Wakanda: Black Entrepreneurship in the U.S.

Black Star Line Brewing Company - Beer Tasting!

Film & Performance Series: Short Discussion Follows Each Presentation

Film & Performance Series: Short Discussion Follows Each Presentation

Popup presentations

Open for Networking

Panel Discussion: Financial Resources for the Underserved and Underbanked

Oral Presentation: Threats to Black Life

Panel Discussion: Transformative Power of the Black Aesthetic

Oral Presentation: Black Community Activism

Oral Presentation: Education of Black Male

Panel Discussion: Restorative Justice and the Black Community

Panel Discussion: Land Conservation

Workshop: Why Having a Side Hustle is Essential for the Black Community

Panel Discussion: Archiving Black Family History

Oral Presentation: Historic Black Communities II

Panel Discussion: Academic Partnerships with Black-Led Organizations Working in Green Spaces

Panel Discussion: Reinforce Black Business as a Unique Asset Class and Investment Opportunity

Panel Discussion: From Unschool and Homeschool: Culturally-Rich Curriculum and Environment

Panel Discussion: Challenges and Opportunities in Neighborhood- Based Commercial Development

Panel Discussion: Pragmatic Models for Community and University Partnerships

Panel Discussion: B.O.L.D.: Faith- Government Partnerships to Reduce Cardiovascular Health

Oral Presentation: Historic Communities: Boom, Bust and Rebuild

Panel Discussion: The ZORA! STEM Initiative: A Vision Towards Preserving Historic Eatonville

Oral Presentation: Knowledge, Power & Education

Panel Discussion: Recovering from a Natural Disaster

Panel Discussion: HBCUs as Incubators: Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Oral Presentation: Addressing Health Disparities

Panel Discussion: The Power of Stories: Leveraging Heritage to Preserve Historic Black Settlements

Plenary: U.S. Federal Reserve Banks: Workforce Develop ment

Tour: Commu nity Real Estate Develop ment in a Changing Durham

Panel Discussion: U.S. Federal Reserve Banks-Research and Practice in Local Communities

Working Group: Assessing Equitable Development

Working Group: Historic Black Towns and Settlements Alliance (HBTSA) Strategic Planning

Working Group: Creating Community Histories in the Digital Age

Workshop: Stop Thinking and Start Writing: Journaling for Personal Discovery and Stress Relief

Workshop: Developing a Cultural Heritage Tourism Event: The Zora Neale Hurton™ Festival

Tour: Earth seed Land Collective

Workshop: Headwrapping Session with Taji

Workshop: Project Backup Scan-A- Thon Workshop

Workshop: Effectively Engaging the African American Community: The Art of Community Engagement

Workshop: West Side Revive Movement Model to Address Poverty

Working Group: The Future and Sustainability of Black Archives and Research Centers

Tour: Black Wall Street of America

Workshop: Historic Black Towns and Settlements Alliance - A Model for 21st Century Collaboration

Tour: “Chocolate Cities” at UNC-Chapel Hill

Workshop: The Craft of Filmmaking

Workshop: Capital and the Prison Problem: Building Solutions to the Commercialization of Justice

Workshop: Universal Preservation: Mind, Body, Spirit and Place

Working Group: A Climate Change Agenda for Gullah Geechee and Other Traditional Communities

Black Star Line Brewing Company - Beer Tasting!

Film & Performance Series: Short Discussion Follows Each Presentation

Film & Performance Series: Short Discussion Follows Each Presentation

Popup presentations

Open for Networking

Panel Discussion: Status of Black Women in the U.S.

Oral Presentation: They Made Their Mark: Biographies

Workshop: Grant Writing Workshop for Faculty and Graduate Students

Workshop: Designing Development of Black Communities with Economic Power of Tourism - Introduction to Destination Marketing Organization (DMO)

Workshop: The Black Church in Improving Mental Health and Help- Seeking

Oral Presentation: Arts, Resistance and Affirmation

Oral Presentation: Fostering Sustainable Black Communities

Panel Discussion: Cornelia Walker Bailey: Sapelo Island’s Foremost Land Rights and Community Activist

Oral Presentation: Preserving Black Community Histories

Panel Discussion: Looking for the “Black Fantastic” in Diasporic Geographies and the Literary Imagination

Panel Discussion: Conducting Research from the “Inside Out”: Perspectives on Patient-Centered Research

Oral Presentation: Black Female Identity

Panel Discussion: Marketing Blackness: The Business of Black Art

Oral Presentation: Policing & Incarceration in Black Communities

Panel Discussion: Preserving Power and Resilience in Black Communities within a Food Access Framework

Oral Presentation: Challenges to Healthy Living

Panel Discussion: International Initiative: NC Env. Justice Network & African Women’s Studies at Bennett College

Panel Discussion: Business Sustainability Strategies for Black- Owned Businesses in Southeastern U.S.

Oral Presentation: Historic Black Communities III

Panel Discussion: Assessing Racial Bias and Cultural Affirmation in the Classroom: Protecting Black Genius

Panel Discussion: Not Our Master: Collective Action Against Anti-Black Racism in an Elite University

Workshop: Wealth and Philanthropy in Black Communities: The Intersection of Influence & Impact

Plenary: The State of Black Communities in the Post-Obama Era

Tour: Hayti to Haiti

Open for Networking

Workshop: Embracing Familial and Community Trauma: Strategies in Managing Racial Stress

Working Group: Filling the Gap of Queer and Ethnically Diverse Campus Programming

Working Group: Discussion of the Effects of Colorism on African American and Caribbean Families

Workshop: Bridging the Gap: I Teach, You Learn (Non- Profit Series)

Working Group: Black Entrepreneurship, Black Wall Street and the Cooperative Movement

Workshop: The Change Mindset: Community Sustainability Meets Systems Theory

Workshop: Narratives Matter: The Importance of a Cultural Strategy in the Era of Fake News

Panel Discussion: Our Communities Are Our Business: Black Philanthropy & Social Change

Workshop: Skilled Trades: Building Professional Skills and Viable Employment Potential Among Our Youth

Working Group: Documenting and Connecting Black Communities

Tour: Uneven Ground: The Foundations of Housing Inequality in Durham, NC

Working Group: Philanthropy Redefined: Innovative Approaches for Effective Social Change