Black Spaces Symposium: Day 2

Independently Produced

by Afro Van Connect

Friday, July 24 | 9 AM to 8:30 PM

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Afro Van Connect presents the virtual Black Spaces Symposium to bring artists, professors, practitioners and scholars together to share experiences, wisdom and knowledge so they can explore new approaches of strengthening their capacity for community building and development using the Hip Hop culture approach.

This Symposium has been established to create opportunities for youth of African Descent to access equipment, education, training, networks and opportunities, empowering them to creatively and economically flourish; build on their unique gifts; and gain perspectives from their heritage and diaspora cultural experiences.

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DAY 2 Schedule

 

9-10 AM: City of Vancouver | Cultural Shift Discussion
Ways Forward

10-10:15 AM: Dream Library with Aisha Kiani

10:30 AM-12 PM: Panel Conversation
Building for the Next (Space, Dignity and Community)
How does our present action impact the future?

Panelists: Anthonia Ogundele, Founder of the Ethọ́s Lab; Quentin Vercetty, award-winning multidisciplinary visual griot (storyteller), arts educator and the Canadian chapter of the Black Speculative Arts Movement (BSAMCanada); Adam Rudder, adjunct faculty member at Fairleigh Dickinson University and is co-chair of the Hogan’s Alley Society

Moderated by Ian Cromwell, classical violist and member of the band, Jack Mercer & The Whiskey Bandits

1-2 PM: Producer’s Lounge

2-3 PM: Panel Conversation
Afrocentric Healthing and Mental Health
Mental Health Awareness within the Black Community & Alternative Traditional Healing Practice

Panelists: Siobhan Barker, nationally recognized bilingual social and disability justice equity advocate; Bernard Piprah, registered therapist with the B.C. Association of Clinical Counsellors; and Tricia-Kay Williams, Registered Clinical Counsellor

Moderated by Betty Mulat, Co-Founder of the music collective NuZi

7-8:30 PM: Black Space Jam
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TICKETING

 

General Admission: $45
Includes access to main panel discussions

General Admission 2: $75
Includes full access to all programs

All proceeds from this event support the work of Afro Van Connect.

Please note that subsidized tickets are available to any community member who is interested in attending. For more information, contact Afro Van Connect at afrovanconnect@gmail.com.