Day 3
Black Spaces Symposium
Sat Jul 25, 2020 | 9 AM–3 PM
Independently Produced
by Afro Van Connect
Saturday, July 25 | 9 AM to 3 PM
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.
DAY 3 Schedule
9 AM-12 PM: Panel Conversation
The Black Speculative Arts Movement
Panelists: Millicent Boela, Wayde Compton, Tajah Olson and Gift Pattenden
Moderated by Queen Kuyoki, Executive Director of Operations & Finance, and Nico Taylor, Executive Director of Governance & Communications, with Black Speculative Arts Movement Canada
1-3 PM: Workshop
Unlearning Anti-Blackness with Cicely Blain of Cicely Blain Consulting
TICKETING
General Admission: $45
Include 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.
