Schedule of Events
11:00 AM - OPENING CEREMONY
LOCATION: COMMUNITY ROOM 160
with Guest Speaker James Rawlings, President of the Greater New Haven Branch NAACP
Mr. Rawlings will discuss ways to affect real change in the African American community by combining resources and identifying short and long term goals. On this “Tell All The Children Our Story” Saturday,” Mr. Rawlings says, “please come prepared to place your ideas in a 90, 120 or 360 day bucket,” and be willing to work to bring about change.
11:45AM - 12:30PM - CONTROLLING OUR DESTINY THROUGH DIET
Location: Community Room 160
Wiley Mullins, CEO
Uncle Wiley's Healthy Seasonings & Spices
1:00PM - 2PM - BOOK DISCUSSION
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
Facilitated by Clifton Graves, Director of Education, AMISTAD America, Freedom Schooner Amistad.
1:30PM - 2:30pm - FOOD DEMONSTRATION
Location: Cafeteria
Wiley Mullins, CEO
Uncle Wiley's Healthy Seasonings & Spices
2PM - 2:50pm - BALANCE FITNESS STUDIO
Location: ROOM 203
Mubarakah Ibrahim, Owner
2PM - 2:50pm - BREAKING THE CYCLE OF DEBT
Location: ROOM 249
Presented by author Ronald Hammond. A must attend workshop for everyone concerned about securing their future in our trying financial climate.
2PM - 2:50pm - KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT SEX: YOU'VE GOT ONE LIFE TO LIVE
Location: ROOM 217
Deatric I. Napper, health Educator presents an informative workshop advocating sexual health, responsibility and awareness. Teens will want to be present for a special appearance by Shenell Edmunds, an actress featured on upcoming episodes of the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.
2PM - 3pm - NOW IS THE TIME: GET INFORMED, GET INVOLVED IN THE PUBLIC DEBATE
Location: ROOM 160
Lisa Monroe, Education Chairperson, NAACP New Haven Branch
3PM - 3:50pm - SHENELL EDMONDS, ACTRESS
Location: ROOM 201
New Haven native recently booked a recurring role for ABC Network on One Life to Live.
EXHIBITION
Icons: The Global Reach of African America
This exhibition reflects the far reaching influence of the African American experience by highlighting Black achievers whose lives have become universal symbols of determination and triumph. Visitors to this exhibit will see icons such as Muhammad Ali, Barack Obama and Martin Luther King join with an engaging narrative to tell the stories that transcends time and place.
12PM - 3PM CULTURAL ARTS AND CRAFT WORKSHOPS
Locations: see below
BOOKMAKING
Location: Room 214
with Susan Monroe
DOLL MAKING
Location: Room 201
with Elaine Peters
CULTURAL JEWELRY & ART
Location: Room 207b
with Porsche Edmunds
5 -6 PM DANCE: "MARIYAMA" THE SHERI CALDWELL DANCE STUDIO
Location: Room 100 (Cafeteria)
A one of a kind performance by Mariyama Shari Caldwell Dance Center
