Faculty Inaugural Symposium Schedule
Equality - Black Women Mapping the City
Friday, April 8, 2016, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Spelman College, The Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby, Ed.D. Academic Center
350 Spelman Lane, SW, Atlanta, GA 30314-4399
Morning Discussion: ATLANTA
Welcome and Occasion
Mary Schmidt Campbell Ph.D.
Tenth President of Spelman College
Symposium Theme and Purpose
Mona Taylor Phillips, Ph.D.
Coordinator, Faculty Steering Committee
Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Spelman College
Atlanta, Georgia
Morning Symposium Opening
Jacqueline Royster, Ph.D.
Dean, Ivan Alan College of Liberal Arts
Georgia Tech University
Westside Communities Alliance
Atlanta, Georgia
Equality: Women Mapping the City – Atlanta
Shirley Franklin
Barbara Jordan Visiting Professor of Ethics and Political Values
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
University of Texas
Austin, Texas
Sheri Davis-Faulkner, Ph.D.
Director for Community Engagement
Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
Atlanta, Georgia
Na’Taki Osborne Jelks, Ph.D.
Manager, Education and Advocacy Program
National Wildlife Federation
Reston, Virginia
Film, "Fertile Oasis"
Producers: Olivia LaFlamme, Britny Horton, Jemoi Higgins
Digital Moving Image Salon (DMIS)
Ayoka Chenzira, Ph.D.
Division Chair for Arts and Humanities,
Founder and Director of Digital Moving Image Salon, Professor
Spelman College
Atlanta, Georgia
Q&A and Community Response
Lunch (on your own) and Mapping Your City
Aku Kadogo
Visiting Scholar-Detroitist
Department of Drama and Dance
Spelman College
Atlanta, Georgia
Afternoon Discussion: DETROIT AND NEW ORLEANS
Equality: Women Mapping the City – New Orleans
Deon Haywood
Executive Director
Women With a Vision Inc.
Mora Beauchamp-Byrd, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor, Department of Art and Art History
Curatorial Studies
Spelman College
Alix Chapman
Visiting Professor, Comparative Women’s Studies Department
Black Queer Studies
Spelman College
Anne Collins Smith
Curator of Collections
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
Making Plans/Moving Forward/Connecting/ReGathering