Forty Years of Black Feminist Fire is a future-forward celebration hosted by the Women's Research & Resource Center at Spelman College. This virtual celebration will include remarks from students, scholar-activists, artists and friends of WRRC.
During this one-day event, we will celebrate the teaching legacy of Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D., the 40th anniversary of the Women's Research & Resource Center at Spelman College, and 21 years of the Toni Cade Bambara Scholars/Writers/Activists Collective.
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SCHEDULE
10 a.m. | Welcome and Purpose
- Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D., C'66, Spelman College Women’s Research & Resource Center
- M. Bahati Kuumba, Ph.D., Spelman College Women’s Research & Resource Center
- Raquille Love, C’2022, Spelman College Student
- Cultural Expression - TBD
11 a.m. | Special Recognitions in Memory of Toni Cade Bambara, bell hooks, and Professor Valerie Boyd
- Holly Smith, M.A., College Archivist, Spelman College
11:40 a.m. | Panel #1: 40 years of Black Feminism
- Jacqueline Jones Royster, Ph.D., C'70, Georgia Tech University (Retired)
- Sherie Randolph, Ph.D., Georgia Tech University
- Kimberly Wallace-Sanders, Ph.D., Emory University
12:45 p.m. | Poetic Movement
- Sequoia Maner, Ph.D., Spelman College
1 p.m. | Musical Movement
- Somalia Ramin, C'2018, Artist & Musician
1:30 p.m. | Panel #2: Big Mama’s Roundtable Revisited
- Sarah (Thompson) Nahar, M.Div, C’2006, Syracuse University
- Moya Bailey, Ph.D., C’2005, Northeastern University
- Banah Ghadbian, Ph.D., C’201, University of California San Diego
2:45 p.m. | Word Movement
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Members of Alpha Pi Chapter, Triota Honor Society (Iota Iota Iota)
3 p.m. | Still Alive: The Spirit of Toni Cade Bambara Lives On [Film]
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Taryn Lee Crenshaw, M.A., C'2009, Documentarian & Educator
3:40 p.m. | Call to Scholar-Activism
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M. Bahati Kuumba, Ph.D., Spelman College Women’s Research & Resource Center