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Global and Contemporary Freedom Struggles

10 am-12 noon: East Athens Community Center
Finding Your Voice: A Creative Writing Workshop for Elementary School Students: Workshop led by poets and writers from the UGA Program in Creative Writing

2 pm: Georgia Center for Continuing Education
Civil Rights in Southwest Georgia: A panel discussion with Albany activists, Rutha Harris and Rev. Charles M. Sherrod; Americus activists, Sandra Mansfield and Carol Barner Seay; and African & Diaspora film producer, Pamela Kohn; Moderator: Dr. Barbara McCaskill, UGA English professor

5 pm: Georgia Center for Continuing Education
Civil Rights Across Generations: Where Do We Go From Here?: A conversation with historians Dr. Chana Kai Lee, UGA, and Dr. Jelani Cobb, Spelman College; and filmmaker, writer and actor, Hadjii, a former UGA Grady College student; Moderator: Daleah Goodwin, Ph.D. student in the UGA Department of History

10 am: UGA Chapel: Keynote Lecture: “Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama”; Dr. Peniel Joseph, activist, commentator, and Tufts University history professor

3 pm: UGA Chapel
Beyond the Movement: Local and Global Perspectives: A panel discussion with UGA professors Channette Romero, English and Maria Navarro, Agriculture, Leadership, Education, and Community; and local attorney, activist, and vice president of the Citizenship Education Fund, Janice Mathis; Moderator: Dr. Robert Pratt, UGA history professor

7 pm: Ciné
Voices Beyond the Movement: An Evening of Poetry and Music: Elementary school writers share the stage with nationally known poets and writers Sharan Strange, Spelman College English professor; Jeffrey Lamar Coleman, St. Mary’s College of Maryland English professor, and Reginald McKnight, UGA Hamilton Holmes Professor in English; Moderator: Ashley David, Ph.D. student in the UGA Department of English & Program in Creative Writing