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REACH Across Dayton

Realizing Ethnic Awareness and Cultural Heritage Across Dayton

THE PUBLIC IS INVITED

Fifteenth Annual Studies Conference

“In the Spirit of Family”Together We’re Home

Program: Friday, February 29, 2008, 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

Location: Sinclair Community College – Building 12

Conference Fee: $45.00 – pre-registration is required.

Scholarships are available. Contact Tess Little   tess.little@sinclair.edu 512-5318

                                                                                                                                                 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch - Great Hall

1:15 - 2:15 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSION

♦Family Portrait College Workshop   Led by Bing Davis. Participants will create collages that represent their family from magazines or photos (copies) that they bring to the workshop.

♦How Families Helped Shape and Preserve Appalachian Traditional and Buegrass Music Kathy Queen Hayes and the Blue Grass Pickers

♦Families in Appalachia   Led by Dr. Wilburn Hayden Jr.

♦Trip to Guatemala   Dr.Kathy Rowell and Dr. Carol Baugh   Hear the story of how the Kaqchikel Mayans in San Andres lost all their property due to a landslide and how they managed to rebuild.

♦ Exploring the Extended Family Structure in African and African Americans Dr. Boikai Twe, Professor, Psychology, Sinclair.

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.BREAKOUT SESSION

♦Exploring the Roots of Appalachian Music and Blues Music Greg Beasley. This session tells the story and demonstrates how these two unique American music traditions evolved.

♦The Artists Eye – The Journey of a Documentary Photographer Led byGary Harwood

Will discuss his artwork and issues and ideas related to working as a documentary photographer.

♦Family through the lens of diaspora: the Hispanic experience(s) of US immigration Derek Petrey – Throughout US history, the border between the Anglo and Latino world has been constantly negotiated and renegotiated. How does this cultural dissection affect the personal lives of those who live the border?

♦A Glimpse ofChina Today -Yufeng Wang and Jim & Tess Little will show photographs and discuss their trip to China.

♦Family Stereotypes: Perceptions of between-group and within-group diversity Led by Professor Dawn Hall, Sociology Sinclair Community College.   This activity will explore how we are socialized in our society in regards to family and how that ultimately affects our perceptions of between-group and within-group diversity.

3:30- 4:30p.m.  Charity Early Auditorium – Closing Session

♦ “In the Spirit of Family” Together We’re Home, Sacred Harp Singers of Dayton will perform acapella, shape-note singing. We will also have aninternational “Bread Tasting”. Enjoy samples of different kinds of bread from around the world. Closing remarks, Tess Little, Bing Davis, and Jane Black, Dayton Visual Art Center.

Fifteenth Annual Studies Conference

February 29, 2008
THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME

In the Spirit of Family

Program: Friday, February 29, 2008, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Sinclair Community College--Building 12
Conference Fee: $45.00 - pre-registration is required.
How to register click here

Time: 8:00 - 8:45 a.m. Registration and coffee

Time: 8:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Welcome and Morning Song
“Together We’re Home” – Willis “Bing” Davis, Artist, Educator and REACH Co-coordinatorGrowing Season: The Life of a Migrant Community Gary Harwood, photographer for Kent State University for 24 years was awarded the 2006 Ohio News Photographers Association’s James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award. His work has appeared in numerous national publications, including the Communication Arts Photo Annual and the Graphis Photo Annual.
Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Appalachia Dr. Wilburn Hayden Jr., Professor and Director of the School of Social Work, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His research includes curriculum outcome assessment, black Appalachia, leadership, and disadvantaged communities.
Exploring the Definition of FamilyPanel facilitated by Dr. Kathy Rowell Professor, SCC. Participants: Dr. Khurshid Ahmad, Professor Emeritus, Insurance and Real Estate; Wright State University; Rev. Dr. Michael D. Castle, Pastor of Cross Creek Community Church, United Church of Christ.; Wendell Humphry, retired Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections; Dr. Boikai Twe, Professor, Psychology, SCC; Norma Ryan Director, Weed and Seed Program, Sunrise Center; Dr. Yufeng Wang, Professor American History, Sinclair Community College.

Time: 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch - Great Hall

Time: 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions

Time: 2:30 – 3:30 . Breakout Sessions

Time: 3:30- 4:30 p.m. Charity Early Audiotrium - Closing Session