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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 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 |
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Time: 8:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
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| Time: 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch - Great Hall |
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Time: 1:15 - 2:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions |
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Time: 2:30 – 3:30 . Breakout Sessions |
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Time: 3:30- 4:30 p.m. Charity Early Audiotrium - Closing Session |





