SERIES TITLE: "Many Rivers to Cross"*: The African Diaspora
TAGLINE: "I've known rivers/Ancient dusky rivers/My soul has grown deep like the river" **
Date & Time (Eastern Times – U.S. and Canada)
- Feb 4, 2024 07:00 PM
- Feb 11, 2024 07:00 PM
- Feb 18, 2024 07:00 PM
- Feb 24, 2024 07:00 PM
*Please note that all sessions are on Sundays, with the exception of the 4th session on Saturday February 24th.
JOSEPH HARRIS: PIONEER OF DIASPORA RESEARCH
Sunday February 4th at 7pm ET
Researcher Christopher Newman introduces Professor Joseph Harris, whose ground-breaking scholarship on the African Diaspora has served as a model for the studies on the global impact of the presence, influence, and contributions of Africans beyond the trans-Atlantic human trade.
PEOPLE AND VOICES OF THE DIASPORA
Sunday February 11th at 7pm ET
This pre-recorded session includes slideshows of places related to the trans-Atlantic human trade as well as historical people whose work broadened the scope and concept of the Diaspora. In addition, this session presents personal stories by people whose lives, research, and activism reflect their connection to the continent.
SACRED SPACES: MEMORY AND REPARATION
Sunday February 18th at 7pm ET
This conversation with Michael Blakey and Peggy King Jorde will include their work with the NY African Burial ground, as well as their efforts nationally and internationally to protect and preserve sacred spaces, such as cemeteries and descendant communities' historical locations.
PRESERVATION, CULTURE, AND COMMEMORATION
Saturday February 24th at 7pm ET
In this session, Melanie Maldonado (Puerto Rican Organization for the Performing Arts) and Omar Eaton-Martinez (National Trust for Historic Preservation) will discuss Afro-Puerto Rican heritage and remembrance efforts.
*Jimmy Cliiff and **Langston Hughes
