2012 Ella Baker Day, University of Virginia
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On April 6, 2012 we held the second Ella Baker Day Symposium. It took place at the Rotunda Dome Room at the University of Virginia.
Opening Keynote
MARGARET HUANG
Executive Director of Rights Working Group
Opening Remarks
DEBORAH McDOWELL
Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies; Alice Griffin Professor of English
Closing Keynote
GARY FLOWERS
Executive Director and CEO of the Black Leadership Forum, Inc.
Panel One, Trump Towers to Tent Cities, included:
MILDRED W. ROBINSON
Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor of Law
E. James Kelly, Jr.-Class of 1965 Research Professor of Law
DORIAN WARREN
Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University; Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute
JOE SZAKOS
Executive Director of Virginia Organizing
BIOLA JEJE
Student Activist
(CUNY - Brooklyn College)
EVAN SHIELDS (Moderator)
Panel Two, Unifying Our Visions, included:
MARTHA TRUJILLO
Community Outreach Coordinator, United Way-Thomas Jefferson
KENDRA HAMILTON
Lecturer, Studies in Women and Gender Program @ UVa
STANLEY TRENT
Associate Professor of Special Education, Curry School of Education
MARCUS HALL
U.Va. 2012
NATALIA MERCADO
U.Va. 2012
CHRISTA POINDEXTER (Moderator)
U.Va. 2012
We also delivered the Ella Baker Social Justice Award!
Awarded to a student organization that has distinguished itself by working towards social justice for underserved, underrepresented, and/or disadvantaged populations.
Awarded to:
QuAA, Queer and Allied Activism
Honorable Mention
University of Virginia, NAACP Chapter
Special thanks to Skies the Limit for recording the event!
Opening Keynote
MARGARET HUANG
Executive Director of Rights Working Group
Opening Remarks
DEBORAH McDOWELL
Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies; Alice Griffin Professor of English
Closing Keynote
GARY FLOWERS
Executive Director and CEO of the Black Leadership Forum, Inc.
Panel One, Trump Towers to Tent Cities, included:
MILDRED W. ROBINSON
Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor of Law
E. James Kelly, Jr.-Class of 1965 Research Professor of Law
DORIAN WARREN
Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University; Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute
JOE SZAKOS
Executive Director of Virginia Organizing
BIOLA JEJE
Student Activist
(CUNY - Brooklyn College)
EVAN SHIELDS (Moderator)
Panel Two, Unifying Our Visions, included:
MARTHA TRUJILLO
Community Outreach Coordinator, United Way-Thomas Jefferson
KENDRA HAMILTON
Lecturer, Studies in Women and Gender Program @ UVa
STANLEY TRENT
Associate Professor of Special Education, Curry School of Education
MARCUS HALL
U.Va. 2012
NATALIA MERCADO
U.Va. 2012
CHRISTA POINDEXTER (Moderator)
U.Va. 2012
We also delivered the Ella Baker Social Justice Award!
Awarded to a student organization that has distinguished itself by working towards social justice for underserved, underrepresented, and/or disadvantaged populations.
Awarded to:
QuAA, Queer and Allied Activism
Honorable Mention
University of Virginia, NAACP Chapter
Special thanks to Skies the Limit for recording the event!