MEET & GREET  (all times are Pacific Standard)

9:15 am WELCOME

• Mary Gubatayao Hagen acknowledges the People 

• Gerry Woodard introduces our sponsor: the Sankofa Foundation of Evergreen Tacoma

• Dr. Marcia Tate Arunga, Dean of the Evergreen State College, introduces 

    Victoria Woodards, Mayor of Tacoma 

 

10:00am KEYNOTE

Senator Drew Hansen author of 

The Dream: Martin Luther King and the Dream that Inspired the Nation

 

10:30am MORNING PLENARY SESSION

• Dr. Alyson Brooks, Washington State’s Historic Preservation Officer at The Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation

• Akuyea Karen Vargas of The Remnant Project

• Lester Dickson of Ray Gibson’s Cabelleros Club 

• Roger Evans, Clyde Meriwether, and Charlie James of the Washington State Black Legacy Institute 

•  Stephanie Johnson-Toliver of the Black Heritage Society of Washington State 

 

SPECIAL THANKS with Dr. Gordon & Nicole Scott

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HONORING PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE A LASTING CONTRIBUTION TO THE PRESERVATION OF BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE

 

Esther Mumford

Dr. Quintard Taylor

Dr. Maxine Mimms

Dr. Joye Hardiman

Jackie O’Bannon

Bil Moss

Jackie Jones-Hooks

Lyle Quasim

Bonnie Alva Pickeney

Willie Davis Sr.

Colonel Willie Stewart

 

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12:00 

       Living Arts Cultural History & Black Muse dialogue

    

 

INTRODUCE EXHIBITORS

12:15 LUNCH

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1:15 CALL & RESPONSE DIALOGUE

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2:00 pm AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION

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• Dr. Chiyuki Shannon “Introduction to Multicentric”

• Monette Hearn & Ellen Mirro - Best Practices for Documenting African American Historic Sites

• “Innovating History: The Progress We’ve Made in One Year” David Robicheaux from BlackMuse will be leading the showcase with interns from UW, the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, Goodwill, and WorkSource: Austin Heinz, Julie Vandenbrouck, Edward Newell, Sasha Anderson, Alvina Hsiao, Jackson Sommerfeld, Joel Hess, Ronajha Ricks, Tom Joestar

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3:30 pm GIVEBACK with Dr. Dexter Gordon, Executive V.P. of The Evergreen State College

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