NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
BLACK STORYTELLERS, INC.
26th “In the Tradition…”
Annual National Black
Storytelling Festival and Conference
Cincinnati, Ohio
| PRELIMINARY PROGRAM-AT-A-GLANCE | |
| Updated October 2, 2008 | |
| The Westin Cincinnati | |
| Wednesday, November 19, 2008 | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Tour Check-In |
| 11:30 AM - 5:30 PM | AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE TOUR (Special Ticket Event) |
| 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Registration/Membership |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | EVENING WITH SONIA SANCHEZ at the NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER |
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 | |
| 8:00 AM-5:00 PM | Registration/Membership |
| 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM | AFRICAN AMERICAN MARKET PLACE & KARAMU CORNER |
| 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM | Affiliate Exhibits |
| 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | MASTER CLASS |
| Writing and Storytelling As A Spiritual Practice - Sonia Sanchez, Professor, Writer, Poet and Social Activist, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS |
| Creative Ways of Telling Our Stories: Collaborating with Museums - William Billingsley, Executive Director, Assn of African American Museums, Wilberforce, Ohio and Valena Randolph, Education Specialist, Ohio Historical Society, Wilberforce, Ohio | |
| Freedom Songs- Sharon Jordan Holley, Storyteller and Retired Librarian, Buffalo, New York | |
| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS |
| Leveraging Your Ability to Procure Grants and Other Funding Opportunities - Diane Williams, Arts Industry Program Director, Mississippi Arts Commission, Madison, Mississippi | |
| The History of Slavery and Id - Carl Westmoreland, Senior Advisor for Historic Preservation, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| We Look Like Men: Warriors and Memoirs - David "Sankafo" Anderson, Historian and Storyteller, Rochester, New York | |
| StoryBuddies: An Intergenerational Storytelling Program - Gwen Marable, Storyteller and Producer of the StoryBuddy Program, Cockeys, Maryland | |
| 12:15 Noon – 2:15 PM | LUNCH ON YOUR OWN |
| 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM | STORYTELLING SWAP |
| 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM | CONCURRENT YOUTH WORKSHOPS |
| Some Symbols of the Underground Railroad: Leading the Way to Freedom - Beverly Cottman, Storyteller and Producer of Radio Programs, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| The Road to Freedom on the Underground Railroad: The Spiritual and the Trail Tell the Story - Elisha Minter, Senior Assistant Librarian/Youth Education Specialist, Beatties Ford Road Branch, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Library, Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | AFFILIATE WORKSHOP |
| How to become an Affiliate of the National Assn of Black Storytellers, Inc. - Baba Jamal Koram, National Affiliate Program Development Director | |
| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | OPENING GALA DINNER & LOVE CIRCLE at the Natl Underground Railroad Freedom Center |
| 10:30 PM–12 Midnight | STORYTELLING SWAP |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 | |
| 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration/Membership |
| 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM | AFRICAN AMERICAN MARKET PLACE & KARAMU CORNER |
| 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM | Affiliate Exhibits |
| 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM | MEMBERSHIP MEETING |
| 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM | PASSING OF THE COWTAIL SWITCH |
| 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM | CIRCLE OF ELDERS’ AWARD LUNCHEON |
| 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | SCHOLARS’ PANEL |
| Dr. John Fleming, National President, The Assn for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc., Washington, D.C. | |
| Paula Giddings, Noted Author and Afro-American Studies Professor, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts | |
| MEET THE AUTHORS & BOOK SIGNINGS | |
| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | VILLIAGE TELLIN' |
| 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | AKWAABA GATHERING FOR NEW MEMBERS & FIRST TIME ATTENDEES |
| 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | "In the Tradition…" STORYTELLING CONCERT |
| 10:30 PM – 11:30 PM | STORYTELLING SWAP |
| Saturday, November 22, 2008 | |
| 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration/Membership |
| 9:00 AM-10:00 PM | AFRICAN AMERICAN MARKET PLACE & KARAMU CORNER |
| 9:00 AM-10:00 PM | Affiliate Exhibits |
| 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | ANANSI STAGE |
| 9:30 AM - 10:30 PM | LECTURE |
| The Cloth Speaks by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, Independent Curator, Writer and Artist | |
| MEET THE AUTHOR & BOOK SIGNING | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | AUCTION |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | AFFILIATE WORKSHOPS |
| Attracting and Retaining Youth Members - Deborah Asante, Founder/Artistic Director and Keesha Dixon, Executive Director, Asante Children's Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana | |
| Finding Funding for Storytelling Programs - Nokware Adesegun, Director, Research Grants Administration, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | AFFILIATE WORKSHOPS |
| Teller Evaluations for Program Performance - Caroliese Frink Reed, Media Specialist, Grover Washington Middle School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and S. Bunjo Butler, Branch Manager, Walbrook Branch, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland | |
| 11:30 PM - 2:15 PM | CRUISIN' And TELLIN' On The OHIO RIVER LUNCHEON (Special Ticket Event) |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | STORY SWAP |
| 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | YOUTH AWARD and STORYTELLING CONCERT |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | LIARS' CONTEST |
| 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | DINNER ON YOUR OWN |
| 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | ZORA NEALE HURSTON AWARDS & CONCERT |
| MEET THE AUTHORS & BOOK SIGNINGS | |
| 10:30 PM–12 Midnight | LATE NIGHT TELLIN' |
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 | |
| 8:30 AM -11:00 AM | SPIRITUAL STORYTELLING BREAKFAST & UNITY CIRCLE |
| Youth Preliminary Program-At-A-Glance | |
| Wednesday, November 19, 2008 | |
| 9:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Tour Check-In |
| 11:30 AM - 5:30 PM | AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE TOUR (Special Ticket Event) |
| 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Registration/Membership |
| 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | EVENING WITH SONIA SANCHEZ at the NATIONAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD FREEDOM CENTER |
| Thursday, November 20, 2008 | |
| 8:00 AM-5:00 PM | Registration/Membership |
| 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM | AFRICAN AMERICAN MARKET PLACE & KARAMU CORNER |
| 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM | Affiliate Exhibits |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | WORKSHOP |
| Freedom Songs- Sharon Jordan Holley, Storyteller and Retired Librarian, Buffalo, New York | |
| 12:15 Noon – 2:15 PM | LUNCH ON YOUR OWN |
| 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM | CONCURRENT YOUTH WORKSHOPS |
| Some Symbols of the Underground Railroad: Leading the Way to Freedom - Beverly Cottman, Storyteller and Producer of Radio Programs, Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| The Road to Freedom on the Underground Railroad: The Spiritual and the Trail Tell the Story - Elisha Minter, Senior Assistant Librarian/Youth Education Specialist, Beatties Ford Road Branch, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Library, Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | OPENING GALA DINNER & LOVE CIRCLE at the Natl Underground Railroad Freedom Center |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 | |
| 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration/Membership |
| 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM | AFRICAN AMERICAN MARKET PLACE & KARAMU CORNER |
| 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM | Affiliate Exhibits |
| 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM | CIRCLE OF ELDERS’ AWARD LUNCHEON |
| 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Visit Natl Underground Railroad Freedom Center |
| 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | "In the Tradition…" STORYTELLING CONCERT |
| Saturday, November 22, 2008 | |
| 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Registration/Membership |
| 9:00 AM-10:00 PM | AFRICAN AMERICAN MARKET PLACE & KARAMU CORNER |
| 9:00 AM-10:00 PM | Affiliate Exhibits |
| 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | ANANSI STAGE |
| 11:30 PM - 2:15 PM | CRUISIN' And TELLIN' On The OHIO RIVER LUNCHEON (Special Ticket Event) |
| 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | YOUTH AWARDS and STORYTELLING CONCERT |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | LIARS' CONTEST |
| 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | DINNER ON YOUR OWN |
| 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM | ZORA NEALE HURSTON AWARDS & CONCERT |
| MEET THE AUTHORS & BOOK SIGNINGS | |
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 | |
| 8:30 AM -11:00 AM | SPIRITUAL STORYTELLING BREAKFAST & UNITY CIRCLE |
