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2019 NABSgraphics

The 37th “In the Tradition...” Annual National 
Black Storytelling Festival and Conference
 


"Looking Back, Moving Forward"
November 6-10, 2019
Montgomery, Alabama




     
WEDNESDAY, November 6,2019                                                    		                                                                                                                                     
6:00 AM – 9:30 AM      Hotel  Complimentary Breakfast
7:30 AM - 9:30  AM FESTIVAL REGISTRATION
 10:00 AM-10:25 AM TOUR CHECK-IN
 10:30 AM-5:00 PM  HERITAGE TOUR 
THURSDAY, November 7, 2019  
6:00 AM-  9:30 AM          Hotel Complimentary Breakfast
 7:30 AM-5:00 PM Festival Registration  
8:40 AM

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF SCHOLAR 

Dr. Caroliese Frink Reed, Festival Director
8:45 AM-10:00 AM      SCHOLAR’S PRESENTATION:
African American History-
How Far Have We Come? 
Dr. Richard Bailey, Author and Historian
 10:15 AM-11:30 AM  CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
 

 Intersectionality of Storytelling & 
Public Health 
Dr. David Fakunle and
Deborah Pierce Fakunle


The Story Within the Story of 
African Americans in the Great
Migration 
Mary Grant

Silhouettes: Looking Back and Giving Thanks
Willa Brigham (Youth)
 11:45 AM-1:30 PM  Brother Blue Circle of Elders Awards
Luncheon and Concert
 1:45 PM-3:00 PM  CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
   NABS WORKSHOP

Creating Successful and Sustainable Youth
Programs For Affiliates
Elisha Minter and Keesha Dixon-
Youth Co-Directors

Way Beyond Wikipedia: Crafting Folklife 
Into Historical Tales
Karen Abdul-Malik

 

Aesop Remix: How to Craft Old School
Fables into New School Tales
Saundra Gilliard (Youth)

 
 3:15 PM-4:45 PM  AKWAABA GATHERING

Sylvia Yancy Davis, Membership Chair
 3:30 PM-4:30 PM  Affiliate’s President’s Meeting

 
 4:00 PM-5:30 PM

The Ancestors’ Drum –
We Are Connected Youth Drumming Circle
Oba William King
(Youth)
 5:30 PM-6:30 PM  VISIT THE MARKETPLACE 

Dinner on Your Own
 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM  MOTHER MARY CARTER SMITH
OPENING GALA! Concert

Linda Jenkins Brown Award
Mother Mary Carter Smith Love Circle
 FRIDAY, November 8, 2019  
 6:00AM-9:30AM 

 

  Hotel Complimentary Breakfast
 8:00AM-12:00 Noon   Festival Registration
 9:00 AM-10:15 AM  Village Telling

NABS Affiliates
 10:30 AM-11:15 AM  Conversation with the Elders

Mama Linda Goss, Co-Founder
(Youth)
 10:30 AM-11:45 AM  CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
   Mary Carter Smith’s Legacy of
Storytelling And Cultural Heritage

Martha Ruff

“What Am I’m Doing and Why Am
I Doing It?”Observations and
Reflections on the art form of 
Storytelling
Dylan Pritchett
 12:00 Noon-6:00 PM  Historic Tour-Youth
 12:00 Noon-1:45 PM  Lunch on Your Own
 2:00 PM-4:30 PM  2019 NABS MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Induction of new Board Members
 5:00 PM-7:00 PM  VISIT THE MARKETPLACE 

Dinner on Your Own
 6:00 PM-8:00 PM  Festival Registration
 7:30 PM-9:30 PM  “In the Tradition…” Concert
 

SATURDAY, November 9, 2019

  
 7:00 AM-10:00 AM  Hotel Complimentary Breakfast
 9:30 AM-12:00 Noon  Baba Jamal Koram Harambee 
Youth Awards |& Youth Concert
 
12:00 Noon-1:30 PM



 

VISIT THE MARKETPLACE
Lunch on Your Own
 1:45 PM-2:45 PM  Jackie Torrence Youth Tall Tale Contest
 2:45 PM-5:00 PM  Jackie Torrence Adult Tall Tale Contest
 5:30 PM-7:30 PM DINNER ON YOUR OWN 
 7:00 PM-8:00 PM  Festival Registration
 8:00 PM-8:30 PM  Zora Neale Hurston Concert
 SUNDAY, November 10, 2019  
 8:00 AM  Mama Linda Goss Spiritual Breakfast
 9:30 AM-11:30 AM  Mama Linda Goss Spiritual Breakfast 

Concert
    Mama Linda Goss Closing Unity Circle