The 12th Annual Lemon Project Spring Symposium

IN PERSON: Register here if you would like to attend the event in-person. All in-person events will be held at the School of Education, unless noted.
VIRTUAL: To attend the Symposium virtually, you must register for each individual panel. Virtual registration links are below on the right.

Friday, March 25, 2022		In-person location	Virtual Registration
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Check-In for In-Person Participants
8:50 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.	Welcome by Dr. Jody Allen	Matoaka Woods
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Plenary Session- The TIme is Now: The Lives of Black Men Past, Present, and Future	Matoaka Woods	Join Plenary Panel webinar
10:30 a.m.	Brief Remarks by Provost Peggy Agouris	Matoaka Woods
10:35 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Breakout Rooms	Matoaka Woods, Holly	Zoom link will be shared during Plenary Session
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Future of Ethnic Studies Panel, co-sponsored by the Asian Centennial	Dogwood	Zoom registration
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch	Matoaka Woods & Holly
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Panel 1: African American History - Oral history, Genealogy, and Performance	Holly	Zoom registration
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Panel 2: Identity, Transformation, Reclamation	Dogwood	Zoom registration
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Panel 3: Black Male Well-Being	Holly	Zoom registration
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Panel 4: Justice, Belonging, Autonomy	Dogwood	Zoom registration
4:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Break
6:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m.	Introduction by Dr. Jajuan Johnson Keynote Speaker Dr. Tommy Curry	Matoaka Woods	Join Dr. Tommy Curry webinar

Saturday, March 26, 2022		In-person location	Virtual Registration
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.	Check-In for In-Person Participants	Lobby
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Welcome by Justin Reid '09	Matoaka Woods
9:00 a.m.- 10:15 a.m.	Introduction by Dr. Jody Allen Keynote Speaker Kiese Laymon	Matoaka Woods	Join Kiese Laymon webinar
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Panel 5. Black Men Navigating and Shattering Stereotypes	Holly	Zoom registration
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Panel 6. African American History - Freedom, Ingenuity, Legacy	Dogwood	Zoom registration
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Breakout Rooms and Lunch	Matoaka Woods, Dogwood, & Holly
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Panel 7. Roundtable with Highland’s Council of Descendant Advisors	Holly	Zoom registration
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Panel 9. (In)Valuable: Black Boys at the Williamsburg Bray School, 1762	Dogwood	Zoom registration
2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.	Panel 10. Interrogating the Narrative of “the Fear of Black Men” as a Defense for the Unjust Killing of Black Males in America	Dogwood	Zoom registration
2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.	Panel 11. Black Male Supervisors Navigating Racial Battle Fatigue in the Workplace	Holly	Zoom registration
3:15 pm - 3:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks	Matoaka Woods
7:00 p.m.	Performance Art event, with MC Kiese Laymon Register here to perform!	Reveley Garden (Rain location: Sadler Center Lodge 1)	No virtual component

Thank you to the following departments/programs for their generous support of this symposium:

For questions about The Lemon Project Symposium, email Lemon Project Associate Director Sarah Thomas at [[w|lemon]].

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