SPEAKERS FOR BLACK FRIDAY DEPROGRAMMING ANTI-BLACKNESS SERIES
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JANUARY 2021 SPEAKERS
January 8, 2021: Speaker (Barbara Talley)
Sadie Oglesby and Our Station and Responsibility As POTE
January 15, 2021: Speaker (Layli Maparyan)
The Similarities Between African and Bahai Values: Through the Lens of the Revelation of Baha’u’llah.
January 22, 2021: Speaker (Radiance Talley)
Beyond the Slave Diet: 4 Benefits for Going Vegan for the World and You
January 29, 2021: (Martine Hubbard and Sharon Peay Dixon)
Financial Freedom: Do you know where you are on the path?
FEBRUARY 2021 SPEAKERS
February 5, 2021: Speaker (Lloyd Lawrence)
The Urban Juke Joint: Lessons Learned from 20 Years of Teaching through the Arts in NYC
February 12, 2021: Speaker (Geoff Ewing)
“The Importance of being Earnest…NOW!”
February 19, 2021: Speaker (Eric Dozier)
Musical Journey to Racial Justice
February 26, 2021: Speaker (Kaytura Felix)
Pandemic, Trauma, and the Portal
MARCH 2021 SPEAKERS
March 5, 2021: Speaker (Derik Smith)
Soulful Accompaniment: Building Society as Pupil of the Eye
March 12, 2021: Speaker (Geri Peak)
A Question of Power: How Spiritualizing Individuals Transforms our Collective Experience and Impact (A look at Spiritual Guidance, Social Determinants, Epigenetics and Behavior)
March 19, 2021- Naw Ruz
March 26, 2021: Speaker (Jamila Canady)
Stories of Ours Sheroes: Eulalia Bobo and others….
APRIL 2021 SPEAKERS
April 2, 2021: Speaker (Nancy Ewing)
Using Drama to Engage in Meaningful Conversation
April 9, 2021: Speaker (Danita Brown and friends)
The Legacy of Mr. Phillip Burns Sr. in the South
April 16, 2021: Speaker (Karim Boyd)
Ridvan: Babi’s, The Middle Passage, The Holy Families Exile, and Lynching
April 23, 2021: Speaker (Michael O’Neal)
Parent University
April 30, 2021: Speaker (Willis Burris)
Education for POTE Economic Empowerment
MAY 2021 SPEAKERS
May 7, 2021: Speaker (Dr. Joy DeGruy)
Challenges Facing Us Past, Present, and Future
May 14, 2021: Speaker (Tod Ewing and Danita Hardin)
Empowering Population: Exploring the Unfolding Process of Community Building in Black Communities
May 21, 2021: Speakers (Kaytura Felix, Grace Abankwe, Princess Hoagland, Tola Salau)
Home Going: A Conversation Among Women of African Descent Within the U.S. Context
May 28, 2021: Speaker (Clyde Herring)
Stories from the 70’s of the POTE from City of the Covenant
JUNE 2021 SPEAKERS
June 4, 2021: Speaker (Oletha Devane)
Vodou: The Sacred Forces of Nature: A Look at Indigenous Religions through the Bahai Lens
June 11, 2021: Speakers (Open Mic)
POTE Sharing Stories of Crisis and Resilience Stories
PLEASE NOTE THAT FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021 WILL BE PART OF THE JUNETEENTH PROGRAM AND A SPECIAL WEEKEND PROGRAM IS BEING PLANNED!
The Pupil of the Eye 