The schedule is subject to change.
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Horry County Museum Auditorium
805 Main St.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10:00 a.m. | Opening Remarks State of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor |
| 11 – 11:45 a.m. | The Gullah Geechee Black Seminole Song Tradition Dr. Eric Crawford |
| 12 – 12:45 p.m. | The Spectacle of Blackness: Creole Voicing vs. Folk Authenticity in Porgy and Bess Dr. Kendra Hamilton |
| 1 – 1:45 p.m. | Seeking | Soaring: Gullah Resilience Songs Tendaji Bailey |
| 2 – 2:45 p.m. | Hispanic Heritage: Bomba Then and Now Discovering and Understanding the Afro Puerto Rican Diasporic Connections Through Communication, Music, and Dance Dr. Anthony Sanchez |
| 3 – 3:45 p.m. | Kumbaya Ring Shout Griffin Lotson |
| 4 – 5 p.m. | Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters and Hispanic Heritage Performance |
Horry County Museum Classroom
805 Main St., second floor
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 10:30 – 12 p.m. | Gullah Dollmaking and Jewelry Making Workshop |
| 1 – 2:30 p.m. | Gullah Dollmaking and Jewelry Making Workshop |
| All Day | Conversations about Colonoware: Discussions of Foodways and the Materiality of Daily Life Across the Colonial-Period Lowcountry Corey Sattes |
Conway Library Classroom
801 Main St., second floor
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 11 – 11:45 p.m. | Empowering Voices: Co-Creating the Future of Culturally Sustaining STEM Dr. Regina Ciphrah |
| 12 – 12:45 p.m. | Language Commons Workshop Amira Hanafi |
| 1 – 1:45 p.m. | Brookgreen Gardens: The Haunting Dissymmetry Between Pastoral Beauty and Human Depravity Dr. Gloria Holmes |
| 2 – 2:45 p.m. | Wuh Mek Oonuh Gullah Amadu Massally |
| 3 – 3:45 p.m. | Johnson C. Smith University’s Culturally Responsive Framework to Engage African American Undergraduate Students in Sustainability and Environmental Sciences Dr. Mark Dugo |
The Hut, First United Methodist Church
1001 5th Avenue (at corner of 5th and Main)
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 11 – 11:30 a.m. | Whittemore Racepath Historical Society |
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Sheila Learns About Gullah Culture |
| 12:45 – 1:30 p.m. | Panel Discussion I Am Because of Them Glander Pressley Da Gullah Flag: A Symbol of Culture, Identity, and Community Akua Page Historic Brattonsville Dr. Lisa Bratton |
Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church
1101 5th Ave.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 11 – 11:45 a.m. | Gullah Strength, Perserverance, and Persistence Luana Sellers |
| 2 – 2:45 p.m. | Blue Hand Mojo and Beyond Gullah Geechee Culture in Comic Books Dr. Ebony Allen Toussaint |
Bryan House, Horry County Historical Society
606 Main St.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 11 – 11:30 a.m. | The Black Pearl: The Reading of a Commissioned Play |
| 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Panel Discussion Hidden Diaspora: A Study of Black Contemporary Artists in Spain Kay Creammer Recovering the Oblivion in Cachita: Erased Slavery (2020) by Álvaro Begines Dr. Alfonso Bartolomé |
| 12:45 – 1:15 p.m. | Braids N Locs by Shanda Lashanda Hayward |
| 1:30 – 2 p.m. | The Black Pearl: The Reading of a Commissioned Play |
| 2:15 – 2:45 p.m. | Ritual, Rhythm, and Rhetoric: The Language of Memory in the Gullah Community Robert Stephens |