Possessing Remedies
@ African-American Cultural Center at UIC
830 S Halsted St 209 AH, Chicago, IL 60607
Opening Thursday, April 6th, from 11am - 7PM
Possessing Remedies: Restorative Performance Practices in Black and Brown Communities
UIC African-American Cultural Center / 830 S. Halsted, Second Floor
10:30am – 11am: Welcome & continental breakfast
11am – 12:30pm: Opening remarks & Session 1: Invocations and/in the City
This session serves as a point of entry into discussion of spiritual and or religious culture and its role in convening and opening up spaces for healing and restoration.
· Dr. Mario LaMothe, African-American Cultural Center/UIC
· Dr. Lori Baptista, African-American Cultural Center/UIC*
· Dr. Johari Jabir, African American Studies/UIC
· Dr. Meida McNeal, Honey Pot Performance
1pm – 2:30pm: Session 2: Collaborative Healing Practices
Session 2 offers an opportunity for researcher-practitioners to share aspects of their work that focus on how particular communities draw from cultural forms and practices (or address cultural biases, stigmas) to promote healing.
· Dr. Rohan D. Jeremiah, Community Health Sciences/UIC
· Dr. Erin Durban-Albrecht/Illinois State University
· Dr. Cynthia Blair, UIC African American Studies
2:30pm – 3:30pm: Session 3: Religion and Remedies
This session engages how members of black and brown communities affirm or heal themselves in declarative ways, through Biblical scriptures.
· UIC’s Black Campus Ministry
UIC GALLERY 400, LECTURE ROOM/400 SOUTH PEORIA STREET
5pm: Keynote Performance
PastForward/In Black:
· Madonna Gris / Jean-Paul Weaver (Haitian-American Dance Artist)
· Diaspora Monologues/ Fehinty African Theatre Ensemble
· Honey Pot Performance
· Community reflection, closing remarks and reception
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