30th Annual Black Women’s Conference Presents: WE ARE THE CULTURE: A Symposium on Black Girls & Girlhood

The Campbell House, Lexington – Lexington, KY
Friday & Saturday, March 7th & 8th, 2025

Co-sponsors: The Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies and African American and African Studies 

The 30th anniversary of the Black Women's Conference is next year, and we are celebrating Black girls and girlhood! The 2025 conference is a 2-day retreat experience packed with diverse activities.

 

         ADMISSION IS FREE. - REGISTER HERE

                          Symposium Agenda
 

Friday, March 7, 2025

3:30 p.m.: Welcome

4:00 p.m.-5:15 p.m.: Keynote - Ashleigh Greene Wade, University of Virginia

5:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m.: Networking at hotel

6:00 p.m.: Buses leave the hotel for UK Art Museum

6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.: A-Tisket, A-Tasket exhibit and Reception at UK Art Museum

Saturday, March 8, 2025

9:00 a.m.: Buffet Breakfast

9:45 a.m.: Welcome

10:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Morning Keynote -- Kyra Gaunt, University of Albany

11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Creativity as Theory/Methods Workshop, Set I

Creativity as Theory Workshop, Set I

• Care as Praxis -- Ileana Jimenez, Stony Brook University, 

Methods Workshops, Set I

• Education -- Ashley N. Houston, Missouri State University, and Misha Inniss-Thompson, Cornell University
• Literary/Cultural Studies -- Andrea Y. Adomako, NYU, and Dehanza Rogers, Emory University

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.: Lunch & Play 

• Short film screening of Ampe: Leap into the Sky, Black Girl + discussion with Directors Claudia Owusu  and Ifa Oluwamuyide
• Hand-clapping games

1:45 p.m.-2:30 p.m.: Creativity as Theory/Methods Workshops, Set II

Creativity as Theory Workshops, Set II

• Hip Hop and Performance -- Elaine Richardson, The Ohio State University

Methods Workshop, Set II

• Anthropological -- Jillian Hernandez, University of Florida
• Historical -- Samantha White, Manhattanville University, and Ashley Smith-Purviance, The Ohio State University 

2:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Final Keynote -- Régine Jean-Charles, Northeastern University

4:15 p.m.: Closing Remarks

       ADMISSION IS FREE - REGISTER HERE