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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

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Friday, May 31, 2019 
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11: 30 - 12:30          Lunch
12:30 - 1:00            Welcome & Remarks
1:00 - 2:00              Keynote Mrs. Tina Wyatt -    'GGGreat Aunt Harriet's Spiritual Journey'
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Friday Workshops
     1st session - 2:30 - 3:30  - choose one:

  • “Breeders and Bucks" – Toby Cooper

  • “The Hidden Feminine History of the University of the Eastern Shore “-Dr. Kathryn Barrett Gains

  • “The Instrumentalities of War”- Ranger Lawson Nwakudo

  • The Liberty of Christ and the Balm of Gilead”: African Americans Take Leadership and Transform the Methodist Episcopal Church – Dr. Phillip Hesser

     2nd session - 3:45 - 4:45 - choose one:

  • “Songs of Zion in a Strange Land”- Michael DuBose

  • “The First Slave Cemetery in Frederick City MD – Larry Moore

  • “Common Sense and Pin Money-Lula Annie Butler” – Robin Caudell

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Saturday, June 1, 2019
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Morning Keynote Address by Karsonya Wise Whitehead- "They Called Her Moses:  Harriet Tubman and the Sustaining Power or Faith"
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Saturday Workshops

1st Session:  10:30 – 11:30            Chesapeake College

  • “Eastern Shore Readings” – Barbara Lockart

  • “The Underground Railroad: the First Civil Rights Movement”– Paul and Mary Stewart

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  • The Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame Honors of Formerly Enslaved Emily Saunders Plummer (c.1815-1876) – Leigh Ryan

 

Lunch Break:  11:30 – 1:00            On your own

2nd Session:  1:00 – 2:00                Chesapeake College

  • “How were Harriet Tubman’s Actions Reinforced by the Christian Scriptures” – Justin McClain

  • “Race As a Social Construct – Ranger Jonathan Harris

 

  • “The Maroon Tradition in the United States” – Nubia Kai

  • “Revisioning- Harriet Tubman in Visual Culture” – Kimerly Cornish

Break:   2:00 – 2:15

3rd Session:  2:15 – 3:15                Chesapeake College

  • “Lost Legacy: Restoring Identity to People and Place at Catoctin Furnace, MD – Elizabeth Anderson Comer

  • “The Evolution of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Parks

-  Chief Ranger Dana Paterra

  • “Beyond Myths & Legacies” – Karsonya Whitehead

 

Closing Remarks     3:15                Chesapeake College

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