Program:
9:00 a.m. Coffee and Pastries, 168 Dulles Hall
9:30 a.m. Welcome and Overview of the Mellon Higher Learning Project, 168 Dulles Hall
Dr. John Bickers, Case Western Reserve University
Dr. Margaret Newell, Ohio State University
Dr. Deondre Smiles, Leech Lake Tribal College
Dr. Noel Voltz, Case Western Reserve University
10:30 History Praxis Lab Student Roundtable: Student researchers discuss their Praxis Lab research and its impact on their college experiences and careers
I’Maya Gibbs, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Dylan Shoemaker
Riley Mason, Isabel Crissinger, and others from Ohio State University undergraduate and graduate programs
11:30-1:00 Lunch and Roundtable: Ohio Descendant Communities and Histories of Black Citizenship and Civic Engagement
David Butcher, Tablertown (OH) Museum of People of Color, Director
Dr. Amanda Flowers, Assistant Director
Dr. Deanda Johnson, Public Historian
1-1:30 break—Afternoon Program in Page Hall 10
1:30 p.m. Keynote: Black Freedom and Native Land
Dr. Alaina E. Roberts, University of Pittsburgh
2:30 p.m. – Break
2:45-4 p.m. Native American Citizenship Past and Present: Roundtable with Tribal Nation Leaders and Citizens
Chief Glenna Wallace, Eastern Shawnee Nation
Chief Billy Friend, Wyandotte Nation
Diane Hunter, Miami Citizen