Our Time Together

This is not a traditional gala or celebration; it is a provocation. Over two days, this intimate gathering will weave together moments for deep relationship building alongside revolutionary art and culture that both awe and mobilize us toward collective action. From Nikky Finney's prophetic words to Toshi Reagon's stage to the world-building of New Orleans-based organizers, we will move from inspiration toward a collective strategy for our Black feminist future.

SPEAKERS & PERFORMANCES

  • DEON HAYWOOD

  • TOSHI REAGON

  • ALEXIS PAULINE GUMBS

  • THE MYSTIC SEVEN SISTERS

  • NIKKY FINNEY

  • STEPHANIE MCKEE-ANDERSON

  • SUNNI PATERSON

  • SHARIFA RHODES-PITTS

  • BEVERLY GUY-SHEFTALL

  • SHANA GRIFFIN

  • ARACELIS GIRMAY

  • STEVONA ELEM-ROGERS

  • EVIE SHOCKLEY

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18

5:00 – 6:30 PM

Welcome Reception

Hotel Saint Vincent

7:00 PM onwards

Dinner on Your Own

Black Feminist New Orleans Suggestions:

Compère Lapin
Dakar
Dooky Chase

AGENDA

MONDAY, OCTOBER 18

9:00 – 9:30 AM
Arrivals & Welcome
Evangeline Room

9:30 – 9:45 AM
Invocation & Cleansing
Mystic Seven Sisters

9:45 – 10:30 AM
Do Not Leave the Arena to the Fools
Introduction by Camille Bacon, Jupiter Magazine
A reading by Nikky Finney & conversation between Finney & Aracelis Girmay

10:30 – 11:15 AM
Conspiracy Film Screening
Conversation between film co-director Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich & Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts

11:15 – 11:30 AM
Coffee Break

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Parable, a solo performance by Toshi Reagon
Followed by a conversation between Reagon & Alexis Pauline Gumbs

12:15 – 1:30 PM
Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 PM
Story Circles
Moderated by Stevona Elem-Rogers with Deon Haywood, Women With a Vision, & Stephanie McKee-Anderson, Junebug Productions
Reading by Sunni Patterson

2:30 – 3:15 PM
A Black Feminist Syllabus for the Future
A conversation between Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Spelman & Shana Griffin, Curator & Black Feminist Cartographer

3:15 – 3:30 PM
Closing