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From the Middle Passage to the Oval Office: Defining the Black Experience

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Princeton University Graduate School Office of Academic Affairs & Diversity in partnership with the Black Graduate Caucus (BGC) present:
 
From the Middle Passage to the Oval Office:
Defining the Black Experience
The Friend Center (corner of Olden and William Street)
Saturday, February 21, 2009
 
Conference Sponsor
Karen Jackson-Weaver, PhD, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Diversity, Princeton University
Conference Conveners
Ann Futrell – MPA Candidate, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Michael McKoy – PhD Candidate, Politics Department, Princeton University
 
8:00am - 9:30am: Registration and Breakfast
Friend Center, Convocation Room

8:30am - 9:15am: Admissions Information Session for Prospective Master and PhD Students
Computer Science 105

9:30am –10:30am: Opening Speaker
Friend Center, Room 101
Jeff Johnson, Host and Producer of BET’s “The Truth”
 
10:45- 12:00pm: Distinguished Speaker Address and Award Presentation
Friend Center, Room 101
Phylicia Rashad, Award Winning Actress

12:15– 1:15: Lunch

1:30-2:45pm: Graduate Student Presentations
Friend Center, Rooms 004, 006, and 008
Friend Center, Convocation Room

3:15pm- 4:45pm: Special Mayoral plenary panel featuring:
Friend Center, Room 101
David Dinkins, Former Mayor of New York City
Doug Palmer, Mayor of Trenton, NJ
Mildred T. Trotman, Mayor of Princeton, NJ
Moderated by:
Linda Coles-Kauffman, Executive Producer and Host of NJN’s Another View

5:00pm: Closing Ceremony

3:00pm-3:15pm: Break