The 12th Annual Lemon Project Spring Symposium

The Time is Now: The Lives of Black Men Past, Present, and Future

Schedule for Day 1
Friday, March 25, 2022		In-person location
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Check-In for In-Person Participants
8:50 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.	Welcome by Dr. Jody Allen	Matoaka Woods
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Plenary Session- The TIme is Now: The Lives of Black Men Past, Present, and Future	Matoaka Woods
10:30 a.m.	Brief Remarks by Provost Peggy Agouris	Matoaka Woods
10:35 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Breakout Rooms	Matoaka Woods, Holly
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Future of Ethnic Studies Panel, co-sponsored by the Asian Centennial	Dogwood
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch	Matoaka Woods & Holly
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Panel 1: African American History - Oral history, Genealogy, and Performance	Holly
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Panel 2: Identity, Transformation, Reclamation	Dogwood
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Panel 3: Black Male Well-Being	Holly
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Panel 4: Justice, Belonging, Autonomy	Dogwood
4:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Break
6:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m.	Introduction by Dr. Jajuan Johnson Keynote Speaker Dr. Tommy Curry	Matoaka Woods

Schedule for Day 2
Saturday, March 26, 2022		In-person location
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.	Check-In for In-Person Participants	Lobby
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Welcome by Justin Reid '09	Matoaka Woods
9:00 a.m.- 10:15 a.m.	Introduction by Dr. Jody Allen Keynote Speaker Kiese Laymon	Matoaka Woods
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Panel 5. Black Men Navigating and Shattering Stereotypes	Holly
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.	Panel 6. African American History - Freedom, Ingenuity, Legacy	Dogwood
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Breakout Rooms and Lunch	Matoaka Woods, Dogwood, & Holly
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Panel 7. Roundtable with Highland’s Council of Descendant Advisors	Holly
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Panel 9. (In)Valuable: Black Boys at the Williamsburg Bray School, 1762	Dogwood
2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.	Panel 10. Interrogating the Narrative of “the Fear of Black Men” as a Defense for the Unjust Killing of Black Males in America	Dogwood
2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.	Panel 11. Black Male Supervisors Navigating Racial Battle Fatigue in the Workplace	Holly
3:15 pm - 3:30 p.m.	Closing Remarks	Matoaka Woods
7:00 p.m.	Performance Art event, with MC Kiese Laymon	Reveley Garden (Rain location: Sadler Center Lodge 1)

Thank you to the following departments/programs for their generous support of this symposium: