15th Annual Black New England Conference:
Crossing River Jordan: Healing Racial Wounds Through Accountability & Truth-Telling
A Virtual/Hybrid Conference
Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH
October 22-23, 2021
#BNEC2021
Crossing River Jordan: Healing Racial Wounds Through Accountability & Truth-Telling
A Virtual/Hybrid Conference
Traditional African spirituality acknowledges that there is no real separation between the spiritual and the rich fabric of everyday life. In this traditional worldview, spirituality informs everything including politics, economics, survival, healing, death, and rebirth.
The 2021 Black New England Conference explores paths forward from legacies of racism to collective accountability and collective healing. Presenters will examine the ongoing impacts of enslavement, murder, mass incarceration, unethical medical experimentation, disenfranchisement, and the many more harms perpetrated against people of African descent and the ways traditional spiritual and religious practices serve as sources of strength, hope, resilience, and healing for Black people in the centuries-long struggle for justice. We will also delve into past and present-day efforts to gain reparations and the healing inherent in proper memorialization of accurate history.
CONFERENCE PANELS:
- The Past Is Not Past: Historical Black Practices of Survival & Claims to Freedom
- A Check Uncashed: Past & Present Projects for Reparations
- Tell It True: Healing Through Public Memory & Memorials
- My Home Is Over Jordan: The Role of Religion & Spirituality in Black Healing
- The Right to Be Whole: New Modes for Healing Generational & Historical Black Trauma
- I’ll Fly Away: How We Move Forward from Here
Additional Info:
Please Note: COVID protocols are in place for our in-person awards dinner event. Proof of vaccination or negative COVID test are required. More information here.
Registration Fees:
Full Conference Fee including Awards Dinner (Virtual Conference; in-person Dinner) $125
2-Day Conference Fee (Virtual) $80
1- Day Only Conference Fee (Virtual) $45 per day
Keynote Address and Awards Dinner ONLY (in person) $55
** The first 100 people to register for the in-person Keynote Address and Awards dinner will receive a free copy of Dr. Livingston's book "The Conversation".
Virtual Keynote Address
Thanks to a generous donation from a sponsor, we are able to offer free virtual viewing of the Friday Keynote Address
Registration is required.
** Does NOT include book
* Special Student Fee with School ID Number
Full Conference Fee including Awards Dinner $60
2-Day Conference Fee $40
1- Day Only Conference Fee $25
** The first 100 people to register for the in-person Keynote Address and Awards dinner will receive a free copy of Dr. Livingston's book "The Conversation".
We want to ensure that this conference is available to all who want to attend. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we are able to offer a number of complimentary tickets and student scholarships to attendees.
Inquire at info@blackheritagetrailnh.org or call 603-570-8469 for more information.
2021 BLACK NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE SPONSORS
CONFERENCE AMBASSADORS
Past Conferences:
2020 BNEC, BLACK WOMEN ROCK: Leading the Charge for Social and Political Change
2019 BNEC, BLACK INK: African American News from Slave Songs to Social Media
2018 BNEC, EXPRESS YOURSELF: Identity, Style & Adornment
2017 BNEC, THE SCIENCE & ENGINEERING OF RACE: Living Through the Archives
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