“Ferguson is the Future”
Incubating Alternative Worlds Through Arts, Activism, and Scholarship

8:30 – 9:00 Continental Breakfast 

9:00 – 9:15 Welcome + Introduction

Ruha Benjamin, Moya Bailey, and Ayana Jamieson

9:15 – 10:15 Opening Plenary: Sociological Imagination 2.0
Alondra Nelson and Dorothy Roberts
-Facilitated by Sofia Samatar-

10:15 – 10:30  Break

10:30 – 12:00 Panel 1: Parables of the Present Dystopia
Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, Andrea Hairston, Nnedi Okorafor, Rasheedah Phillips, and Nisi Shawl,
-Facilitated by Moya Bailey and Ayana Jamieson-

12:00 – 12:45 – Lunch

12:45 – 2:15 Panel 2: Filming the Future
Invisible Universe (M. Asli Dukan)
Octavia: Elegy for a Vampire Talk (Dennis Leroy Kangalee and Numa Perrier)
Black Radical Imagination (Erin Christovale and Amir George)
Vow of Silence (Be Steadwell)
-Facilitated by Lisa Bolekaja-

2:15 – 2:30 – Break

2:30 – 4:00 Panel 3: Inner & Outer Spaces: Community Organizing and Social Justice
Octavia’s Brood (adrienne maree brown and Walidah Imarisha)
Ferguson Activists (Johnetta Elzie, Brittney Packnett, and DeRay McKesson)
Scholar-Artists (Nettrice Gaskins, John Jennings and Reynaldo Anderson)
-Facilitated by Daniel Jose Older-

4:00 – 4:15 Reflections Back

4:15 – 4:30 – Break –

4:30 – 5:30 Breakout Sessions + Creations

5:30 – 6:00 Closing Session

6:00 – 7:00 – Dinner –

7:00-10:00 Book Signing, Performances, and Reception
“Music Technology and Rhythm Justice” w/ DJ Lynnée Denise
Performances by Colored Girls Hustle, Be Steadwell, and others
(Authors will have books available for signing)

*All sessions, dinner, and reception will be held in the Chancellor Green Rotunda

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