Schedule At a Glance

10 - 11:30 a.m.

ABCC Board Meeting (closed) 

NMBCC Conference Room

10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Conference Check In

NMBCC Main Lobby

11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Pre-Conference Live Poster Session

NMBCC/Theatre Mezzanine

2 - 5 p.m.

Pre-Conference Institute (culture center leaders, faculty, and staff)

NMBCC Grand Hall

2 - 5 p.m.

Pre-Conference Institute (Undergraduate Students)

IMU Student Involvement Tower

2 - 5 p.m.

Pre-Conference Institute (Graduate + Professional Students)

NMBCC Bridgwaters Lounge

5 - 7 p.m.

Dinner/Hotel Check-In

Various Locations

7:30 p.m.
(Doors open at 7 p.m.)

Black the Runway Fashion Show

NMBCC Grand Hall

7 a.m. - 12 noon
1 - 6 p.m.

Conference Check-In

IMU Solarium
NMBCC Bridgwater Lounge

8:15 - 9:30 a.m.

A Conversation with the Elders

IMU Solarium

9:30 - 9:45 a.m.

Break and Transition

9:45 - 10:45 a.m.

Session Block I:

• When Advising Meets Archivism: Using Archives to Help Students Learn Their Organizations’ Impact
• Not Just Telling Stories: Using Assessment and Data Analysis to Tell the Story of Your Work
• What to Accept, How to Take Care of It, and What to Politely Refuse: Recommendations for Black Culture Centers from an Archival Perspective

Global and International Studies Building

10:45 - 11 a.m.

Break and Transition

11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Lori Patton Davis  

IMU Alumni Hall

12:15 - 12:30 p.m.

Break and Transition

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Arts + Archives Tours

Black Film Center & Archive
IU Art Museum
Lily Library
University Collections at McCalla Center

1:30 - 1:45 p.m.

Break and Transition

1:45 - 4:45 p.m.

Till Film Screening + Conversation

Featuring Guest Panelists:
Mmoja Ajabu, local activist
Keith Beauchamp, Investigative
journalist & filmmaker
Priscilla Williams Till, Emmett Till’s cousin
and community activist

IU Cinema

5 - 6:30 p.m.

Reception

NMBCC Grand Hall

6:30 - 9 p.m.

Dinner on your own and break

9 p.m. - midnight

Undergraduate KickB(l)ack

NMBCC Grand Hall

9 p.m. - midnight

Networking Mixer hosted by NPHC Graduate Chapters

Serendipity Martini Bar

8 a.m. - 12 noon

Conference Check-In

NMBCC Bridgwaters Lounge

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Session Block II:

• Archives of African American Music and Culture: A "Tour" of the Past, Present, and Future
• Sorrow Damned Up in the Corner of Their Eyes: Strategies and Best Practices for Serving Anti-Black Black Students in Cultural Centers – A Panel Discussion
• Tell It Like It Is: Cultural Center Spaces as Local Archives
• These Walls Can Talk...Reimagining Black Cultural Centers as Living Archives

Global and International Studies Building

9:30 - 9:45 a.m.

Break and Transition

9:45 - 10:45 a.m.

Session Block III:

• On Intersectional Ground? Examining the Efficacy of Black Cultural Centers in the Age of Intersectionality
• “The More Things Change…”: Experiences of Black Women in Higher Education Leadership Roles”
• Reclaiming the Souls of Black Children: Toward Self-Reflective Collectivism
• Building UPP: “How Black Student Leadership Can Be Scaffolded in Black Cultural Centers, What Disrupts It & How to Restore Broken Foundations

Global and International Studies Building

10:45 - 11 a.m.

Break and Transition

11 a.m. - 12 noon

Session Block IV:

• Joy to Carry On: Strategizing with Black Social Capitals
• Building A Juneteenth Teach-In that Bridges University, Community, and Justice Work
• Authentic Professionalism: Resistance Through Dismantling Professionalism Myths

Global and International Studies Building

12 noon - 12:15 p.m.

Break and Transition

12:15 - 1:30 p.m.

A Conversation with AAADS Affiliates: The Role of Black Studies in Sustaining Black Culture Centers

IMU Alumni Hall

1:30 - 1:45 p.m.

Break and Transition

1:45 - 2:45 p.m.

Session Block V:

• Podcasts for Digital Storytelling and Research Dissemination: Getting Started
• Bigger than you, bigger than we, bigger than the picture they framed us to see: BCCs and Archives Building a Bigger Historical Narrative
• Connecting Continents and Cultures: African Study Tours, Activism, and Empowerment
• The Importance of Visitor Data in Black Cultural Centers

Global and International Studies Building

3 - 4 p.m.

Culture Center Leadership Think Tank

NMBCC, Grand Hall

5:30 - 7 p.m.

Awards Dinner

IMU Alumni Hall

7:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Potpourri an African American Performance Showcase Featuring the African American Arts Institute’s three ensembles

IU Auditorium

9:30 - 11 p.m.

Closing Conference Reception
Hosted by Black Faculty and Staff Caucus

NMBCC Grand Hall

Grab-and-Go Breakfast
Worship with local churches in the area

11 a.m.

Hotel Checkout