Oct-Nov. 2008 Events

OCTOBER 31, ---------- 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FORUM----MORGAN STATE UNIV.--Balt. area (See flyer in sidebar for more information.)

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OCTOBER 31--NOVEMBER 1 ---------YOUTH AND COLLEGE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT----MORGAN STATE UNIV.--Balt. area (See flyer in sidebar for more information.)

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NOVEMBER 1, --------ARTS FOR CHANGE--------MORGAN STATE UNIV--Balt. area  (see Flyer in sidebar for more details.)

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NOVEMBER 7, 8, 9 -------OCTOBER GALLERY-----PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL ART EXPO--TEMPLE UNIVERSITY-LIACOURAS CENTER, Philadelphia--One of the Nation's Largest Art Expos--Wide variety of Exhibitors, Shopping, Performers, Activities, Food, etc. for all ages.  LINK

This Philadelphia International Art Expo is an art expo of popular WORLD ART like no other.
It offers unique and unequaled opportunities to build a customer base, to network,
to compare artistic talent and to engage in "the art of the deal".

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NOVEMBER 9---------A Quilt Extravaganza

Location:
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Benjamin Franklin Parkway and 26th Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130
Starts at: 10:30 AM
This is not an all day event

Description:
Celebrate the exciting special exhibition Gee's Bend The Architecture of the Quilt! Visit a quilting circle to ask questions or watch real quilts created right before your eyes. Feel the energy and inspiration of the Freedom Choir of Philadelphia as they perform traditional gospel, folk, and original songs. Finish the day by creating a work of your own in our Make and Take Workshop or Drawing Together programs.

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NOVEMBER 13-15------The 8th ANNUAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD CONFERENCE "The Education of the Enslaved African 1765 - 1865" presented by Bethel Harambe Historical Services, Inc. at the Historical Bethel African Episcopal Church, Churchtowne of Lancaster, Strawberry St., Lancaster, PA  17602: Keynote Speaker:  Dr. Molefi Kete Asante, Professor, Department of African American Studies at Temple University. Dr. Asante is considered by his peers to be one of today's most distinguished contemporary scholars.

For additional information please contact:  Phoebe M. Bailey at 1.800.510.5899 x102 email: Liveitbethel@aol.com or Mary Cottrell @ 717.393.8379 x103 email: hoskinsmaryl@aol.com

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NOVEMBER 13---------Lifting the Double Burden: A Critical Review of Race and Gender, 1968-2008

WASHINGTON, DC

(From a Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/)

Thursday, November 13, at  7 PM, the National Archives and the National Archives for Black Women's History, located at the National Park Service: Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, will hold a discussion on the struggle of Black women entitled: "Lifting the Double Burden: A Critical Review of Race and Gender, 1968-2008: A Conversation on the Struggle of Black Women."  This event will be held in the William G. McGowan Theater of the National Archives Building, which is located on the National Mall at Constitution Avenue and 7th Street, NW, and is fully accessible. 

(LOGO:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080925/DC35252LOGO )

The 40 years since the death of Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr., provide a lens through which one can examine the impact of race and gender on the lives of African American women.  Noted author, historian, and educator

Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, Ph.D., will present an overview using

Mary Church Terrell's statement, "The colored women of this country carry two heavy loads...the burden of race as well as sex."  A conversation will follow on the question "Does the 'double burden' remain a reality for two generations of women?" Distinguished panelists include

Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, Ph.D., archaeologist and Professor of American Studies,

University of Maryland,

Denise Rolark-Barnes, publisher of the Washington Informer, and

Avis A. Jones-DeWeever, Ph.D., Director of Research, Public Policy, and Information Center for African American Women at the National Council of Negro Women.  This program is co-sponsored by the Afro-American History Society of the National Archives.

The program is free and open to the public.  Seating for this program is on a first-come, first-served basis.  To request an accommodation (e.g., sign language interpreter) for a public program please email public.program@nara.gov or call 202-357-5000two weeks prior to the event.

For more information about this program, e-mail the National Archives at public.program@nara.gov or call (202) 357-5000; or e-mail the National Park Service at NACE_Bethune_Council_House@nps.gov or call (202) 673-2402.

NOVEMBER 13-16, 2008----PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART CRAFT SHOW- The finest contemporary American Crafts: glass, furniture, fiber, wearables, metal, clay, wood, jewelry.  Pennslyvania Convention Center, Center City, 12th & Arch Sts.  Philadelphia.  Preview Party on Friday, Nov. 12th.  More Info:  www.pmacraftshow.org