Hartwick college

United States Colored Troops Institute, PALS, and the Harriet Tubman Mentoring Project
Mini-Conference Preliminary Schedule (as of 10/17/12)
Hartwick College

Participation in the mini-conference is free for Hartwick students, faculty, and staff, but pre-registation is required. For more information contact, Harry Bradshaw Matthews, matthewsh@hartwick.edu or carltonk@hartwick.edu.

Friday, Nov. 2, 2012
4 - 4:45 p.m. Registration and Exhibit, U.S. Pluralism Center, Bresee Hall

5:30 p.m. Dinner and Recognition of Senior Members, Harriet Tubman Mentoring Project: 27 Degrees of Knowledge

7:00 p.m. Preliminary Conversation Regarding the Timeline for Meetings and Review of the Proposed Harriet Tubman - Buffalo Soldiers Conference for 2013-14

8:00 p.m. Free Time

Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012
8 a.m. Buffet Breakfast, Chesebro Room, Dewar Union

9 a.m. Opening Session, Eaton Lounge, Bresee Hall

9:15 a.m. Identifying 27 Personalities of the Freedom Journey- Harry Bradshaw Matthews, Associate Dean & Director, U.S. Pluralism Programs, President of USCT Institute

9:45 a.m. Traveling with the Tubman Mentors- Josephine Ndema '12, Oluwakemi Omotosho '13

10 a.m. 97 USCT from Westchester Co., New York-  Dr. Edythe Ann Quinn, Professor of History

10:30 a.m. Women and the Underground Railroad- Darlene Colon, President, Christiana Historical Society, Christiana, PA
11:00 a.m. Great Figures of the Caribbean and Abolitionist Influences- Kennequa Carlton '13 and Awa Kane '15

11:15 a.m. Six Singlets- Laureena Harris '13

11:30 a.m. Phenomenal Women- Janisha Tejeda-Mills '15 and Jennifer Nesbitt '14

11:45 a.m. Four Jewels- Jenifer Benn '15

12:15 p.m. Lunch and Libation Ceremony to the Ancestors

1:45 p.m. Five Twins- Harry Bradshaw Matthews, Associate Dean & Director, U.S. Pluralism Programs, President of USCT Institute

2:00 p.m. Four Mothers- Catherine Clase '13 and Jenifer Benn '15

2:30 p.m. Review of the Proposal for HTMP - Buffalo Soldiers Conference for 2013-14 and other business, Eaton Lounge, Bresee Hall

4:00 p.m. Free Time

5:00 p.m. Social & Dinner and Recognitions, Chesebro Room, Dewar Union

8:00 pm. Activity TBA, free time

Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012
8:00 a.m. Buffet Breakfast and Wrap-Up, Chesebro Room, Dewar Union