Black Cultural Conference Registration
| Category | Registration*June 1- September 12, 2019 | |
| High School Students(High School Student Chaperones) | FREE | |
| Collegiate Students | $25.00 | |
| Staff/Faculty and Community Members | $50.00 |
*Price per registration includes: Attendance to all Conference Track presentations, Conference Keynote Luncheon, Special Event Programming, Tailgate and Stepshow, Continental Breakfast and midday snacks/beverages, and Conference bags with BCC 2019 Memorabilia.
| Individual Event Tickets | Amount |
| Keynote Address LuncheonFriday, September 20th 12:00pm-1:45pmSUB Ballroom | $30.00 |
Call For Presentations
“Blackness Unchained: Erasing the Stigmas, Addressing our Mental Health”
The African American Student Services Center is proud to announce its Black Cultural Conference 2019. We invite faculty, staff, and students of higher education, researchers, K-12 educators, community leaders, administrators, non-profit partners, government agencies, and other professionals to participate in this three-day event. Together, we will develop dynamic conversations and networking opportunities.
We seek presentations and posters that accomplish any of the following:
- Builds on the knowledge base of historical and cultural advancements made by the African American/Black community, while exploring the emerging forward direction and next steps to take.
- Proposes a solution-based discussion that moves beyond solely identifying historical traumas or the problems/challenges faced by African Americans/Blacks, with an emphasis on moving towards answers that advance healing.
- Suggests new ideas and promising, creative practices for successful collegiate and/or career experiences.
- Promotes diversity and inclusion, cross-cultural relationships, and innovation.
- Directly connects to the theme: Blackness Unchained through education, leadership/professional development, health/wellness, and social justice.
Topic Selection
- Leadership & Professional Development
- Education
- Health & Wellness
- Social Justice
Important Dates
May 1, 2019 – Call For Presentations Opens
August 14, 2019 – Deadline for Proposals and Posters
August 21, 2019 – Accepted Proposal Notification
Submissions
Submit your proposal for the conference now.
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PRESS:
The Black Cultural Conference to focus on self-care
by: Scott BrownPosted: Sep 16, 2019 / 09:55 AM MDT / Updated: Sep 16, 2019 / 09:56 AM MDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The African American Student Services’ Black Cultural Conference is an intercollegiate conference on black scholarship, social justice, and contributions of arising black leaders.
The conference fosters dialogue geared towards promoting student empowerment to address issues at their college campuses and throughout their communities. “The Black Cultural Conference explores black culture on both college campuses and also the contributions of African Americans in the community,” Devont’e Watson, Sr. Program Advisor of African American Student Services said.
The 2019 conference will focus on ‘Radical Self-Care’ with keynote speaker former Black Panther member, Ericka Huggins. “She will be talking about her story in solitary confinement for being a political prisoner and how she maintained radical self-care to sustain herself in that situation,” said Watson.
Everyone is welcome in the hopes that as many students as possible will come away with a positive message of self-care. “For many students, caring for yourself is what we’re told not to do. So we really want to assist students into giving them a toolkit for how to take care of themselves, and that’s radical and that’s something that I think any student can walk away with,” said Brandi Stone who handles student affairs at African American Student Services.
Devont’e Kurt Watson and Dannelle Kirven, give us the details on the 2019 Black Cultural Conference: Blackness Unchained, hosted by African American Student Services!!
https://generationjustice.org/2019/09/09/9-1-19-sherri-burr-2019-black-cultural-conference/
African American Student Services Black Cultural Conference set for Sept. 19-21
The University of New Mexico African American Student Services Black Cultural Conference will be held Sept. 19-21 at UNM.
Hosted by the African American Student Services, the African American Student Services Black Cultural Conference is an intercollegiate conference on Black scholarship, social justice, and contributions of arising Black leaders. The conference fosters dialogue geared to promote student empowerment to address issues at their college campuses and communities.
This comes as discussions increase around mental health among college students and in the Black community.
“This year is the first time we are making mental health the main theme,” shared Brandi Stone, director of UNM’s African American Student Services. “We understand that navigating college as a Black student presents a unique set of experiences and we hope this conference will allow all students to foster connections, create growth, and engender action within their communities.”
The conference will have a series of workshops with four curriculum tracks including health/wellness, leadership development, and social justice. High school students will have a track designed for college preparation and exposure.
The keynote address will be delivered by Ericka Huggins, an original Black Panther Party leader and Human Rights Advocate, on “Radical Self-Care.” This interactive conversation will discuss the importance of mindfulness and mental liberation.
More information about the conference including registration and an agenda overview can be found at afro.unm.edu.
2019 Black Cultural Conference promotes ‘radical self-care’
By Dan Goodwin
Ericka Huggins, a human rights activist, gives the keynote speech during the African American Student Services conference.Photo Courtesy of The Fro via twitter (@unmafro)
The University of New Mexico African American Student Services hosted the 2019 Black Cultural Conference at UNM on Sept. 19 and 20.
According to organizers, around 450 people were in attendance and included students from universities across the Southwest. Local community members, high school students and representatives from the City of Albuquerque also participated.
The conference, subtitled “Blackness Unchained,” was focused around “Radical Self-Care.” It included several workshops throughout its two-day duration with a concentration on mindfulness techniques. It also included seminars on leadership and community capacity building.
The largest gathering of people was the Friday luncheon featuring Ericka Huggins, a “Black Panther Party member, political prisoner, poet and human rights advocate,” according to a conference press release.
“We cannot ignore all the humans in our midst — no matter their role — because each of us are playing a role too,” Huggins said.
At the luncheon, Huggins’ keynote speech encapsulated the main topics and goals that brought the group together for the conference. Huggins, who famously talks about love as a source of power, said she wants to “affirm radical self-care” through such techniques as community gatherings.
Brandi Stone, interim director of African American Student Services, said she “hoped that the conversation does not stop after the conference,” citing the importance of an ongoing need to observe the teachings of the conference.
Stephanie McCluney, a student at New Mexico State University who attended the conference, indicated that it was, overall, a success. McCluney, the media marketing officer for the Black Student Association of NMSU, said this kind of atmosphere was new for her.
She said it’s important to be around other students who can relate to each other as black students attending universities.
“This is an atmosphere that most of us from NMSU haven’t been in,” McCluney said.
She expressed her gratitude toward African American Student Services and said “they didn’t have to put this on, but they wanted to,” and that her delegation was “welcomed with open arms.”
McCluney added that she was excited to bring the lessons she learned back to her own campus in Las Cruces.
“Let’s see what we can improve on our half to build a stronger African American community in the state of New Mexico.”
Dan Goodwin is a freelance news reporter for the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @dg_5353
Devont'e Kurt Watson 