Speakers
Janaya KhanAs an International Ambassador for the Black Lives Matter Network, an educator and motivator on the power of protest, Janaya Khan is a leading activist who engages people in a profound discussion about social justice and inequality. #BlackLivesMatter
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Christy Clark-PujaraClark-Pujara is an Associate Professor of History in the Department Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She contends that the full dimensions of the African American and American experience cannot be appreciated without reference to how black people managed their lives in places where there were few.
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Inger Burnett-ZeiglerBurnett-Zeigler, an assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is interested in mood and anxiety disorders, co-morbid substance use disorders, stress management, wellness and interpersonal relationships. Burnette-Ziegler goals are raising awareness about the importance of self-care and providing outlets for living a healthy lifestyle for black women.
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Entertainment
Teju The Storyteller
Tejumola Ologboni is a storyteller, folklorist and Oral Historian who is a graudate from University of Wisconsin-Madison with degrees in Art and Education. he has taught African Literature, African American Literature, Creative Writing, and English in the Africology Department at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Teju comes from a long family tradition of storytellers. His mother and father, his grandmothers, one grandfather and a great grandfather were storytellers. His stories are based from African traditions and African American history and folklore.