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SUMMARY:Understanding Yesterday\, Planning for Tomorrow
DESCRIPTION:Join the Texas Czech Genealogical Society on January 25\, 2020\, at the Caldwell Civic Center in Caldwell\, Texas. See Speakers and Topics below. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSpeakers and topics include: \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.txsgs.org/event/understanding-yesterday-planning-for-tomorrow/
LOCATION:Caldwell Civic & Visitor Center\, 103 Presidential Corridor\, Caldwell\, Texas\, United States
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SUMMARY:Growing Your Roots 2020: The Inaugural African American Genealogy Conference of Austin\, Texas
DESCRIPTION:Growing Your Roots 2020: The Inaugural African American Genealogy Conference of Austin\, Texas\n“The Roots are as Important as the Leaves”\nFREE Registration is Now Open!\nJanuary 30\, 2020 – February 2\, 2020\nFree Registration is open for Growing Your Roots 2020: The Inaugural African American Genealogy Conference of Austin\, Texas. The genealogy conference will debut the first weekend going into Black History Month (January 30\, 2020 – February 2\, 2020). The free four-day conference is hosted by the Austin History Center\, Austin Public Library’s African American Community Archives Program. The genealogy conference will feature a variety of speakers\, panel sessions\, workshops\, exhibitions\, tours\, and networking opportunities for genealogy professionals\, scholars\, and novice enthusiasts. \nDr. Edmund Gordon\, Vice-Provost of Diversity\, Professor of African & African American Studies in Anthropology\, at the University of Texas at Austin is The Jacob Fontaine Distinguished Keynote Speaker. The professor’s Racial Geography Tour takes an in-depth look at the University of Texas at Austin’s racial history. Internationally acclaimed photographer\, Kris Graves is the Algerene M. Akins Craig Distinguished Closing Keynote. ​Kris Graves: Testament Project will debut in the Austin Central Public Library Gallery beginning January 14\, 2020 -February 29\, 2020. \nGenealogy panel sessions will be led by local\, regional\, and national speakers and facilitators such as Rachel E. Winston\, Stephanie L. Lang\, Danielle McGhee\, Stuart King\, Greg Farrar\, Olivia Dorsey Peacock\, Emma Robinson\, delmetria millener. The inaugural African American genealogy conference of Austin\, Texas (January 30\, 2020 – February 2\, 2020) will be an experience not to miss and best of all it is FREE and welcoming of attendees of all levels\, novice to expert! \nGrowing Your Roots 2020 is presented in partnership with the Austin Public Library\, Huston-Tillotson University | Downs-Jones Library\, Austin History Center\, PBS | POV\, The City of Austin\, City of Austin’s Equity Office\, and The University of Texas John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies. \nThe African American genealogy conference has reserved a block of rooms at both the ​Hyatt Place Austin Downtown​\, and the ​JW Marriott Austin for January 29th\, 2020 through February 3rd\, 2020 at a special conference rate. \nTo register for the conference\, visit: ​library.austintexas.gov/ahc/growingyourroots or contact the Austin History Center\, African American Studies Community Archivist at 512-974-7390. Participants can also stay up to date on the latest news by following @ ​Facebook​\, and ​Instagram​\, using #GrowingYourRoots2020 for social media posts. \nCONFERENCE SCHEDULE\nPre-Conference Highlights\n\nThe Austin History Center\, African American Community Archives Presents: The Villager Community Service Weekly Photography: Exhibition & Reception\nThe Austin Central Public Library\, Gallery Presents\, Self-Guided Tour: Kris Graves’ Testament Project\, Black History Month Photography Exhibition\n\nThursday\, January 30\, 2020\nPreview Conference Night\nThe Austin History Center\, African American Community Archives Presents: The Villager Community Service Weekly Photography: Exhibition & Reception The Austin Central Public Library\, Gallery Presents\, Self-Guided Tour:\nKris Graves’ Testament Project\, Black History Month Photography Exhibition \nFriday\, January 31\, 2020\nOpening Conference Night at the Central Library Jacob Fontaine Distinguished Keynote:\nDr. Edmund Gordon\, Vice-Provost of Diversity\, Professor of African/African-American Studies\, University of Texas at Austin \nGenealogy Networking Social & PBS | POV Film Mini Film-Reel- \nSaturday\, February 1\, 2020\nConference Panel Sessions:\nAfrican American Cultural Preservation & Storytelling\nPresenters: Rachel Winston\, University of Texas at Austin\, Stephanie L. Lang\, University of Texas at Austin \nConnecting Roots: Huston-Tillotson University\, African American Cemeteries and Burial Sites in Austin\, Texas\nPresenters: Danielle McGhee\, Huston-Tillotson University; Greg Farrar\, Oakwood Chapel; Stuart King\, King Tears Funeral Home; Moderated by Jennifer Chenoweth\, Oakwood Cemetery Chapel and Melissa Rogers\, Save Austin’s Cemeteries \nBlack Roots in Austin\, Texas:\, A Discussion with African American Legacy Families\nModerators\, Roxanne Evans & Jacobi Smith \nConference Workshops:\nDigging Up Roots in Your Own Backyard: African American Genealogy for Novice Users\nFacilitator\, kYmberly Keeton\, The Austin History Center\, African American Community Archives \nBlog About It! Making WordPress Work For Your African American Family History\nFacilitator\, Olivia Dorsey Peacock\, Digital Black History \nGenKnowledge: African American Genealogy for Intermediate and Advanced Users\nFacilitator\, kYmberly Keeton\, The Austin History Center\, African American Community Archives \nNAMING THE LINEAGE: We Will Walk Through *Who Awakened Your Senses? *Who Politicized Your Experiences of Body\, Identity? *Who Taught You The Value of Feeling Good?\nFacilitator\, Emma Robinson\, Womanist Library \n#BrownTeensRead Presents: Oral Fixations: Family Histories Retold\nFacilitator\, delmetria millener\, #BrownTeensRead \n— \nSunday\, February 2\, 2020\nCelebrating Black History Month & Genealogy All Month Long\nClosing Conference Keynote & Reception at the Austin Central Public Library:\nPhotographer\, Kris Graves | During the closing lecture\, Kris Graves will discuss the process of making portraits and ideas about representation and inequality. \nOn View: Austin Central Public Library Gallery Opening Reception ft. Kris Graves’ Testament Project\, Black History Month Photography Exhibition \nConference Genealogy Research Hub\n● Access to historical organizations\, libraries\, archives\, museums\, and community cultural centers\n● Visit the Womanist Library & Record Your Oral History Booth
URL:https://www.txsgs.org/event/growing-your-roots-2020-the-inaugural-african-american-genealogy-conference-of-austin-texas/
LOCATION:Austin Central Library\, Austin Public Library\, 710 West Cesar Chavez Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78701\, United States
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