Sankofa Conference

Actualizing the Onyame Nhyehyɛe Paradigm:

Family Development and Irreconcilable Cultural Realities
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Workshop Schedule

Thematic seminars featuring presentations by panels of accomplished community members with generous opportunity for dialogue and networking.

Schedule

Rites Graduation Info

Join us for the 2024-25 Rites of Passage program graduation.
**This years graduation will take place at the same location as the conference in the main auditorium.**

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Schedule

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Track Info

5:00 PM – 9:30 PM

Registration

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Afrikan Dance Workout/Class

*Concurrent with registration

6:40 PM – 7:00 PM

Welcome

Welcome, Conference Themes and Objectives, Logistics

7:00 PM – 8:20 PM

Gender Sessions

Men – C119
Women – C121

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8:20 PM – 8:40 PM

Wrap up

Conclusions from Gender Sessions

8:45 PM – 9:30 PM

Mic check

Open Mic

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Registration

8:00 AM – 8:50 AM

Yoga Workout/Self-Defense

Main Room

9:10 AM – 9:25 AM

 

9:25 AM – 10:30 AM

Opening/Welcome

10:45 AM – 12:35 PM

concurrent workshops

Track A – Room #C119
Track B – Room #C121
Track C – Room #C116
Youth Track – Room #C112
Children’s Track – Room C109

(First Year Participants Are Asked to Attend Only ‘Track A’ Workshops)

Track info

12:45 AM – 2:00 PM

Lunch

Food Vendors located inside and outside

2:10 PM – 3:50 PM

concurrent workshops

Track A – Room #C119
Track B – Room #C121
Track C – Room #C116
Youth Track – Room #C112
Children’s Track – Room #C109

(First Year Participants Are Asked to Attend Only ‘Track A’ Workshops)

Track info

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Dinner

Food Vendors located inside and outside

7:45 AM

Registration

8:00 AM – 8:50 AM

Yoga

with Iya Ifabola Khalfani
Room #

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

focus groups

Focus Group 1 – Room C119
Afrikan Mental Health and Well-being
Focus Group 2 – Room C116
Strategies for Community Organizing with the ON Paradigm

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11 AM -11:30 AM

Elder Circle

Main Room

11:30 AM -12 PM

Youth and Children’s presentations

12 PM – 1 PM

Lunch

Transition to Atom

1 PM – 5:00 PM

Akom

Main Room

Comfort is a beatutiful place but nothing grows there

-West African Proverb

plenary and tracks

Room Assignments

Plenary
Multipurpose Room

Track A

Reafricanization

Location – Room C119

Morning: ReAfrikanization: An Afrikan Perspective on History, Culture and Identity

Afternoon: ON: A Paradigm of ReAfrikanization, Nationbuilding Family Development

(First Year Participants Are Asked to Attend Only ‘Track A’ Workshops)

schedule and presenters

Track B

Family and Institutional Development

Location – Room C121

Morning: Building and Sustaining institutions

Afternoon: Building & Sustaining Communities & Institutions that Support Afrikan Families

schedule and presenters

Track C

Nationbuilding

Location – Room C116

Morning: Actualizing the Onyame NhyeHye (ON) Paradigm: ReAfrikanization,
Nationbuilding and the Preeminence of Spirit.

Afternoon: The Role of Culture and Spirit in Organizing Community and Family

schedule and presenters

Youth Track

Location – C112

Youth Schedule

Focus groups

Focus Group 1:  Afrikan Mental Health and Well-being
Location – C119

Focus Group 2:  Strategies for Community Organizing with the ON Paradigm
Location – C116

Focus Groups

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Family Fun Day Survey

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ALTR

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