The Schedule

Opening 

• Star Spangled Banner
  Marvin Gaye Version

• Lift Every Voice
  DSU Choir

Panel Presentation for a Black Agenda

Dr. Elijah Mickel

“Adrian Underpinnings of Agency: Whispers from the Ancestors”.
African traditions, values, philosophies that still tie Africans in Delaware together.

Dr. Akwasi Osei
“Making the Partial Whole: The Correct Interpretations of the African Experience in These United Stated”
Understanding how global events, e.g., European domination in Africa

explains equality Africans in the diaspora in Delaware experience

inequality now and how this understanding provides strategies and

tactics represented in a Black agenda that focuses on the best interests

of African Americans in Delaware.

Natasha Mullen

“ You Are Not Broken: Honoring Survival and Moving Toward Wholeness”
The relevance of the Maafa (enslavement) to African Americans’ mental health; interventions to

sidestep the after effects of human bondage and oppression; positive

impacts when alternative practice methods are used to psychological

heal African American adults and children.

Wanda Russell
“Building Wealth Within Our Community”.

Hustling for business and economic : African traditions and values present in Black enterprise, the impacts on Black businesses and economic growth; why they need to be practiced every day.

Rev. Dania Griffin
“God Got Dis”
Faith as an essential element repelling racism while not dismissing the progress that has occurred to faith, self-determination and resilience.

Delaware Senator Marie Pickney
Voting Works!
Voting works if we vote and engage

in the political process in ways besides voting. Examples of impacts for the best interests of African Americans when we vote and are engaged involved.

Q & A