DREAM America

DREAM America
Arts and Advocacy Conference
on Immigration

Saturday, April 21, 2018 12:30 pm-8:00 pm
Join Myers Park Baptist Church and
the Stan Greenspon Center at Queens University of Charlotte

11:00 Pre-conference Interfaith Service

Service led by UNC-Charlotte’s Symphony of Diversity, MeckMin and Charlotte Clergy Coalition for Justice

11:45 Registration/Check In Opens

Lunch on your Own (Young Dining Hall in Trexler or Coffee House at Queens University)
Bill Furman, Queens University Professor, and Queens students will create an immigration wall where participants can hang a photo copy of a picture of a relative that immigrated to America. If you care to contribute to this piece of public art, please bring either a photocopy of a relative who immigrated to America that is no larger that 4”x 6” or a photo of the place they came from. On the side with the photo, please write the name, country of origin, and the year your relative immigrated here.

1:00 Opening Keynote: “Why do people move?”

Presentation by the Possibility Project
Dr. Terza Lima-Neves, Johnson C. Smith University Professor of Political Science
Dr. Glenn Hutchinson, Professor at Florida International University & playwright

2:00 Session I

Slam Poetry & Rock Band with the Johnson C. Smith University’s Black Ink Monks and Queens University Sovereign Line Rock Band
Short Films for Long-term: the 100 Word Film Festival with Scott Galloway
Photography: Capturing Real Life through the Lens with the Light Factory
Performance as Activism with the Possibility Project

2:45 Break with Snacks

3:15 Session II

Slam Poetry & Rock Band with the Johnson C. Smith University’s Black Ink Monks and Queens University Sovereign Line Rock Band
Curatorial Activism: Mint Museum and the Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art
Short Films for Long-term: the 100 Word Film Festival with Scott Galloway
Theatre and Performance as Empowerment with the Youth Exchange Project

4:20 Staged Reading of “The Pot” by Glenn Hutchinson

5:45 Closing Keynote in Spanish and in English

6:15 Multicultural Festival

Immigrant owned food trucks.
Concert with musicians who are first generation immigrants – If you know of an immigrant who is a musician and wants to share two songs at the concert, please submit an audio link of a sample of one of their song with some brief bio information about themselves (How long they’ve been a musician, how long they’ve been in American and their country of origin) to David Krusch of East Coast Entertainment. dkrusch@eastcoastentertainment.com]
Community Mural with Queens Professor Mike Wirth
Tables for non-profit organizations working with immigrants