Click on each session for more information and speaker bios.
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| Friday,
September 28, 2007 |
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Session Title and Presenter |
| 9:00 |
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10:30 |
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AKWAABA Riverwalk Tour - free to conference registrants |
| 10:45 |
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11:45 |
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Registration |
| 12:00 |
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1:00 |
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Opening Keynote & Luncheon - Juan Williams, Award-winning Journalist, Speaker / Lilca Ballroom |
| 1:30 |
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3:00 |
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Crossing Borders for Freedom - Nancy Hewitt and Christopher Densmore |
| 1:30 |
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3:00 |
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Rochester Museum & Science Center Underground Railroad Exhibit - Leatrice Kemp |
| 1:30 |
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3:00 |
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Frederick Douglass: Underground Railroad Passenger, Conductor, Advocate, and Passenger - John R. McKivigan |
| 1:30 |
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3:00 |
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Recollections with Jean Rankin: My Work on the Underground Railroad - Katherine Gagne |
| 1:30 |
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3:00 |
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Then What Happened? - Dean V. June |
| 3:00 |
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3:15 |
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Break |
| 3:15 |
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4:45 |
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Voices of Light: The Words and Works of Farmington Friends - Marie Kent Parsons & Performers for Readers Theater Production |
| 3:15 |
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4:45 |
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Let's Have Tea - Pepsy Kettavong |
| 3:15 |
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4:45 |
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Geography of the Underground Railroad in New York State - Timothy McDonnell |
| 3:15 |
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4:45 |
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Forging
Steel: NYS Historical Markers and the UGRR - Monique Patenaude |
| 3:15 |
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4:45 |
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A North SIde View of Slavery - Rosemary Sadlier |
| 7:30 |
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8:45 |
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Darryl Van Lear – “My Life in Bondage” performance with special guest, Thomas Warfield, singer / Empire Ballroom |
| 8:45 |
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10:00 |
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Reception, beverages and hors d'oeuvres |
| Saturday
September 29, 2007 |
| 8:00- |
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9:00 |
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Registration – continental breakfast (open to the public – with attendance fee) |
| 9:15 |
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10:15 |
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Keynote - Bernice Johnson Reagon / Lilac Ballroom |
| 10:30 |
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11:45 |
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Learning from the Legacy of Women's Resistance to Slavery: Why Northern Slavery Cannot be Ignored - Delores Walters |
| 10:30 |
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11:45 |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin as Parable: Harriet Beecher Stowe's
Sermon - Ruth Rosenberg-Naparsteck |
| 10:30 |
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11:45 |
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Sites of Conscience: From the Underground Railroad to Women's Rights in Upstate New York - Judith Wellman |
| 10:30 |
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11:45 |
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The Underground Railroad, The Underground Railroad, Abolitionism and Women's Rights Activism in Seneca County - Walter Gable |
| 10:30 |
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11:45 |
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Role of the USCT in the Resistance and Liberation of Enslaved Americans - Harry Bradshaw Matthews |
| 11:45 |
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1:00 |
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Lunch - "on your own" |
| 1:15 |
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2:30 |
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Genealogy - Tony Burroughs |
| 1:15 |
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2:30 |
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21st Century Classroom meets 19th Century History - Claudine Dixon & James Schroeder |
| 1:15 |
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2:30 |
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Working for Freedom - Genesee Community Charter School 2006-2007 5th Grade Class |
| 1:15 |
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2:30 |
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The Influence of Upstate New York Abolitionists on the Western Illinois Underground Railroad and the 5th Lincoln-Douglas Debate - Owen W. Muelder |
| 1:15 |
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2:30 |
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Chautauqua County: A Slave Capture, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Eber Pettit and More
- Karen Livsey |
| 1:15 |
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2:30 |
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The Underground Railroad - An International Embrace - Linda Cousins-Newton |
| 2:30 |
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2:45 |
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Break |
| 2:45 |
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4:00 |
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Harriet Tubman's Personal Network to Freedom: The Importance of Family and Community along the UGRR - Kate Clifford Larson |
| 2:45 |
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4:00 |
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The Underground Railroad Bicycle Route - Exploring History by Bicycle - Virginia Sullivan & Dr. Stephen Thomas |
| 2:45 |
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4:00 |
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Patrick & Me: A Family Saga of The Underground Railroad - Anthony M. Cohen |
| 2:45 |
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4:00 |
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Waterways to Freedom - Donald Earl Papson |
| 2:45 |
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4:00 |
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Frederick Douglass, Hip Hop Head - Rickerby Hinds |
| 4:00 |
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5:00 |
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Closing Plenary Session: Sankofa - The Story and Legacy of Freedom Fighters / Lilac Ballroom |
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Reception to follow |
| Sunday,
September 30, 2007 - Freedom Festival |
| 2:00 |
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6:00 |
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See activities including entertainment, music, tours, arts & crafts, dance,free to the public. Food available for purchase. |
