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Virtual Kwanzaa Community Celebration

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Join our nightly Kwanzaa Celebration simulcast on the SAAACAM, B-RAW Podcast, TAAN-TV and San Antonio Kwanzaa Coalition Facebook and YouTube pages.

Conscious Conversations: Diasporic Education, Grades 9-12

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This month's racial education virtual discussion is about diasporic education. Diaspora: the movement, migration or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland. (Merriam-Webster) Explore with us the meaning of diaspora and how embracing cultures can impact social justice and harmony. This month's discussion leaders are Doctors Charles Gentry and Sunita Punjabi.  Register today!

Conscious Conversations: Diasporic Education, Grades 6 -8

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This month's racial education virtual discussion is about diasporic education. Diaspora: the movement, migration or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland. (Merriam-Webster) Explore with us the meaning of diaspora and how embracing cultures can impact social justice and harmony. This month's discussion leaders are Doctors Charles Gentry and Sunita Punjabi.  Register today!

The Power of Your Story: 150 Years of Legacy at the Wilcox Ranch

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Meet Lola and Mar'lon Moore as they share their family legacy as heirs to the Wilcox Ranch. The Wilcox Ranch is the last operating African American owned ranch in Jakes Colony, a Freedmen's Colony in Seguin, Texas. You will also learn techniques of how to capture your family's story from the Texas Oral History Association. Registration is free and required.

Conscious Conversations – Story Time, Grades Kindergarten to 5th Grade

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Join in the activities, questions and stories as we learn together about understanding and embracing different cultures. Are you new here? Do you know someone new? In I'm New Here and Someone New, young readers explore the immigrant experience through both "windows" and "mirrors." In I'm New Here, readers meet three recent immigrants trying to adjust to a new country and school. In Someone New, the same story is told from the perspective of the students who welcome the newcomers. An honest and heartwarming look at diversity, inclusion, and friendship. This is a free virtual event but registration is required.

American Cultural Landscapes: Black Roots and Treasures

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SAAACAM co-founder Everett L. Fly has been invited to deliver this year’s annual Frederick Law Olmsted Lecture by the Harvard University Department of Landscape Architecture in the Graduate School of Design (GSD). The lecture is one of the signature events at the GSD, named in honor of Mr. Olmsted, the pioneering landscape architect credited with the design of New York City’s Central Park in 1857-1873. Fly’s talk will include reflections on his Harvard introduction to leading scholars and future leaders in the profession, including John Brinckerhoff Jackson. Under Jackson’s tutelage, he began original research and study the origins and evolution...

Conscious Conversation Storytime: 3-5

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Join us as we read Sulwe. From Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful, moving picture book about colorism, self-esteem, and learning that true beauty comes from within. Sulwe has skin the color of midnight. She is darker than everyone in her family. She is darker than anyone in her school. Sulwe just wants to be beautiful and bright, like her mother and sister. Then a magical journey in the night sky opens her eyes and changes everything.

Conscious Conversation Storytime: K-2

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Join us as we read Sulwe. From Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful, moving picture book about colorism, self-esteem, and learning that true beauty comes from within. Sulwe has skin the color of midnight. She is darker than everyone in her family. She is darker than anyone in her school. Sulwe just wants to be beautiful and bright, like her mother and sister. Then a magical journey in the night sky opens her eyes and changes everything.

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COSA Department of Arts & Culture Virtual Community Conversation: MLK Park Project

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The City of San Antonio Arts & Culture Department is in the beginning stages of creating a new public art sculpture for MLK Park, located in District 2. Help decide the theme by joining us for a Virtual Conversation. Co-hosted by the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum (SAAACAM), this WebEx meeting will take place Monday, October 5 at 5:30 pm.  This is a free event but registration is required, Register here. In addition to this online meeting, we currently have a SASpeak Up Survey available to provide input now: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MLKParkEnglish

African Americans and the San Antonio Area Education Systems

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Join us as we explore the education systems for African Americans in San Antonio from emancipation, desegregation, today and the future.  Our guest speakers: Mario Marcel Salas, Historian and UTSA Professor Claudia L. Walker, Educator and owner of Tutor 4 Success Stephanie Hall Powell, CEO/Superintendent at San Antonio Preparatory Community School. Pre-registration is required.  You can register here.  

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