Wednesday, March 2, 2011

 

3RD ANNUAL DOUGLAS REDD SUMMIT

The 3rd Annual Douglas Redd Cultural Summit will be held at the Ashé Cultural Arts Center on Saturday, March 12, 2011, from 9am to 2pm. The theme is HOW CULTURE CAN HEAL OUR CITY.  The purpose of the Summit is to organize and recommit to the effort of using art and culture for positive change in New Orleans.

The year’s Summit will include a health fair featuring  massages from Blue Cliff College; Health Screenings and Medical Resources from The Musician's Clinic, St. Thomas Health Clinic, Tulane Community Health Clinic; and meditation, health and happy consultation by Swami Jenendra from India.

The day’s panels will focus on the financial, creative and physical health of the New Orleans arts and cultural community.  Panelists include: John O'Neal, Vera Warren-Williams, Jonn Hankins, Carol Bebelle, Bethany Bultman, Detroit Brooks, Big Queen Cherice-Harrison Nelson, Marcus Akinlana, Mariama Curry, Swami Jenendra, the Good Hope Network, St. Thomas Health Clinic, Tulane Community Health Clinic, Hope Community Credit Union, and the National Performance Network.

The Summit free and open to the public!

Sponsors for this event are The Gulf Coast Fund, Ashé Cultural Arts Center and Side by Side.

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
3RD ANNUAL DOUGLAS REDD CULTURAL SUMMIT
SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2011 -  9AM - 2PM
ASHÉ CULTURAL ARTS CENTER
1724 ORETHA CASTLE HALEY BOULEVARD

9AM – REGISTRATION, WELCOME AND OPENING LIBATION

9:30 – HEALTH FAIR OPENS
(BLUE CLIFF MASSAGES, BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS, HEALTH RESOURCES, MEDITATION)

10AM – 1st PANEL“HERE’S TO OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH”
 (BETHANY BULTMAN - MUSICIAN’S CLINIC, DON ERWIN - ST. THOMAS HEALTH CLINIC, TULANE COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC, SWAMI JENENDRA)  
                                      
10:45 - BREAK

11AM – 2ND PANEL“HERE’S TO OUR FISCAL HEALTH”
PHYLLIS CASSIDY - GOODWORK NETWORK, GARY WILLIAMS - HOPE COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION, FRANK ALQUIST - STATE TAX CREDITS, CARLTON TURNER - NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK)   

11:45 – LUNCH

12:00 – 3RD PANEL“HERE’S TO OUR CREATIVE HEALTH”
(BIG QUEEN CHERICE HARRISON-NELSON - MARDI GRAS INDIAN HALL OF FAME, MARCUS AKINLANA - VISUAL ARTIST, DETROIT BROOKS – MUSICIANS FOR MUSICIANS, JEAN MARIAMA CURRY – CULU & N’KAFU DANCE COMPANIES)

12:45 – BREAK

 1PM - 4TH PANEL“HOW CULTURE CAN HEAL OUR CITY”
(CAROL BEBELLE - ASHÉ CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, JONN HANKINS -NEW ORLEANS AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM, VERA WARREN–WILLIAMS - COMMUNITY BOOK CENTER, JOHN O’NEAL - JUNEBUG PRODUCTIONS)

2PM – KUUMBA INSTITUTE PERFORMANCEADJOURN

Event Sponsors:  GULF COAST FUND, ASHÉ CULTURAL ARTS CENTER, SIDE BY SIDE

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