Day 1 Thursday, July 22

9:00am – 9:30am | AVC Welcome 

9:20am – 9:45am | Opening Ceremony

10:00am – 11:30am | Decolonizing Dance – Sarah Crowell 

12:30pm – 2:30pm | Practicing Self-Compassion: Mental Health Awareness within the Black Community 

2:40pm – 2:50pm | Canada Institute for People of African Descent – Quammie Williams 

2:50pm – 3:10pm | Breakout Session  

3:10pm – 4:55pm | Creative Wealth 

4:55pm – 5:00pm | Closing 

6:00pm – 7:15pm | A Black Space For Healing

Day 2: Friday, July 23

900am – 9:20am | Welcome 

9:20am – 9:30am | Frank Satterwhite

9:30am – 11:30am | Virtual Black Spaces – Online representation

12:30pm – 1:30pm | James Johnson-Piett - Urbane Development

1:30pm – 1:50pm | Breakout Session 

2:00pm – 3:40pm | Unpacking Dominant Culture for Our Liberation through Nonviolent Communication – Leonie Smith

3:40pm – 3:55pm | Krystal Paraboo – Black Strathcona Resurgence Project 

3:55pm – 4:00pm | Closing 

7:00pm – 8:30pm | Black Space Jam

Day 3: Saturday, July 24

9:00am – 9:20am | Welcome 

9:30am – 11:30am | Honouring Your Roots: Reciprocal Land Practices – Afro-Indigenous Farming 

12:30pm – 2:30pm | JEDI: The Journey to Allyship

2:40pm – 2:50pm | Tinthi Tembo – BIPOC-CA The Black and Indigenous people of Colour Creative Association

3:00pm – 3:20pm | Closing Ceremony