Darin Waters, Ph.D.

This morning at 9 on Blue Ridge Public Radio it's a new episode of The Waters & Harvey Show. Who are we? And whom to we choose to be? Our hosts examine those questions yet again, but also ask did the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6 show us in reality who we really are - an angry, divided, and violent people? Catch an encore broadcast Saturday afternoon at 3, and listen to episodes anytime with the free BPR mobile app or through Apple or Google Podcasts...

The 7th African Americans in Western North Carolina & Southern Appalachia Conference/Symposium will stream today being at 10:00am on Facebook Live.

Mr. Ron Carson will be the closing speaker for this year's African Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia Symposium. Along with his wife Jill, Mr. Carson is the founder of the Appalachian African-American Cultural Center in Pennington Gap, Virginia. Their work was recently feature in the New York Times.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/us/black-appalachia-ron-jill-carson.html

In addition to his work with the cultural center in Pennington Gap, Mr. Caron is also the CEO of Carson Black Lung Education and Research Center in Virginia and Kentucky.

Along with Lonnie Bunch, the Secretary of the Smithsonian, Mr. Carson is the Co-Chair of the 400 Years of African-American History Commission. For more information about this year's symposium visit aawnc.unca.edu The symposium is free and open to the public. Information to register for the symposium is available on the website. We look forward to your participation.

Dr. Rochelle Brandon, MD will give the afternoon address for this year's African Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia Symposium. Dr. Brandon is a practicing physician in Charlotte, North Carolina. She will address the topic of Covid-19 and its impact on African American communities. For more information about this year's online symposium and Dr. Brandon please visit aawnc.unca.edu The symposium is free and open to the public. Information on how to register for the symposium/webinar is available at the website. We look forward to your participation!

Dr. Cicero Fain III will be the opening speaker for this year's African Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia Symposium. Dr. Fain is a professor of history at the College of southern Maryland and author of several books. He most recent book titled "Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story," examines the development of the African American community in Huntington, West Virginia. For more information about Dr. Fain and this year's online symposium (webinar) visit aawnc.unca.edu The symposium is free and open to the public. Registration information is available at the conference/symposium website.

Oct. 16 - UNC Asheville’s African Americans in WNC and Southern Appalachia Conference Will Bring Together Scholars and Community

African American Health and the COVID-19 Crisis, Community Resilience Models, Reflecting BLM in Art, and the 400-Year Context Will Be Focus Areas

UNC Asheville’s seventh African Americans in Western North Carolina and Southern Appalachia Conference will take place online this year, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16. The conference is free and open to everyone; the conference schedule and registration information is posted at the conference website, aawnc.unca.edu,

Continuing last year’s theme, Existence as Resistance: Expressions of Resilience, this year’s conference will include time for Q&A and discussion. We look forward to your participation again this year!

Join us for a repeat of this week’s show at 3pm today on Blue Ridge Public Radio.

This morning at 9 on Blue Ridge Public Radio we bring you a new episode of The Waters & Harvey Show. Darin and Marcus continue their conversation on 'building relationships that matter.' Their guests include Dr. JoJo Ledgister, a visiting lecturer on women's studies and African religions at Harvard Divinity School. You can catch an encore broadcast Saturday afternoon at 3, and listen to episodes anytime with the BPR mobile app or through Apple or Google Podcasts...

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