Dialogues on The Diaspora
Spring Colloquia 2007

FEBRUARY 2007

Monday, February 5, 2007
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. MC 132
"Let’s Get Real About AIDS"
Sharon West, Manager of Tampa Housing and Community Development
Dorothy Nettles, Human Services Program Specialist
Tish Carlton, RN ARNP (St. Joseph Hospital)

Monday, February 19, 2007
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. FAO 248
“To South Africa and Back: Student Travel to the Continent"
Nady Gustave, USF Alum
Rohan Jeremiah, Graduate Student, Anthropology

Wednesday, February 21, 2007
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. FAO 248
“The Diasporic Dimensions of a ‘United West Indies’
(1880s-1940s)”
Eric D. Duke, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Africana Studies

MARCH 2007

Monday, March 5, 2007
5:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. MC Ballroom
Black Women and Sexual Violence
A viewing of the film “NO!”
Open Discussion on the film

Tuesday, March 27, 2007
12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. FAO 248
“The Significance of the Afro-Francophone World in Africana Studies”
Kersuze Simeon-Jones, Asst. Professor, Dept. of World Languages & Africana Studies

APRIL 2007

Wednesday, April 11, 2007*
Registration 9:00-10:00am
Progrram 10::00a.m.-4:00 p.m.
MC Ballroom
“The Achievement Gap: Strategies and Solutions”
Lawrence Morehouse, President and CEO, Florida Education Fund
Otis Anthony, Senior Director, Minority Relations for Polk County Schools
Roy Kaplan, Associate Professor, Department of Africana Studies
Gwendolyn Luney and Michael Grego, Hillsborough County Schools
*RSVP Required (see flyer for details)