SCHEDULE

Schedule of Events:

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10:00 AM - Doors open

 

10:15 AM - Opening Welcome Address: Totlyn Oliver and Oliver Mair

 

10:30 AM - “Tek Di Stage: Poetry Session 1”

• Dr. Natalie Corthésy

• Canute Lawrence

 

11:00 AM - “Preserving Jamaica's Cultural Treasures: The Life and Works of Edward Seaga”

• Annabell Seaga-Mian

• Andrew Seaga

 

11:30 AM - “Tek Di Stage: Poetry Session 2”

• Sharon Corintian

• Dr. Donna AzaWeir-Soley

 

12:00 PM - “Roun’ Di Table: Literary Historical Reasonings”

• Geoffery Philp

• Lynda R. Edwards

• Norma Jennings

• Dale Mahfood

 

12: 45 PM - Break for Book Sales/Signing, Coffee and Music, Food Trucks

 

1:15 PM - Tallawah Mento Band

 

1:30 PM - “Tek Di Stage: Poetry Session 3”

• Andrene Bonner

• Malachi Smith

 

2:00 PM - “Map Makers & Silence Breakers: Race, Identity, and Literature”

• Kei Miller

 

2:30 PM- Honoring Kei Miller

 

2:45 PM - Streaming Closeout - Oliver Mair and Totlyn Oliver

 

3:00 PM - “Stir It Up: 5 Short Films” (Note: films will not be streamed)

 

4:15 PM - Book Sales and Signings