Week 5

6:00 - 6:05 Welcome/ Housekeeping

6:05 - 6:15 Group Writing into the Evening

Given last week’s readings, what are some of the reflections and questions that are coming up for you?

While journaling think about:

• How do you see intellect as connected to action?

• Is part of your identity seeing yourself as an intellectual?

6:15 - 6:25 Small Group Discussion

6:25 - 6:45 Peruse the article. Perhaps consider the following questions:

• Which literacies do you honor in class? Why?

• What intellect is unearthed from the various forms of literacies that are practiced?

6:45 - 6:55 Break

6:55 - 7:55 Dr. Aaron Thomas' Presentation

• Associate Professor of Africology and African American History at Temple University.

• Dr. Smith is the author of The Murder of Octavius Catto, entires in the Encyclopedia of African Cultural Heritage, and a chapter on James Baldwin, “Boundless Baldwin,” published in Contemporaray Critical Thought in Africology and Africana Studies.

7:55 - 8:00 Circle of Appreciation