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about anything.
So called Pecha-Kucha
Nights have sprung up in cities
all over the globe. Tlie events
generally consist of 10-14 peo
ple who give Pecha-Kutcha pre
sentations on various subjects.
Breaks are frequent so that
attendees can grab a drink . some
food, mingle with guests and
receive feedback and new ideas.
Syed Ahmad, one of the
founders of the Salisbury 20x20
Pecha Kucha Night, helped to
introduce the concept to
Winston-Salem residents
Tuesday night with a sample of
a Pecha-Kucha Night at the
Winston Tower's Center for
Design Innovation (CDI).
Ahmad was one of four
Pecha-Kucha presenters at the
event. He used his presentation
and images, which are projected
onto a screen as the presenter
speaks, to tell how he, his wife
and another couple renovated a
downtown Salisbury building
into an art mecca.
"After much blood, sweat,
tears and all of our life savings,
we managed to tum this aban
doned bread factory into living
spaces," he proclaimed at the
culmination of his demonstra
tion, gesturing to slides of the
two brightly painted expanses
where the couples live. "We
invite you to come to Salisbury
to see our work, to see how we
turned a factory into our
homes."
Jan Detter, a mosiac artist
and instructor at Wake Forest
University, gave a presentation
on her life story, or in her words,
"a story of blessings . . . dashed
hopes and new beginnings."
Among the slides in her
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America."
Daniels, president of the
New York-based Institute of the
Black World 21st Century, says
the event will bring together
Black civil rights leaders from
all walks of life.
"We must not make the mis
take of believing that the new
President will be able to resolve
all our problems without a pow
erful grassroots movement to
promote our agenda. This is
very much in keeping with
Barack Obama s
position that change
comes from the bot
tom up."
The line up for
the conference
reads like a who's
who of the "Black
world."
They include
radio talk show host
Bev Smith and
Harvard law profes
sor Charles
Ugletree, who will moderate a
town hall meeting to open the
event. Panelists will include
Marc Morial, president/CEO
National Urban League; Rev. A1
Sharpton. president. National
Action Network; Rev. Jesse
Jackson Sr., president. National
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; Ben
Jealous, the new president/CEO,
NAACP; Dr. Julianne
Malveaux, president, Bennett
College for Women; Dr. Ronald
Walters, Professor of govern
ment and politics. University of
Maryland; Dr. Elsie Scott, presi
dent/CEO. Congressional Black
Caucus Foundation: Dr. Iva E.
Carruthers general secretary,
Samuel DeWitt Proctor
Conference, Inc.; Faya Rose
Sanders, founder. Voting Rights
Museum, Selma. Alabama; and,
Dr. E. Faye Williams, president,
National Congress of Black
Women. Minister Loftis
Farrakhan. leader of the Nation
Low try
Professor Sharif Bey was among the presenters.
presentation were photographs
of a tree that had bent to reach
the sunlight and a teeter totter,
because "part of my life joumey
is figuring out how to both stand
up straight and how to teeter
because that is the nature of
life."
Ceramic artist and Winston
Salem State University Art
Education Professor Sharif Bey
followed with a presentation
about his massive family and
his work as an artist.
Bey is one of 13 children.
"Needless to say. Mom
never had a crystal collection,"
he quipped.
Bey has more than 40 nieces
and nephews to date.
"Another one is always on
the way," he related with a grin.
Architect Rence Cailahan of
Walter Robbs Callahan Pierce
Architects, P.A., rounded out
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of Islam, has also been invited
as a panelist for the Town Hall
Meeting. ?
Other activities will include
a Damu Smith Leadership
Development and Organizer
Training Institute; Katrina poli
cy roundtables; a special session
on Haiti; a Pan-African policy
forum; a Black Family Summit;
and a wide range of issue-drient
ed work session and intergener
ational dialogues.
"The conference is timed to
occur two weeks after an his
toric presidential election.
While people of African descent
are excited about the prospect of
an uoama victory,
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observers concuf that a
myriad of issues rooted
in institutional racism
and poverty will con
tinue to plague Black
people in America and
the world whoever
wins the White
House," says a state
ment issued by
Daniels.
ms sent unci 1 un rcucui uiusc
of civil rights leaders who spoke
at a "Unity Breakfast" during
the Democratic National
Convention in Denver.
At that breakfast, civil rights
icon Rev. Joseph Lowery - a
chief supporter of Obama -
declared that even if he is elect
ed president, he must still be
held accountable. "Those of us
who are called to speak truth to
power, we don't care what color
power is," Lowery told the
applauding audience.
The issues at the State of the
Black World Conference will
not be contained to just Black
America. Daniels says delega
tions of organizers across North
and South America, Africa,
Europe and the Caribbean are
expected to attend.
For more agenda informa
tion, call: 888-774-2921 , email
sobwe @ ibw2 1 .org or visit
http ://stateoftheblackworld.org .
the evening, with a presentation
on the historically significant
buildings in downtown
Winston-Salem.
CDI is billed as an inter
institutional research center that
builds on strengths of local insi
titutions of higher learning like
WSSU and Wake Forest. Pecha
Kutcha Night was part of its
Idea Exchange Program.
CDI Director Carol
Strohecker praised the Pecha
Kucha project.
"Sometimes when some
thing's very short, you can feel
like you're kind of grazing the
surface." she Commented.
"This was dealt with in a much
more introspective way."
The first full ' fledged
Pecha-Kucha Night will be
held Friday, October 24, at
EastSquare ArtWorks, 120
East Innes Street in downtown
Salisbury. For more informa
tion or to present, email
artists @ eastjquareartworks .c
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