Voices of Resistance: Black Women and the Power of Song

19th Annual Black Women’s Conference: March 22nd, 27th - 28th, 2013
Our theme, Voices of Resistance: Black Women and the Power of Song, is unbound by discipline and time. The speakers were called on to use their intellectual and personal gifts to discuss the ways in which song, singing spaces, and places where black women gather to hum or moan have been powerful and necessary to the survival of black women. In the 19th year of the conference, we gather women/scholars/sisters/girlfriends and discuss the meaning, uses, and importance of music in the lives of black women. We will discuss music from hip hop to gospel to folk to whatever moves and motivates people to “keep on keepin’ on”. The work and voices of these scholars draw from the wide span of black culture, history, and spirituality. Thank you for coming to join us as we collectively lift up - in word and song - black women.