"Reclaiming Wellness" Black History Month Symposium

5313 Bay Shore Road,Sarasota FL 34243

19 February, 2022

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Join us for an afternoon focused on wellness and healing featuring vendors, yoga, creative writing, speakers and more... Reclaiming Wellness Saturday, February 19, 2022 3:00 PM - 8:30 PM Mildred Sainer Pavilion Schedule (Tentative): 3:00-4:30 PM - Interactive Wellness Activities and Vendors Workshops and Activities: Yoga facilitated by Crishuana Williams and Becca Hadwen Creative Writing workshop facilitated by Melanie Lavender Tours of the NCF Food Forest w/ Lilly Fields Earth Boxes with Barbara Powell Harris and Tracie Troxler Vendors: Newtown Farmers Market - Fruits and Veggies Scott’s Exotic Plants and Original Art Asmaa Zabriskie author of The Veggiegasms Cookbook New College of Florida Council on Green Affairs Paint and Relax with Von Rose Multicultural Health Institute - Health Screenings 4:45 - 6:00 PM - Panel Discussion - Health, Wellness and Healing Panelist: Asmaa Zabriskie (Healthy Eating and Plant Based Medicine), Stevey Jones (Meditation and Mindfulness), Odessa Ammons (Multicultural Health Institute) 6:00 - 7:00 PM - Dinner Break - Visions of the Black Experience Film Festival Shorts about Black Empowerment 7:00 - 8:30 PM - Keynote Address Spoken Word Poetry by Melanie Lavender Keynote Address New College’s annual Black History Month program rallies the campus community as we celebrate and explore the rich history, culture, and contemporary realities of Black people and communities. As an annual program, Black History Month at New College intentionally focuses on Black communities in the United States and abroad in order to highlight the complexity and multiplicity of blackness and Black experiences.