Ell Persons Symposium Event Registration

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Saturday, October 15, 2022. 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
First Congregational Church 1000 Cooper Street Memphis, TN 38104

Free parking will be available at the Memphis Tabernacle Church, which is located at 1015 Cooper St. You may use the lot off Walker Ave.

Please refer to our website for more information, and contact us with any questions at jessica@lynchingsitesmem.org

We hope to see you at this dynamic, insightful, and challenging symposium. Come to all panels, or as many as your schedule allows. Please make your lunch selection in the box below.

All are welcome!

Panel I: "Unknown Causes at the Hands of Unknown Persons": The Lynching of Ell Persons and Other Victims (9:15 am - 10:40 am)

Moderated by Iris Love-Scott (LSP Board Member)

Darius Young, PhD (Associate Professor of History, Florida A&M University)
Phyllis Aluko (Chief Public Defender for Shelby County, NAACP Board Member)
Kelsey Lamkin (Historic Preservationist, LSP Board Member)

Panel 2: Telling the World the Facts: Journalism's Role in Lynching Culture from Ida B. Wells to Today (10:50 am - 12:15 pm)

Moderated by Rev. Dr. LaSimba Gray (Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change, University of Memphis Board Member)

Prof. Otis Sanford (Hardin Chair of Excellence in Economic and Managerial Journalism, University of Memphis, Political Commentator, WREG-TV)
Laura Kebede (Distinguished Journalist in Residence, Institute for Public Service Reporting at University of Memphis)
Karanja A. Ajanuka (Executive Director, Tri-State Defender)

Panel 3: To Save Our Bodies and Our Souls: Teaching Lynching History in 2022 (1:15 pm - 2:40 pm)

Moderated by Dr. Timothy Huebner (Associate Provost and Sternberg Professor of History at Rhodes College, LSP Board Member)

Charles McKinney (Neville Frierson Bryan Chair of Africana Studies and Associate Professor of History, Rhodes College)
Sarah K. Stuart (Associate Program Director, Memphis/Southeast Facing History and Ourselves)
Khari Bowman (Overton High School Alumna)
Myles Franklin (Central High School Alumnus)

Panel 4: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching: A Conversation among Descendants (2:50 - 4:30)

Moderated by Rich Watkins (Medtronic, Inc. Sr. Principal Legal Counsel and LSP Board President) and Laura Faith Kebede (Distinguished Journalist in Residence, Institute for Public Service Reporting at University of Memphis)

Michele Whitney (Descendant of Persons Family)
Laura Wilfong Miller (Descendant of Rappel Family)
Steve Haley (Descendant of Lynching Spectator)

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Box Lunch Selection from Inspire Community Cafe - if you would like to have a box lunch available, we ask that you donate $15 to the Lynching Sites Project of Memphis (Click HERE to donate). Please make menu selections by Wednesday Oct. 12, so that we have enough time to get the food orders processed. *

No Lunch

Ranch Chicken Wrap - Grilled chicken, ranch dressing, romaine, tomato and four-cheese blend wrapped in a flour tortilla. Served with side garden salad and chocolate chip cookie.

Costa Rican Black Bean & Veggie Wrap - Costa Rican black beans, spinach, tomato, purple onion, roasted corn, bell pepper and four-cheese blend (or no cheese, for vegan option), wrapped in a flour tortilla, served with fresh pineapple salsa. Served with side garden salad and chocolate chip cookie.

Deli Turkey & Havarti Sandwich on Artisan Bread - Dressed with fresh tomato and lettuce. Mayonnaise and mustard packets provided. Served with side garden salad and chocolate chip cookie.

Carpenter St Salad with Grilled Chicken - Includes fresh spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, roasted corn, bell pepper, purple onion, fresh cilantro, four-cheese blend, with grilled chicken. Please indicate dressing choice on the specific request line below: sriracha lime ranch, ranch, blue cheese or blush wine vinaigrette.

If you have specific requests for your lunch (no cheese or no meat), please indicate them below, along with your menu choice. We will do the best we can to make sure you have exactly what you need!

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Please click here to donate to the Lynching Sites Project

To learn more about the Lynching Sites Project of Memphis, please visit our website.

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