Holding Fast The Dream » Events http://holdingthedream.org A Film on the African American Experience in Hawai‘i Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:27:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Winter Institute for Black Studies http://holdingthedream.org/events/winter-institute-for-black-studies/ http://holdingthedream.org/events/winter-institute-for-black-studies/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:27:03 +0000 admin http://holdingthedream.org/?p=48 Holding Fast The Dream was featured at the Third Biennial Winter Institute for Black Studies in January 2009.

The conference included scholars from around the nation examining the theme, The “Alternative” African Diaspora–a topic appropriate for the film’s focus on little-known Black communities that have emerged and thrived.

A 22-minute sample work of the film was presented, and was received enthusiastically from conference attendees. We’re grateful to Dr. Elisa Joy White, conference organizer, for the opportunity to bring Holding Fast The Dream to an important audience.

]]> http://holdingthedream.org/events/winter-institute-for-black-studies/feed/ 0 U.H.-Manoa Colloquium Features “Holding Fast The Dream” http://holdingthedream.org/events/uh-manoa-colloquium-features-holding-fast-the-dream/ http://holdingthedream.org/events/uh-manoa-colloquium-features-holding-fast-the-dream/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:03:31 +0000 admin http://holdingthedream.org/2008/02/24/uh-manoa-colloquium-features-holding-fast-the-dream/ Holding Fast The Dream was the featured centerpiece of February’s Women’s Studies Colloquium Series at the University of Hawai‘i-Manoa. Producer and U.H. Dean Emeritus Miles Jackson and U.H. faculty members Kathryn Takara and Elisa Joy White discussed the history and issues of Hawai‘i’s African American community with a focus on the role and achievements of women.

Special preview excerpts of footage from the film were presented, featuring both Takara and White, along with Honolulu Advertiser Managing Editor Marsha McFadden, community activist Faye Kennedy, retired teacher Gwen Johnson, and recently arrived Honolulu resident Denise Boyce.

Our thanks to Women’s Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University for spotlighting the film and its participants as part of this continuing series.

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