Soul Summit

Friday, June 19th from 4:15pm to Sunday, June 21st, 2015 2:00pm

About

To commemorate Juneteenth and the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, scholars, researchers, students, journalists, authors, restaurateurs, farmers, chefs, activists and anyone interested in exploring issues of race, cultural identity and power imbalance through the lens of food will gather in Austin, Texas, for an historic, first-ever conference dedicated to African American foodways.

The symposium begins on Emancipation Day with a Welcome Reception in the elegant foyer of the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center. We will spend the next day and a half eating and drinking together on the historic campus of Austin’s historically black college, Huston-Tillotson University, while discussing the complex intersection of African American foodways traditions and how they have been used to define culture.

On Thanksgiving weekend, an MSNBC segment with Melissa Harris-Perry turned attention from outrage and protests over events in Ferguson, Mo. to a discussion about food, race and identity. With Jim Crow era stereotypes and ignored culinary history as the backdrop, the panel presented an academic dialogue to viewers, raising the question: What we can learn about who we are when we shake off the shame about how or what we eat?

We plan to answer that question and hope you will join us.



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Age Limit
18 and up
Requirement Details
Attend an orientation on 06/18 at 5pm
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Experience, time, free food, free shirt
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Shifts (4)

1 - 1 of 1 Shifts
ShiftStart TimeEnd TimeAddressDescriptionRegistrants Needed
 
 
Registration4:15pm (CT)8:15pm (CT)
1009 East 11th Street
Austin, Texas 78702
You will help the first day registering individuals as well as helping to keep the event running email nialrafie@gmail.com0/10Over

1 - 2 of 2 Shifts
ShiftStart TimeEnd TimeAddressDescriptionRegistrants Needed
 
 
Day 2 Volunteers9:00am (CT)1:00pm (CT)
203 West 10th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
Volunteers will be required to be at HT in the morning of 06/20 to help with set up and they will help to serve breakfast. 0/5Over
Night 2 Volunteers4:15pm (CT)10:00pm (CT)
203 West 10th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
Volunteers will need to help guests onto the bus, by checking them in and helping with food set up in Kyle (Transportation provided)0/5Over

1 - 1 of 1 Shifts
ShiftStart TimeEnd TimeAddressDescriptionRegistrants Needed
 
 
Day 3 Volunteers9:15am (CT)2:00pm (CT)
203 West 10th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
Volunteers will help set up the last day food wise with the professional chefs.0/10Over