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Home My WebLink AboutR-87-0117J-87-195 2/12187 RESOLUTION NO. 87`117 A RESOLUTION ALLOCATING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000 FROM SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND ACCOUNTS, CONTINGENT FUND, IN SUPPORT OF THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON NEGRITUDE, ETHNICITY AND AFRO CULTURES IN THE AMERICAS, TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 26-28, 1987; SAID ALLOCATION BEING CONDITIONED UPON SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH CITY OF MIAMI ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY NO APM-1-84, DATED JANUARY 24, 1984. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section I. An amount not to exceed $10,000 from Special Programs and Accounts, Contingent Fund, is hereby allocated in support of the Florida International University Conference on Negritude, Ethnicity and Afro Cultures in the Americas to be held February 26-28, 1987. Section 2. The herein allocation is hereby conditioned upon substantial compliance with City of Miami Administrative Policy APM-1-84, dated January 24, 1984.11 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12th ATTE MA TY HIRAI CITY CLERK PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: ka-t/� -I. ROBERT F. CLARK CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY day of February 1987. VIER L. SUA , MAYOR APPROVF,b Aq TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: LLVC IA ik . DOH6'HERTY CITY ATTORNEY / 1/ The City Commission will consider the additional requested $15,000 funding at the time proof of a Conference deficit is presented to the Commission. CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF FES 12 ign IN Ne_ 87-' 1 } (REMARKS: AbL C 0 V E 1 87--4il. Conference on NEGRITUDE, ETHNICITY AND AFRO CULTURES IN THE AMERICAS IN HOMAGE TO AIME CESAIRE February 26-28, 1987 Florida International University Miami, Florida 87-1117. Sponsored by FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY and its Department of Sociology/Anthropology International Affairs Division Latin American Caribbean Center Multilingual -Multicultural Center in cooperation with FLORIDA MEMORIAL COLLEGE with support from DADE COUNTY COUNCIL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AND THE METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, DIVISION OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AND THE FLORIDA ARTS COUNCIL EASTERN AIRLINES AIR JAMAICA PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS CITICORP SAVINGS HOLLAND AND KNIGHT THE ADOLPH COORS COMPANY (ATLANTA) 8'7-li-71 THURSDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 26 # 1987 8:00am Miami Northwestern Senior High School Choir William Johnson, Choir Director "Lift Every Voice and Sing" "Oh Freedom" 8:15am Introduction: Dr. Paul Gallagher# Acting Provost Florida International University 8:25am Presiding: Attorney Frank Scruggs, Regent Florida Board of Regent 8:35am Welcome Address: Dr. Modesto Maidique, President Florida International University 8:40am Conference Overview: Dr. Carlos Moore, Visiting Professor Florida International University Conference Convener 8:55am Opening Address: The Honorable Val T. McComie, (Barbados) Assistant Secretary General Organization of American States (OAS) Afro Culture and Identity in the Americas S E S S I O N I THE HISTORICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF NEGRITUDE 9:15am Moderator: Dr. James A. Mau Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Florida International University Major Presentation 9:20am The Honorable Jacques Rabemananjara (Madagascar) Negritude: Philosophical Concept, Ideological Statement or Artistic Expression? - 2 - 8 7rll 7t . P R E S E N T A T I O N S 9:40am Richard Long (USA) Aime Cesaire: Interfaces with the Past and the Present 10:00am Houangan Max Beauvoir (Haiti) Negritude: Philosophical Expression of the Spiritual, Religious Values intrinsic to the African World 10:20am Rex Nettleford (Jamaica) The Aesthetics of Negritude 10:40am Justo Arroyo (Panama) Negritude, an Innovative Approach to Modern Letters 11:00am Antonio Preciado (Ecuador) The Heritage of Negritude in Ecuador 11:15am Quince Duncan (Costa Rica) Negritude in the Context of Africanity 11:30am Session Commentator: Dr. Richard Long Director Center for Afro American Studies Atlanta University 11:40- Audience Participation: Interaction with Panelists 12:00 3 13 7-11'7'*. THURSDAY AFTERNOON FEBRUARY 26, 1987 S E S S I O N II BELIEF SYSTEMS, SOCIAL MORES AND CULTURAL VALUES OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA IN THE AMERICAS 2:30pm Moderator: Dr. Ruth Simms Hamilton (USA) Director African Diaspora Research Project Michigan State University Major Presentation 2:35pm Professor John Henrik Clarke (USA) African Cultural Response to Slavery and Oppression in the Americas and in the Caribbean P R E S E N T A T I O N S 2:55pm Abdias do Nascimento (Brazil) Racial Democracy in the Americas: Myth or Reality? 3:10pm Manuel Zapata Olivella (Colombia) Beyond Borders: Transnational Linkages Among Afro Cultures in The Americas 3:25pm Houangan Max Beauvoir (Haiti) The Theological Precepts of Vodun 3:40pm Babalawo John Turpin (USA) Orisha Worship in Cuba, Brazil and the United States: The Strengthening of Afro Cultures through African Belief Systems 4 - t 3:55pm Molly Ahye (Trinidad) Afro Belief Systems in Trinidad and Tobago 4:15pm Victoria Santa Cruz (Peru) Afro Peoples in South America and the Re -Discovery of Their Roots 4:30pm Jose Campo Davila (Peru) The African Presence in Peru 4:45pm Ruth Simms Hamilton (USA) Conceptualizing the African Diaspora 5:00pm Session Commentator: Dr. Anthony Maingot Professor, Sociology/Anthropology Florida International University Visiting Scholar Rand Corporation 5:30- Audience Participation: Interaction with Panelists 6:00pm - 5 87-fl7{ . FRIDAY MORNING FEBRUARYo 27, 1987 S E S S I O N III THE PERSISTENT LEGACY OF BLACK SOCIO-ECONOMIC POVERTY IN THE AMERICAS 9:OOam Moderator: Dr. Rosebud Foster Vice -Provost Bay Vista Campus Florida International University Major Presentation 9:15am The Honorable Aulana Peters (USA) Commissioner Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, D. C. Black Business Trends in the United States and Future Prospects in Terms of Africa and the Caribbean P R E S E N T A T I O N S 9:40am Jean Crusol (Martinique) Black Business and World Economic Pressures: The Case of the French Caribbean 9:55am Edward Greene (Guyana) Ethnic Segmentation and Economic Dominance in the English -Speaking Caribbean 10:15am Lelia Gonzalez (Brazil) Black Mobility Patterns in Brazil: Favelas, Core Poverty, Unemployment, Crime and the Afro -Brazilian Middle Class 6 87-1:17 . 1 10:30am Quince Duncan (Costa Rica) The Socio-Economy of Black Poverty in Costa Rica 10:45am Roy Guevara Arzu (Honduras) The Ethnic Reality of Honduras 11:00am Amir Smith Cordoba (Colombia) Racial Exclusion and Pluralism in Colombia 11:15 - Session Commentator: Dr. Mark B. Rosenberg 11:30am Director Latin American and Caribbean Center Florida International University 11:30 - 12:00 Audience Participation: Interaction with Panelists 7 - 87/ ' 117 . -4 y FRIDAY AFTERNOON FEBRUARY 27t 1987 S E S S I O N IV INEQUALITY WITHIN INEQUALITY: THE SITUATION OF AFRO -WOMEN IN THE AMERICAS 2:00pm Moderator: Dr. Tanya S. Hamilton Associate Dean International Affairs Division Florida International University Major Presentation 2:15pm Maya Angelou (USA) The Status, Roles, and Perspectives of Black Women in Afro -Cultures of the Americas P R E S E N T A T I O N S 2:45pm Fatou Sow Diagne (Senegal) Women and Feminism in Africa: A Search for New Approaches 3:00pm Victoria Santa Cruz (Peru) Patterns of Beauty and the Black Women's Self - Perception 3:15pm Lelia Gonzalez (Brazil) The Black Women as Sexual Object in Brazil 3:30pm Bettye Parker Smith (USA) Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't: The Continuing Saga of Black Women in America - 8 - 8'7-11'7� - 3:45pm Simone Schwarz -Bart (Guadeloupe) The Changing Role -Patterns of Black Women in the Francophone Caribbean 4:OOpm Mari Evans (USA) Chaos and Change in the Black Family 4:15pm Rex Nettleford (Jamaica) Gender Roles in Afro -Cultures: A Male's View 4:30pm Session Commentator: Dr. Claudia Mitchell-Kernan Director Center for Afro-American Studies University of California, Los Angeles 4:45- 6:0Opm Audience Participation: Interaction with Panelists - 9 - SATURDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 28, 1987 S E S S I O N V COLOR, RACE AND ETH14ICITY IN THE AMERICAS 9:00am Opening Remarks: Dr. Modesto Maidique President Florida International University 9:10am Moderator: Dr. Rex Nettleford Director Extra -Mural Studies University of the West Indies Major Presentation 9:15am Dr. Jan Carew, (Guyana) The Origins of Racism in the Americas P R E S E N T A T I O N S 9:35am Iva Carruthers (USA) Racism in the Neo-Eugenics Era: A Call for a Black Theory of Race 9:50am Claudia Mitchell-Kernan (USA) Ethnicity as a Culturally Compulsive Group Self - Identification Phenomenon 10:05 Marta Vega (Puerto Rico) Competing Ethnic Self -Interests of Afro Communities in the United States: The Case of New York 10:20 Marvin Dunn (USA) 0 Inter -Ethnic Relations in Miami: The Cuban -American, Haitian -American and Afro-American Communities - 10 - 87rJUL7 10 0 Sam Ricardo Gonzalez (Cuba) The Afro --Cuban Community in Florida: Obstacles, Successes and Perspectives 10:50am Abdias do Nascimento (Brazil) Negritude: The Black World's Humanizing Response to the Racialization of Human Relations 11:05am Session Commentator: Dr. Lisandro Perez Chairperson Sociology and Anthropology Dept. Director Graduate Program in International Studies Florida International University 11:15am Audience Participation: Interaction with Panelists 12:00 Closing Remarks: Dr. Paul Gallagher Acting Provost Florida International University - 11 - S 7-iV J `%.: - J 1; SENATOR CARRIE P. MEEK 36th District February 11, 1987 • • THE FLORIDA SEDATE Tallahassee, Florida 32301 The Honorable City Commission 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 Dear City Commissioners: COMMITTEES: Education. Vice -Chairman Appropriations. Sub. 8 Commerce Health and Rehabilitative Services When the City Commission convenes, I will be away at a "Legisla- tive Fly -In" in Orlando Florida. Because of my interest in Florida International University's conference, I have asked Dr. Carlos Moore to read this letter to -you. Please be informed that I am in support of Florida International University's request for City funds to support their conference on Negritude and Ethnicity. My office is lending whatever service we can to this outstanding effort. Dr. Carlos Moore and conference coordinators at Florida International University have put together the most outstanding array of black intellectuals in .the world and it is most important that the Miami community be included in this once in a lifetime occurrence. You are to be congratulated for your concerned efforts in the past and I hope that you will favorably consider Florida Inter- national's request for assistance. I remain continually inte- rested and ready to cooperate in matters which concern both the academic community and the City of Miami. Sincerely, Carrie P. Meek State Senator, District 36 CPM/caa REPLY TO: 2' 149 West Plaza, Suite 236, Miami, Florida 33147 (305) 693-0330 ❑ 210Senate Office Building, Tallahassee, Florida 32301 (904) 487.5116 HARRY A. JOHNSTON, II BETTY CASTOR President President Pro Tempore