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The Anne Frank Project's eighth annual social justice festival starts today, September 28. Please see the schedule of events below. It's not too late to register; please share this information with your students and colleagues.

AFP 2016 Full Schedule and Registration

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

Festival Welcome
9:30–10:00 a.m.
Campbell Student Union Social Hall
Katherine S. Conway-Turner, President of Buffalo State, and Drew Kahn, Professor of Theater and Director of the Anne Frank Project

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HELLO, MY NAME IS________.
10:00–1:45 a.m.
Campbell Student Union Social Hall
Anne Frank Project and Buffalo State Theater Department

Meet Alex, a young girl who lives in a future world where individual identity is forbidden and conformity is mandated. A moment of inspiration launches her into a journey through mystical lands and dangerous obstacles. Will Alex brave the unknown to claim her identity or will she surrender to the status quo? Alex learns she must embrace her struggles in order to celebrate her Self. Interactive workshop immediately follows performance, focusing on identity exploration, peer pressure, and social conformity.

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Wrongful Conviction: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Noon–1:45 p.m. 
Margaret E. Bacon Gallery and Upton Hall Foyer
Jason Parker, Diversity Program Coordinator, Equity and Campus Diversity Office
​Kara Oliver and Marc Rummenie, National Federation for Just Communities of WNY

The Wrongful Conviction: Guilty Until Proven Innocent session is in sync with the Anne Frank Project’s social justice focus. The incredible epidemic of mass incarceration and wrongful convictions has plagued communities of minorities across the United States for decades. We hope to engage the Buffalo State community in this noteworthy discussion while exploring opportunities for dealing with this critical issue. During this dialogue, participants will explore Alice C. Pennisi’s art-based research project, Nine American Boys. Dr. Pennisi’s project focuses on the 1931 Scottsboro, Alabama, case where nine African American males were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman. The young men ranged in age from 12 to 19 years. Within 15 days, all but one of the young men were arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. The 12-year-old was sentenced to life in prison.

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Survivor Panel: Telling Stories through Different Media 
2:00–3:45 p.m.
Campbell Student Union Social Hall
Sophia Veffer (Western Europe), Salumu Honore (Democratic Republic of the Congo), and Deo Rai (Bhutan and Nepal); Drew Khan, Moderator

Meet three survivors from separate conflicts whose story sharing has enabled them to engage and lead audiences around the world.

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Your Values and the World: A Workshop
6:00–7:45 p.m.
Campbell Student Union Social Hall
Aimable Twagilimana, Professor of English

Your values, your vision, your legacy and the world. This session will focus on brief free‑writing assignments promoting participants' self‑awareness as a foundation for leadership and engagement. The theory behind the workshop is emotional intelligence, a concept popularized by psychologist Daniel Goleman, which consists of self‑awareness, self‑regulation, empathy, social skills, and self‑motivation as foundational elements of leadership. Dr. Twagiliamana will facilitate the workshop by asking participants to write about themselves (and share) in a series of assignments exploring their values, visions, and legacies and how these shape their involvement in their communities and in the world.

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Art as Protest
8:00–9:45 p.m. 
Campbell Student Union Social Hall
Poetry performance and workshop with ​Jasmine Mans

We normally understand art as a tool of expression. For many, art is a tool of direct “engagement” with self and society. So how do we use art as protest? How do we activate "art form" as an accessory to change? This workshop seeks to explore how we use art—be it verbal, musical, or visual—as tools to acknowledge and deconstruct facets of oppression and injustice.