Friday - October 22nd

Registration

10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Opening Luncheon Plenary

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Greetings

Lorenzo Robertson

Mayor Dean Trantalis, City of Fort Lauderdale

Presentations

~ Alex Munoz

~ AIDS Healthcare Foundation Presentation

Music by Nhojj

Institute

2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Dr. Cleo Manago

Black Wake Up Call or Liability:

Chapelles' White LGBT/Trans Critique

Meet & Greet

7:00 pm

Dinner - On Your Own

Sunday

10:00 – 11:00 Spiritual Enlightenment

11:00 – 1:00 What have we learned? - Brunch

Conference Schedule October 22-24, 2021

Saturday - October 23rd

Registration

9:00 am

Workshops -9:00 am – 10:30 am

~ Elder Gibson - Homosexuality, Human Sexuality, AIDS, and the Black Church

~ Christina Wright - You gotta eat the booty like groceries: Examining the taboos surrounding sexuality and pleasure in the black community!

Break - 10:30 am– 10:45 am

Workshops - 10:45 am – 12:00 pm

~ Sebrina James - Introduction to Mind, Body, Medicine: Techniques for Stress Management

~ Rev. Dr. Tommie Watkins RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY, STIGMA, SEXUALITY AND HEALTH: AN INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH Where does the prejudice come from?

~ Richard Jackson - The Story of Us

Luncheon

12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

~ Florida State Senator Shevrin "Shev" Jones

~ Dr. Blessing Inyang - PrEP & You

Workshops - 2:00 pm– 3:30 pm

~ Timothy Bouie - Alcoholics & Drug Addicts: We Do Recover?

~ Ederick Johnson - I believe in Jesus, but I have a therapist ... The path of being whole in your walk

~ J. Saint Lore (Craig Stafford) - Straight and Transgender Loving

Break - 3:30 pm – 3:45 pm

Workshops - 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

~ Deon Jerfferson - How to use the arts to deal with self care and mental health

~ Rod McCoy (Rod Onyx) - Sex Positivity and Black Gay Men

~ Tremaine Jones - Bail Bonds and The Courts: Failing LGBTQ People

Noir Diamond Awards Affair

7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Noir Diamond Awards Affair

Featuring - Nhojj, Nik Nak London and DJ Tony Duncan