Identity and Health through Food: The Fifth Annual Native Leaders Symposium
Friday, March 24th, 2017
Johnston Center in Graham Memorial Hall, Kresge Foundation Room
Organized by the First Nations Graduate Circle
Sponsored by: Gillings Global Gateway, Center for the Study of the American South, Student Congress, The Graduate School, Epidemiology Student Organization, Research Laboratories of Archaeology
Schedule of Events
Invitation-Only Morning Session
8:00-9:00 am | Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am | Morning Welcome
- Amy Hertel Locklear, Director of the American Indian Center, UNC – Chapel Hill
- FNGC Co-Presidents, Aubrey Lauersdorf
9:15-10:30 am | Native Campus and Community Engagement at UNC
- Randi Byrd, Community Engagement Coordinator and Healthy Native North Carolinians Project Director, American Indian Center, UNC – Chapel Hill
- Dr. C. Margaret Scarry, Director of the Research Laboratories of Archaeology, Professor of Anthropology, UNC – Chapel Hill
- Dr. Jillian DeGezelle, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, NC State
10:30-10:40 am | Networking Break
10:40-12:00 pm | Community Leaders Panel
- Vivette Jeffries-Logan
- Philip Bell
12:30-1:15 pm | Catered Lunch
- Facilitated by Dr. Carla Norwood
1:15-1:45 pm | Native Desserts Tasting and Cookbook Q&A
1:45-2:00 pm | Networking Break
Public Afternoon Session
2:00-2:45 pm | Keynote Speaker
- Dr. Steve Corbett, Senior Analyst, Kansas Health Institute:
Nutrition and Health Among Native Americans
2:45-3:00 pm | Networking Break
3:00-3:45 pm | Keynote Speaker
- Dr. Melinda Maynor Lowery (Lumbee), Director of the Southern Oral History Program, Associate Professor of History, UNC – Chapel Hill:
The Unexpected Ways of Lumbee Indian Food
3:45-4:00 pm | Thank you Reception