Our annual Re-Defining African American Convening examines the limitations of the nomenclature assigned to people of African descent in America. Currently, the term "African American" is used specifically as a designation for Black people born in the United States whose forefathers and mothers were brought here via the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Given the recent increase of Latino, Caribbean and continental African immigrant populations to the U.S., we examine how do these new Americans of African descent identify and negotiate space within the traditional "American Dream." Over the past several years, Re-Defining has attempted to dissect language, identity and shared realities of Blacks and Latinos in the U.S. This year, Diasporan artists, scholars and activists will analyze this new national reality and its implications for civil and human rights, and cultural solidarity in the 21st century. Panelists will discuss ways in which their own specific cultural identities are translated within an American context and how power can be utilized cooperatively in an African Diasporan framework.
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