Visioning Session followed by roundtable discussions on areas of growth for Center research projects and programming. Conference Respondent: Raquel Monroe, Associate Dean of Graduate Education and Academic Affairs

Meet in the parking lot of the CADE Museum and enjoy a guided nature walk through Depot Park with Associate Director Porchia Moore.

The CAME Innovations Summit will culminate in an organic facilitated process reflecting on the Summit and inform future growth and development of the Center.

Come to the Big Culture & Arts Festival in Downtown Gainesville for live performances, workshops, and arts/tech demonstrations. the event is hosted by The How Bazar and Dion Die Records.

On the MAIN STAGE:

3:00pm - Remixing Joy: Hip Hop, Hope, and the Digital Imagination - A Conversation with Melvin Villaver and Kevin Winstead

4:55pm - Power of Circle: African Music and Dance Sharing with Rujeko Dumbutshena and Kenneth Metzker

5:40pm - Power of Circle- African Music and Dance Sharing with Rujeko Dumbutshena and Kenneth Metzker

Informal reception and performance of Passport to Dream: curated songs and conversation highlighting arts, migration and entrepreneurship with José Valentino Ruiz and accompanists.

• Indigenous data sovereignty

• Indigenous technologies

• Art in progress (show the work)

• Reimagine funding (using new language)

• FLOAT

• Fugitive spaces

• Two-way exchanges (taking people from here and sending them elsewhere)

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• Abundant intelligences (indigenous-led AI)

• Certification as an alternative to degrees (opens access to folks)

• Institutional naming (titles)

• Preparing faculty and others for working in the community (to reduce harm and confusion); aids in setting realistic expectations and engagement

• Understanding that everyone has a role in their communities

• Knowing about the spaces and communities you are entering before beginning your specific labor

• CAME being a hub for teaching individuals what community engaged scholarship is (via workshops)

• Determining goals and most productive pursuits

• Teaching the community you are engaging with about fundraising and how to work with different institutions

• Teaching communities to advocate for themselves to mitigate harm (that is often associated with the institution)

• Setting boundaries! (avoiding impact on your personal life)

• Working around the institutional frameworks to serve the community

• Supporting community entities by making them vendors (giving them credentials)

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• How rare is it that places with the resources are also trustworthy/willing to share?

• When can we make our own?

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• How do we combat "soft censorship"?

• Alternate language (broadening and using flexibility) - defining themselves

• Different layers of encryption and controlling access (levels of permission)

• Diverse locations for posting your work (outside of institutional governance)

• Exploring blockchain technology and encryption

• Distributed communities - decentralized autonomous organizations

• Intentional, timely scholarship

• Leveraging allyship and solidarity

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