From October 27-29 of 2022, the Tracing the Stream Virtual Symposium and Syllabus pays homage to the legacy of Jacqueline Jones Royster and her work, Traces of a Stream: Literacy and Social Change Among African American Women. We will fiercely pursue Black feminist research, teaching, and what Alexis Pauline Gumbs calls "community-accountable" activist scholarship. We will (re)consider challenging and necessary questions about what it means (or could mean) to study, teach, and activate the Black feminist literacies and rhetorical traditions in 2022 and beyond.
Thank You to Our Symposium Assistants from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Texas Christian University, and the University of Arkansas: Josulyn Brooks, Jackie Chicalese, Caylie Cox, Alexa Davis, Aderinsola Gilbert, Kashema Hutchinson, Lea Lester, Jami Padgett, Mason E. Patterson, Hanna Perry, Ashlee Pilcher, Kelcia Righton, and Natalie Shellenberger (click here for full bios)