Central Florida Association of Black Journalists

CFABJ Membership Meeting
2022-08-13 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-07-09 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-06-11 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-05-14 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-03-12 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-02-12 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-01-08 13:00, 2021-12-11 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)

CFABJ Executive Board Meeting
2022-08-11 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-07-07 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-06-09 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-05-12 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-03-10 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-02-10 11:00 - 13:00, 2022-01-06 11:00 - 13:00, 2021-12-09 11:00 - 13:00

NABJ - NAHJ Convention and Career Fair
2022-08-03 - 2022-08-07
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Changing the Game, Rompiendo Barreras
The #NABJNAHJ22 Convention & Career Fair is the premier conference for journalism education, career development, networking, and industry innovation, attracting leaders and influencers in journalism, media, technology, business, health, arts, and entertainment. The nation’s top journalists, media executives, journalism educators, public relations professionals, and students will gather on Aug. 3-7, 2022.
The #NABJNAHJ22 Career Fair draws hundreds of recruiters from top media companies and journalism schools from across the country and around the world.
Innovators, influencers and industry leaders have attended our conventions each year, addressing thousands of attendees. Special guests and speakers have included then-Sen. (President) Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, President Bill Clinton, then-Vice President (President) Joseph R. Biden, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, former RNC Chairs Michael Steele and Reince Priebus, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Ava Duvernay, Tyler Perry, Chance the Rapper, Hill Harper, and Michael B. Jordan.
Join us for innovative programs, expert presenters and networking opportunities as NABJ members, partners, colleagues, and supporters come together to make history.
All sessions, workshops, plenaries, forums, networking activities, meal events and our high-demand career fair will be held on-site.
Registration and special event ticket purchases will be announced in the coming weeks. Please check this space for updates.
Also, follow NABJ and NAHJ on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook for updates!
**This event is scheduled to be in-person, pending local, state and CDC guidelines. Vaccination verification is required to attend the convention and register. Learn more here.

Summer Brunch and Convention Send-Off
2022-07-23 11:30 - 14:00 | Dexter’s Birdland, 595 W Church St Suite E, Orlando, FL, 32805, United States
CFABJ July 23rd Meet and Greet Brunch
This year’s summer brunch will be held at Dexter’s Birdland near downtown Orlando on Saturday, July 23rd from 11:30AM until 2:00PM.
This brunch meet and greet will also serve as our send-off to the NABJ & NAHJ Convention in Las Vegas. It doesn’t matter if you are going to the national convention or not, we would still love to have you come out to Dexter’s to fellowship with us on July 23rd.

Cause a Scene for a Good Cause
2022-07-13 | Blaze Pizza, 4100 N Alafaya Trail, Suite 113, Orlando, FL, 32826, United States
Cause a Scene for a Good Cause
National Association of Black Journalists – USF
Date: July 13th, 2022
Time: All Day!
Location: UCF 4100 N Alafaya Trail, Suite 113, Orlando, FL 32826
Order Mode: In-Restaurant, Blaze Pizza App, blazepizza.com
TWO WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR ORGANIZATION: In restaurant or Online – APP/ONLINE, Use Promo Code 1071A
In-Restaurant: Bring the flyer or show it on your phone before paying.
Online Orders: Orders must be placed online via Blaza Pizza App or blazepizza.com. Enter code 1071A in to the ‘Promo Code’ field at checkout to have your transaction count toward the fundraiser. If entered correctly, you’ll see a $0.01 discount applied to your check, which confirms that 20% of your transaction will be counted into the total donation. VALID FOR PICK-UP, CURBSIDE, & CARRYOUT ONLY

Juneteenth Celebration
2022-06-16 14:00 - 22:00 | Live Oak Ballroom, 4115 Pyxis Ln, Orlando, FL, 32816, United States
MSC & the Cultural Center presents JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONThursday, June 16th, 2022
Performances, Organizations, Attractions, Food & DrinksDoors open at 2 PM

ZORA! Festival 2022
2022-06-04 - 2022-06-05
For Immediate Release:
Eatonville, FL– January 20, 2022 – The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community (P.E.C.) announced this morning, modifications to the Festival’s Season Kick-off programming at the 33rd Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities (ZORA! Festival 2022).
Winfred Chad McKendrick, President of P.E.C.’s Governing Board stated, “After extensive consultation with the festival’s stakeholders, community leaders and Mrs. N.Y. Nathiri, P.E.C.’s Executive Director, our Board has chosen to reschedule the Outdoor Festival of the Arts to June 4 – 5, due to the surge in Covid infections in Central Florida. While we looked forward to this year’s celebrations with great anticipation, we know that the health of our festival attendees and our community is of paramount importance. We are pleased that George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic will perform on Saturday, June 4 and that Kim Waters and Tom Browne will also return on Sunday, June 5, a line-up fitting to the kick-off weekend of Black Music Month and celebrate the musical genius of people of African ancestry.”
McKendrick also stated that the organization will honor tickets purchased for the January Outdoor Festival in June. Also, ticket purchases can be refunded in full. Patrons wishing a refund of their Outdoor Festival tickets should visit www.zorafestival.org and follow the prompts for Refunds.
P.E.C.’s Immediate Past President of the board Marie-Jose Francois, MD, MPH, CHES, President/CEO Center for Multicultural Wellness and Prevention, Inc., informed the board stating, “It is wise for PEC to reschedule the Zora Outdoor Festival to June 4 and 5, 2022 due to the emergence of the OMICRON variant, which now makes up to 95% of COVID-19 in the United States, and the winter surge cases of COVID -19 skyrocketing overall. We need to look at the health of the community first. A large gathering like the Zora Festival could be a mass spreader event enabling the rapid transmission of the virus. By being in very close contact with others who are not fully vaccinated puts people at a higher risk when they are closer than 6 feet apart from others for longer periods of time.”
N.Y. Nathiri, Executive Director of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community added, “The annual ZORA! Festival is so important because this event provides a space for the general public to enjoy the finest arts and humanities programming in a safe and inspiring environment. At this time, when the stresses and strains of every-day life can present sometimes seemingly overwhelming challenges, what a joy it is to bring together the human family, where guests can learn about and enjoy the cultural contributions which people of African ancestry have made to the United States and to the world.”
“While the Outdoor Festival of the Arts has been rescheduled, the 2022 ZORA! Festival Season, with the 33rd Annual ZORA! Festival is presenting a rich array of virtual programming that is attracting a global audience. In the week coming up, we see the power of that programming in full display,” said N.Y. Nathiri.
Scheduled ZORA! Festival virtual programming for January includes the following:

The 3rd Annual Africa – America Women’s Economic Forum (AAWEF), taking place Tuesday and Wednesday, the 25th & 26th, will be a 100% virtual event, with participants from Nigeria, Ghana, and other locations on the African continent, as well as from all over the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and the Caribbean. The AAWEF, will showcase the strength of collaboration with partners such as Prosper Africa, a 17-inter-agency initiative of the federal government, along with Rollins College, Access Bank of Nigeria, and the Wilson College of Textiles at North Carolina State University
The Seminole State College Speaker Series featuring Dr Rebecca Wanzo takes place on Wednesday, January 26th.
The Afrofuturism Conference, sponsored by the UCF College of Arts and Humanities, will also be virtual. Held on Thursday and Friday, the 27th & 28th, the conference theme is Afrofuturism in the Visual Realm.
Virtual programming in the January schedule will also be the focus for secondary school youngsters. Examples are the 9th Annual ZORA! STEM Conference for Middle School Students, another P.E.C. collaborative project, with partners Orange County Public Schools, Valencia College, Orlando Science Center, the UCF College of Medicine, the National Center for Simulation, and Florida High Tech Corridor. Another virtual offering will be an author presentation sponsored by the Orange County Library System.

Information about all these programs is available at www.zorafestival.org.
Media Contacts:
Terri Vismale-Morris
Public Relations Director
33rd Annual ZORA! Festival
tvmorris@new-ideas-images.com
Adrienne Noel
Media Relations Manager
33rd Annual ZORA! Festival
anoel@marketingmindsatwork.com
Chet Glover
Media Consultant
33rd Annual ZORA! Festival
chetglover@aol.com

A Welcome Back to Monica May
2022-05-06 11:00 - 14:00 | Star 94.5, 4192 N John Young Parkway, Orlando, FL, United States
RSVP no later than May 4th, 2022. Please RSVP to angela.schlesman@cmg.com
Includes private performance by Charles Jenkins

A Conversation... Maintaining Your Mental Health While Working in the Newsroom
2022-04-23 11:00 - 13:00
RSVP to receive link: cfabjevents@outlook.com

Apopka International Jazz Festival
2022-03-19 16:00 - 23:30 | Apopka Amphitheater, 3710 Jason Dwelley Parkway, Apopka, FL, 32712, United States

CRT - A Critical Conversation about Race and History
2022-01-30 19:00 - 21:00
An online in-conversation event
Hosted by Jason Gregory, Lecturer, UCF Department of English

Orlando Urban Film Festival
2022-01-26 18:00 - 2022-01-29 23:00
Wednesday – Opening Night Ceremony

6pm-9pm Mix & Mingle with Directors & more
Champagne Toast, Sponsored by Mermosa
OUFF 2022 Opening Night Screenings:
Woman In Motion -Documentary and
Dark Matter – A History of the Afrofuture – Documentary

Thursday – Melanated Movies With A Message

6pm-10:30pm Mix & Mingle with Directors & more
Black Craft Beer Experience and Networking
OUFF 2022 Melanated Movie with a Message Documentary – One Pint at a Time

Friday – Mix & Mingle with Directors

6pm-1030pm
OUFF 2022 Finalists – Documentary Features and Shorts

Saturday – Films, Workshops, and Panels

11am-6:30pm Film Blocks
9am-1130am – Jump At The Sun Youth Screenwriting Workshop,Sponsored by UCF’s Departments of English and Film
The Business of Show – Producing Your Project
Health and Wellness In The Black Community
When Justice Becomes Injustice – The Black Community Check-In
COSPLAY GALA: A Collaborative Evening with OUFF, ZORA Festival!, and Urban Nerd Con
7:30pm-8pm
Sounds of Afrofuturism
Naomi Joy, Saxpphonist 8pm-8:45pm
OUFF 2022 Awards Ceremony
Sponsored by Orlando Health

Orange County Second Chance Expo
2022-01-22 14:00 - 17:00 | Camping World Stadium, 1 Citrus Bowl Place, Orlando, FL, 32805, United States

45th Eatonville Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade Celebration
2022-01-15 14:00 - 17:00

Downtown Orlando Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Parade Showcase
2022-01-15 11:00 - 14:00 | Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S Magnolia Ave, Orlando, FL, 32801

CANCELLED DUE TO COVID CONCERNS: 2022 Downtown Orlando MLK Holiday Parade
2022-01-15 10:00 - 14:00 | Orange County Courthouse, 425 North Orange Ave, Orlando, FL, 32801, United States
