Central Florida Association of Black Journalists

Holiday Social Brunch
2021-12-04 11:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | Dexter’s Birdland, 595 W Church St Suite E, Orlando, FL, 32805, United States

CFABJ Membership Meeting
2021-11-13 11:00 - 13:00, 2021-10-09 11:00 - 13:00, 2021-09-11 11:00, 2021-08-14 11:00 - 13:00, 2021-07-10 11:00 - 13:00, 2021-06-12 11:00 - 13:00, 2021-05-08 11:00 - 13:00, 2021-04-10 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) and 4 more dates | FL

CFABJ Executive Board Meeting
2021-11-11 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York), 2021-10-07 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York), 2021-09-09 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York), 2021-08-12 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York), 2021-07-01 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York), 2021-06-03 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York), 2021-05-06 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York), 2021-04-01 11:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) and 3 more dates | FL

Bethune-Cookman University / CFABJ Joan Fuller Journalism Virtual Boot Camp: "Under Deadline"
2021-10-23 09:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | FL
Learn some of the basic journalism skills from local journalists who specialize in Broadcast, Print/Web, Radio, and Public Relations during an all-day session.
Event is open to all current B-CU Mass Communications (Broadcast Journalism) students & UCF NABJ members only.
All students must register by sending name, school, email, and phone number along with your area of study to cfabjevents@outlook.com by Oct. 20.

Blood Drive and NABJ/CFABJ Chapter Virtual Party
2021-08-21 12:30 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Embassy Suites by Hilton Downtown, 191 E. Pine Street, Orlando, FL, 32801, United States
This is a Blood Drive and NABJ/CFABJ Chapter Virtual party combined.
You donate blood outside of the venue – then head inside the venue to eat and drink.

Summer 2021 Brunch Meet and Greet
2021-07-17 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Dovecote Restaurant, 390 N Orange Ave, Orlando, FL, 32801, United States

Community Conversations: Race & Economic Realities in 21st Century America
2021-02-16 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | FL
Please join N.Y. Nathiri for a Community Conversation featuring Pulitzer Prize and National Humanities Medal winner Isabel Wilkerson & Rollins College President Grant Cornwell, Ph.D., Tuesday, February 16 at 7:00 PM EST.
To RSVP go to Community Conversations February 16 – ZORA! Festival.
This event is the second of a three-part series of virtual Community Conversations on Race and Economic Realities in 21st Century America, hosted by the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (P.E.C.), a non-profit, historic preservation and cultural arts organization, which presents the annual Zora Neale Hurston® Festival of the Arts and Humanities (ZORA!® Festival). For more information, visit zorafestival.org.
Wilkerson is author of the critically acclaimed New York Times Bestseller, The Warmth of Other Suns, that tells the story of The Great Migration, the mass movement of African Americans from the South to the North, Midwest, and West. Her most recent release Caste, The Origins of Our Discontent, explores, through layered analysis and stories of real people, the structure of an unspoken system of human ranking and reveals how our lives are still restricted by what divided us centuries ago. As a lecturer she is recognized for exploring with authority the need to reconcile America’s karmic inheritance and the origins of both our divisions and our shared commonality.
Cornwell is recognized for his work in defining liberal learning in a global environment and writes regularly about democracy, diversity, and global citizenship.
The conversation is being moderated by award-winning journalist, Renata Sago whose work explores the intersection of race, class, and politics, as well as the role that art plays in expressions of African diasporic identity.
Additional funding for this event is provided by the Florida Humanities Council, the Historic Black Towns and Settlements Alliance, the Florida Historical Society, the Central Florida Association of Black Journalists, and the Town of Eatonville – Community Revitalization Agency.
This virtual event is Free and Open to the Public
To RSVP go to Community Conversations February 16 – ZORA! Festival.

Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities Launches Community Conversations Featuring Dr. William Darity, Author of From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century
2021-01-26 07:00 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | FL
ZORA! Festival Media Advisory
ZORA! 2021 Festival GuideZORA! Press Release
For Immediate Release:
Eatonville, FL –(January 25, 2021)The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community (P.E.C.) will launch Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities (ZORA!™ Festival) Community Conversations with Dr. William A. Darity, Jr.
He is the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics at Duke University. This is the first of a three-part virtual series on Race and Economic Realities in 21st Century America is funded in part by the Florida Humanities Council Community Project Grant* awarded to P.E.C. for community programing through December 1, 2021.
Dr. Darity’s research focuses on inequality by race, class and ethnicity, stratification economics, schooling and the racial achievement gap, North-South theories of trade and development, skin shade and labor market outcomes, the economics of reparations, the Atlantic slave trade and the Industrial Revolution, the history of economics and the social psychological effects of exposure and unemployment. His most recent book, coauthored with A. Kirsten Mullin, is From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century (2020).
Community Conversations was created by The Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, (P.E.C.) with the objective to identify tangible ways to contribute to a structured, long-term discussion on race in 21st century America.
WHEN: Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at 7:00PM EST
WHERE: Virtual Program, to register for this virtual event or for additional information Community Conversations January 26 – ZORA! Festival
*Florida Humanities awards grants – known as Community Project Grants – to nonprofit organizations and public institutions across Florida whose projects strengthen vibrant communities and cultures, promote civic engagement, spark thoughtful community dialogue, and reflect on the human experience across the Sunshine State. These grants are designed to support a vast array of projects.
ABOUT ZORA!™ FESTIVAL
First presented in 1990 by the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community, Inc. (P.E.C.), a historic preservation and cultural arts organization, ZORA! Festival is a multi-day, multi-disciplinary, intergenerational event composed of public talks, museum exhibitions, theatrical productions, and arts education programming, which historically culminates in a 3-day Outdoor Festival of the Arts. This year, the festival will be a monthlong amalgam of virtual and in-person events primarily in Eatonville, (10 miles north of Orlando) and throughout Orange County. The ZORA! Festival 2021, January 7 – January 30, 2021 marks the 32nd year of this internationally recognized, award-winning event. The ZORA! Festival 2021 is funded in part by Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs and The University of Central Florida
MEDIA
ZORA! Festival Public Relations/Media Team will give access to approved media for interviews. This includes media opportunities with festival producers, speakers, artist and other upon request. Contact tvmorris@new-ideas-images.com and we will do our best to honor all requests. For more information regarding the ZORA! Festival visit Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities – ZORA! Festival.
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Contacts:
Chet Glover
ZORA! Festival Media Consultant
407-832-1105 talk/text
chetglover@aol.com
Terri Vismale-Morris
Director of Public Relations
tvmorris@new-ideas-images.com

So You Want Your Name In Lights 2020 Summer Camp Music Videos Premier Showing At The Fourth Monthly Workshop/Talent Showcase
2020-12-19 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Bronze Kingdom, 6464 International Drive, Orlando, FL, 32819, United States
ORLANDO, FL – This Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 12 noon, So You Want Your Name In Lights presents the world premiere of music videos BUSY CITY and FRIENDS & HATERS at the Bronze Kingdom Museum located at 6464 International Drive, Orlando, Florida (next to Bargain Planet). These two original songs were composed, recorded, and performed by our very own Orange County students who attended the 2020 So You Want Your Name In Lights Music Summer Camp. November Top Performer, Joshua “Demarkus” Bryant will perform virtually due to a non-local prior commitment. Prepare yourself to be amazed. FREE registration for talent showcase participants must be submitted no later than Thursday, December 17. Applications are available at www.musictomymind.com.
Jonathan ‘D-Lyfe’ Coutrier-Owens joins existing workshop facilitators Frank Taylor (international conductor/trumpeter) and Will Covington (international record producer/Grammy Award-winning drummer and program visionary) for the ongoing discussion “Education – The Ultimate Equalizer”. During his 10+ years in the music industry, DJ D-Lyfe;s career stretched from the recording studio to radio. D-Lyfe works with various independent and major recording label clients as he provides both sonically and commercially support for the next phase of their careers. D-Lyfe/ Mixed By D started his journey as a DJ in grade school; later following his passion to work in clubs and on various Orlando-based radio stations as a ‘mix-show” DJ. He is a Full Sail University graduate where he learned the sonics of music production. Currently, he is lead engineer at NuBreed Studios and an audio production instructor for the Melrose Center located inside the Orange County Public Library/Downtown Orlando Branch.
So You Want Your Name In Lights is a youth mentoring, arts-focused/crime prevention program funded in part by Orange County Government and the United Arts of Central Florida. Using music to engage their interest, this program is designed to provide life and social skills training to under-served youth (ages 12-17) with the aim to build character, self-confidence, self-esteem, leadership, and positive-thinking. Its 6-weeks summer program offers etiquette, healthy wellness, financial literacy, basic piano, music composition, copyrighting, sound recording, and field trips. On the last day of summer camp, the participants perform songs that they composed. When the camp ends, monthly mentor teen talk workshops are paired with talent showcases-for-scholarship to give students a year-round experience. Scholarship fundraising is conducted by Florida Songwriters Association, a 501c3 organization. You are welcome to email your questions to covingtong622@gmail.com or TEXT 321-217-4493. Check out www.musictomymind.com for further program information.
