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WIJSF News October 2024

Oct1

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My granddaughter, Papadook The Poet did a wonderful job presenting the speech by Josephine Baker at the March on Washington in 1963, at the 109th ASALH Conference in Pittsburgh, PA, on Saturday, September 28, 2024. Also, my presentation on Thursday, September 26, 2024, was well received. See the video: https://youtu.be/MGCu1yyMd20

Thanks to Dr. Nelson Harrison for an historical tour of Pittsburg!

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WIJSF News September 2024

Sep1

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Support the Musicwoman Festival through Zeffy

Women in Music Ayo Festival @ Artserve August 31, 2024, with Lorna Lesperance, Marika Guyton, Queenmother Nana Boatenmaa, and Dr, Joan Cartwright

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A New Chapter

Aug21

Some new developments in the life of Dr. Joan Cartwright

First, she moved to Clarendon, North Carolina on June 1, 2022, where she incorporated Musicwoman Archive and Cultural Center.

Next, she changed jobs from PBSC, where she taught Public Speaking, to SUNY Old Westbury where she is teaching Music and Media (AS3810).

Then, in November 2022, she will be the Keynote Speaker at the 2022 Documenting Jazz Conference sponsored by Jazz Heritage Wales at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD). The theme is “Who gives voice to diversity in Jazz?”