Black Houston: Digital Storytelling
Scholar and filmmaker Carroll Parrott Blue will show works from the New Dawn Project, her non-profit organization dedicated to furthering social change through digital narrative, experimental memoir, and community-based websites, including: The Past, Present & Future of Houston's Third Ward, a multi-authored community development story from 1840 to 2012; The Emancipation Project; and The Dawn at My Back: Memoir of a Black Texas Upbringing.
Co-sponsored by the UMass Amherst Center for Public Policy & Administration and the Science & Technology Initiative. Introduced by Demetria Shabazz, Communication, UMass Amherst.
Carroll Parrott Blue will introduce and discuss the films.