9 - 9:30am CST
Welcome: Jade Rogers, Wayne Brown, Katrina Adams, Julia Parker, Rolanda Horton, Tori Jones
Hopin: Main Stage
9:30 - 10am CST
Main Stage Opening Event: Morning Meditation w/Sihnuu Hetep
Hopin: Main Stage
10 - 11am CST
Session Prime
Hopin
10-11am CST - Session Prime
- Main Stage Event: Children of Octavia - Why Octavia Butler’s Work Matters in 2020
- After reading and rereading the works of Octavia Butler, why does her work seem to foretell the world of today and offer us so much hope?
- Speakers:Stephani Tyrance, Zoë Charlton, Rachel (Chat Moderator)
- Story Time (Omaha Public Library) w/Mary
- Meetup: Star Trek w/ Marcus Ross
- This is a space is the final frontier for those who want to discuss all things Star Trek. Marcus Ross
- Webberized Intro to Podcasting
11am - 12pm CST
Main Stage Event - Speculative Fiction, Black Futures, and the works of Justina Ireland
Hopin: Main Stage
New York Times Bestselling Author Justina Ireland shares with us her work and her vision of the future.
12pm - 12:45pm CST
Workshops + Virtual Board Gaming: Session A
Hopin
12:00-12:45 - Session A
- Panel Discussion - Rebuild/Restore/Renew: Building BIPOC Arts Institutions
Post Pandemic
- Panel: Carla Stillwell, Denise Chapman, Dana Rose, Scott Woods
- Greeter + Comments: Nik Whitcomb
- MoveMed (Yoruba Movement)
- Speaker: Jerome MT
- Does Charles X Drink Sherry? A Deep Dive into Character Design
- Speaker: Alex Brigeman
- Workshop
- Speaker: Tiana Conyers
- Questions and Answers LIVE! with Mik & Starla of Our Family Plays Games
- Folks can come in and ask us questions about gaming or whatever.
- Emerging Ladies Academy presents: She Code with Tiffany Gamble and her emerging ladies
- Reframing Perspectives: African Culture & History Through Animation w/ Judy Kiagiri & Adamu Waziri (pre-recorded)
- Boardgame
- TBD
- Boardgame
- TBD
- Meetup: World of Warcraft - Andre Ball, Jade
- Are you a blerd that plays WoW and you'd love to meet and talk about the world with other nerds and blerds? Then this is the space for you.
- Meet Up: Anime - Open
1pm - 1:45pm CST
Workshops + Virtual Board Gaming: Session B
Hopin
1:00-1:45 - Session B
- How to Universe Build with your Characters
- Speaker: Michael Barnes
- Beyond Monopoly - How can I get past Monopoly?
- Speaker: Marcus Ross, Our Family Plays
- Yes! Blerds Play D&D!
- Speakers: Michael Clark, Andre Ball
- Raising Blerds: Black Fatherhood and Nerd Culture after Black Panther
- Speakers: Wayne Brown, Papa Bear + NerdSoul
- MeetUp: The Sims w/Staci Croom-Raley + Zoë Charlton
- Do you love and play The Sims and you'd love to meet and talk about The Sims with other nerds and blerds? Then this is the space for you. Also, Show + Tell!
- MeetUp: Comics w/Alex Bridgman
- Do you love comics or are trying to get into comics and you'd love to meet and talk with other nerds and blerds? Then this is the space for you.
- Boardgame
- TBD
- Boardgame/RPG
- TBD
2pm - 2:30pm CST
Blerd Meet
Hopin
You'll have 180 seconds to meet someone new and answer: 1. What's your one thing? (favorite game, fandom, etc.) 2. What's the future of blerdom?
