Cape Fear Community Racial & Health Equity Summits
2022 Summit
Our 2nd annual Summit was held on September 16, 17, and 18 at Sokoto House at 1219 Dawson St. Recordings of most sessions and presentation materials will be available for those who attended in-person or via Zoom.
Couldn’t make it in-person or via Zoom? For a donation of $20, you will be given access to all of the recorded presentations. Just go to our Donation page, use the DonorBox form and be sure to comment that you would like access to the recorded sessions.
Our sincerest thanks go out to all participants, our presenters, sponsors, endorsers, local journalists who covered our event, and those who expressed their support and love through personal donations!
2022 Summit Schedule
FRIDAY, Sept 16
6:00 PM
(1 hour)
Opening Ceremony & Introduction
Featuring: Jane Jacobs, Shihan White Owl, Abdul Hafeedh bin Abdullah, & Vance Williams
7:00 PM
(2 hours)
Arts & Culture: Indigenous Knowing, Decolonization, & Collective Impact
Featuring: Lily Nicole & Mahlaynee Cooper
9:00 PM
(2 hours)
Free Concert
Featured acts: MoeSOS DC, Louis the Rapper, Yaminah Sings, Tanarshah, and Speak Ya Peace NC with SolTree Reign
SATURDAY, Sept 17
8:30 AM
(1/2 hour)
QiGong and Morning Welcome
Featuring: Mwalimu Shihan White Owl & special guest, Sifu David Ward
9:00 AM
(2 hours)
Social Consciousness: What Builds It & What Inhibits It
Featuring: Brandon Cagle Haywood, Vance Williams, & Abdul Hafeedh bin Abdullah
11:15 AM
(2 hours)
Root Causes of Crisis: Social & Structural Determinants of Health
Featuring: Abdul Hafeedh bin Abdullah, Cheitay Graham, Shihan White Owl, Herman Louis Brown
1:15 PM
Barbecue, Family Activities, Arts & Crafts, Vendors
Food, fun, fellowship, and special guest speakers
3:00 PM
(2 hours)
Filmmaking as Activism
Featuring: Chris Everett, Tylen Watts, Amadeuz Christ, & Vance Williams
5:15 PM
(2 hours)
Historical Consciousness: How the Past Moves Us Forward
Featuring: Brandon Cagle Haywood interviewing a media journalist, Abdul Hafeedh bin Abdullah, and Kevin Roberts
7:30 PM
(1.5 hours)
Self Promotion for Young Athletes: Special Presentation
Featuring: Brittany Whiteside and young athletes
SUNDAY, Sept 18
8:30 AM
(1/2 hour)
Recap of Presentations
Featuring: Vance Williams & Abdul Hafeedh bin Abdullah
9:00 AM
(1 hour)
The Silent Killer: Toxic Stress
Featuring: Brenda Galloway, Dr. Mayra Alicia Galeano, Eden Avery
10:05 AM
(1 hour)
Advocacy: Actions Speak Louder
Featuring: Vance Williams, Rachel Bodkin-Fox, and Rumana Shams Rabbani
11:15 AM
(1 hour)
Equitable Evaluation & Participatory Research
Featuring: Rumana Shams Rabbani, Brenda Galloway
12:20 PM
(1 hour)
Capacity Building: Community-Based Organizations & Leaders
Featuring: Rachel Bodkin-Fox, Kevin Roberts, and Angie Kahney
1:30 PM
(1 hour)
Organizing, Mobilizing, & Producing: The Equation for Building Sustainable Communities
Featuring: Dr. Terry Jackson
2:40 PM
(1/2 hour)
The Sokoto House Method: Optimizing & Mobilizing Community Assets
Featuring: Vance Williams and Abdul Hafeedh Bin Abdullah
3:00 PM
Closing Ceremonies
Featuring: Jane Jacobs, Shihan White Owl, & the Sokoto House Team
2021 Summit
September 10, 11, and 12 at Sokoto House at 1219 Dawson St.was our first summit on racial and health equity! This event was free to attend in-person and Zoom.
Couldn't make it in-person or attend via Zoom? For a minimum donation of $20, you will be given access to all of the recorded presentations. Just use the DonorBox form below and be sure to comment that you would like access to the summit.
Great thanks to our guest presenters, sponsors, endorsers, those who donated, and participating attendees!
2021 Summit Schedule
FRIDAY, Sept 10
7:00 PM
Opening Ceremony & Introduction
Featuring: Jane Jacobs - Tuscarora Nation, Abdul Hafeedh bin Abdullah, & Vance Williams
8:00 PM
Arts & Culture
Featuring: Shea-Ra Nichi
9:00 PM - 12:00 AM
Free Concert & Demonstration
Featuring: Shea-Ra Nichi, Shihan Mwalimu White Owl, and conscious Hip Hop artists
SATURDAY, Sept 11
9:00 AM
CHWs, Youth Leadership, & Community-Based Organizations
Featuring: Abdul Hafeedh bin Abdullah
10:00 AM
Mass Incarceration
Featuring: Vance Williams, Herman Louis Brown, and Abdul Hafeedh bin Abdullah
11:00 AM
Economic & Workforce Development
Featuring: Dr. Terry Jackson
12:00 PM
Gentrification & Housing
Featuring: Abdul Hafeedh bin Abdullah and Ashley Daniels
1:00 PM
Ecology & Food Equity
Featuring: Melvin "OC" Milbourne, Ashley Daniels, and others TBA
2:00 PM
Sustainable Activism & Social Justice
Featuring: Lily Nicole, Vance Williams, and others TBA
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Barbecue, Family Activities, Arts & Crafts
Food, fun, and fellowship!
5:00 PM
Structural & Interpersonal Violence
Featuring: Abdul Hafeedh bin Abdullah
6:00 PM
History and Equity
Featuring: Christopher Everett and Lettie Elizabeth
SUNDAY, Sept 12
9:00 AM
Recap of Presentations
Featuring: Abdul Hafeedh bin Abdullah
10:00 AM
Advocacy & Health Systems
Featuring: Dr. Alicia Overstreet Galeano
11:00 AM
Indigenous Voices
Featuring: Chief Eagle Elk and Jane Jacobs
12:00 PM
Life of a Community Health Worker (CHW)
Featuring: Brenda Galloway
3:00 PM
Multimedia, Branding, & Marketing for Community Organizations
Featuring: Kevin Roberts
4:00 PM
Equity in Research
Featuring: Rumana Sanchita Shams Rabbani and Olivia Tucker
5:00 PM
Abuse Recovery & Resiliency, Addiction & Substance Abuse
Featuring: Tracy Harrison and Shihan Mwalimu White Owl
6:00 PM
Community Healing
Featuring: Rhonda Sekhmet-Ra
7:00 PM
Keynote Speech, Special Presentation on a Policy Proposal for CHWs as Racial Equity Advocates + Violence Prevention Professionals, & Closing Ceremony
Featuring: Sonya Bennetone, Abdul Hafeedh bin Abdullah, Rumana Shams Rabbani, Shihan Mwalimu White Owl, Jane Jacobs, and the Sokoto House Team